Raised thread priority for tracer (problems in Win64 console)

Author: foreverneilyoung

core/tracer.py

@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@
 # based on the Windows GUI exe with same name
 ##################################################################################
 
-import threading, urllib
+import threading, urllib, ctypes, platform
 import util
 
+THREAD_SET_INFORMATION = 0x20
+THREAD_PRIORITY_ABOVE_NORMAL = 1
+
+
 ''' Tracer runs in a separate thread'''
 class Tracer(threading.Thread):
     def __init__(self, url, filename):
@@ -26,8 +30,18 @@ def monitor(self, n1, n2, n3):
         self.i %= 4
 
     def run(self):
+        if platform.system() == "Windows":
+            w32 = ctypes.windll.kernel32
+            tid = w32.GetCurrentThreadId()
+            # Raise thread priority
+            handle = w32.OpenThread(THREAD_SET_INFORMATION, False, tid)
+            result = w32.SetThreadPriority(handle, THREAD_PRIORITY_ABOVE_NORMAL)
+            w32.CloseHandle(handle)
         try:
             urllib.urlretrieve(self.url, self.filename, self.monitor)
             util.log('Trace finished server side')
         except:
             util.log('Could not open %s' % self.url)
+
+
+