I should mention that the current boost.thread (v.1.49.0) doesn't provide a simple way to change the priority or scheduling of a thread. You have to do it thru

I should mention that the current boost.thread (v.1.49.0) doesn't provide a simple way to change the priority or scheduling of a thread. You have to do it thru the underlying system-specific handle obtained by boost::thread::native_handle().