On May 27, 2018 2:07:16 AM AKDT, Maximilian Pichler <maxim.pich...@gmail.com> wrote: >Is it possible to limit the CPU usage of a given process to, say, 20%? > >I'd like to slow down the web browser since it is draining my laptop's >battery. With enough tabs open it's often consuming ~50% of CPU but >not doing anything productive. Apparently with RLIMIT_CPU in >setrlimit(2) the total CPU time of a process can be limited. Can a >similar limit be set for the percentage? > >Thanks
Use the "ulimit" command within ksh(1). A lot of websites these days run malicious JavaScript to mine for Bitcoin on their client's computers. -- https://www.colmena.biz/~justina/contacto.php
