+function quietly {
+ "$@" > /dev/null
+}
+
+# renice_netback PRIORITY PID [PID...]
+#
+# Renices the netback processes given as each PID to nice level PRIORITY.
+function renice_netback {
+ local pri=$1
+ shift
+
+ if test $# = 0; then
+ warning "Netback not running, nothing to renice"
+ return
+ fi
+
+ for pid
+ do
+ action "Renicing netback (pid $pid) to priority $pri" quietly renice $pri -p $pid
+ done
+}
+