What do the PR and NI values in top output mean?
Issue
- What is the relationship of process priority vs. nice value as seen in the top output?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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