From 0d195e17c8576324e759b9a637f67cd6921c8e46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Hearn <hearn@google.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 15:32:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Lower the priority of the PeerGroup thread and daemonize it.

---
 src/com/google/bitcoin/core/PeerGroup.java | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/com/google/bitcoin/core/PeerGroup.java b/src/com/google/bitcoin/core/PeerGroup.java
index 52afc98e..6d630f81 100644
--- a/src/com/google/bitcoin/core/PeerGroup.java
+++ b/src/com/google/bitcoin/core/PeerGroup.java
@@ -395,6 +395,9 @@ public class PeerGroup {
         public PeerGroupThread() {
             super("Peer group thread");
             tasks = new LinkedBlockingQueue<FutureTask>();
+            // Ensure we don't fight with UI threads.
+            setPriority(Math.max(Thread.MIN_PRIORITY, Thread.currentThread().getPriority() - 1));
+            setDaemon(true);
         }
 
         public void run() {