scheduler-boost-urgent Chrome flag

--scheduler-boost-urgent

What does --scheduler-boost-urgent do?

Override the default scheduling boosting value for urgent tasks. This can be adjusted if a specific chromeos device shows better perf/power ratio (e.g. by running video conference tests). Currently, this values directs to linux scheduler's utilization min clamp. Range is 0(no biased load) ~ 100(mamximum load value).

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --scheduler-boost-urgent using CLI

chrome --scheduler-boost-urgent

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --scheduler-boost-urgent using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--scheduler-boost-urgent']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --scheduler-boost-urgent using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--scheduler-boost-urgent']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --scheduler-boost-urgent using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--scheduler-boost-urgent')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

View source: base_switches.cc

Build Conditions

CHROMEOS

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