test: fix determining lower priority

PR-URL: nodejs#55908 Fixes: NixOS/nixpkgs#355919 Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <[email protected]>
tpoisseau · Nov 21, 2024 · 0bf566e · 0bf566e
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diff --git a/test/parallel/test-os.js b/test/parallel/test-os.js
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ assert.ok(hostname.length > 0);
 // IBMi process priority is different.
 if (!common.isIBMi) {
   const { PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL, PRIORITY_LOW } = os.constants.priority;
-  const LOWER_PRIORITY = os.getPriority() > PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL ? PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL : PRIORITY_LOW;
+  // Priority means niceness: higher numeric value <=> lower priority
+  const LOWER_PRIORITY = os.getPriority() < PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL ? PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL : PRIORITY_LOW;
   os.setPriority(LOWER_PRIORITY);
   const priority = os.getPriority();
   is.number(priority);