{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: with lib; let cfg = config.programs.gamemode; settingsFormat = pkgs.formats.ini { }; configFile = settingsFormat.generate "gamemode.ini" cfg.settings; in { options = { programs.gamemode = { enable = mkEnableOption "GameMode to optimise system performance on demand"; enableRenice = mkEnableOption "CAP_SYS_NICE on gamemoded to support lowering process niceness" // { default = true; }; settings = mkOption { type = settingsFormat.type; default = {}; description = '' System-wide configuration for GameMode (/etc/gamemode.ini). See gamemoded(8) man page for available settings. ''; example = literalExample '' { general = { renice = 10; }; # Warning: GPU optimisations have the potential to damage hardware gpu = { apply_gpu_optimisations = "accept-responsibility"; gpu_device = 0; amd_performance_level = "high"; }; custom = { start = "''${pkgs.libnotify}/bin/notify-send 'GameMode started'"; end = "''${pkgs.libnotify}/bin/notify-send 'GameMode ended'"; }; } ''; }; }; }; config = mkIf cfg.enable { environment = { systemPackages = [ pkgs.gamemode ]; etc."gamemode.ini".source = configFile; }; security = { polkit.enable = true; wrappers = mkIf cfg.enableRenice { gamemoded = { owner = "root"; group = "root"; source = "${pkgs.gamemode}/bin/gamemoded"; capabilities = "cap_sys_nice+ep"; }; }; }; systemd = { packages = [ pkgs.gamemode ]; user.services.gamemoded = { # The upstream service already defines this, but doesn't get applied. # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/81138 wantedBy = [ "default.target" ]; # Use pkexec from the security wrappers to allow users to # run libexec/cpugovctl & libexec/gpuclockctl as root with # the the actions defined in share/polkit-1/actions. # # This uses a link farm to make sure other wrapped executables # aren't included in PATH. environment.PATH = mkForce (pkgs.linkFarm "pkexec" [ { name = "pkexec"; path = "${config.security.wrapperDir}/pkexec"; } ]); serviceConfig.ExecStart = mkIf cfg.enableRenice [ "" # Tell systemd to clear the existing ExecStart list, to prevent appending to it. "${config.security.wrapperDir}/gamemoded" ]; }; }; }; meta = { maintainers = with maintainers; [ kira-bruneau ]; }; }