Proposed new approach for SetBackgrounded.

content/browser/renderer_host/render_process_host_impl.h

Index: content/browser/renderer_host/render_process_host_impl.h
diff --git a/content/browser/renderer_host/render_process_host_impl.h b/content/browser/renderer_host/render_process_host_impl.h
index 8937fd1e561d188c12005ef4fa3f2161b7cfcb6d..41b645f2b3c4de2c6ef29069554ce82b0c462bfa 100644
--- a/content/browser/renderer_host/render_process_host_impl.h
+++ b/content/browser/renderer_host/render_process_host_impl.h
@@ -329,8 +329,10 @@ class CONTENT_EXPORT RenderProcessHostImpl
       const base::CommandLine& browser_cmd,
       base::CommandLine* renderer_cmd) const;
 
-  // Callers can reduce the RenderProcess' priority.
-  void SetBackgrounded(bool backgrounded);
+  // Inspects the current object state and sets/removes background priority if
+  // appropriate. Should be called after any of the involved data members
+  // change.
+  void UpdateProcessPriority();
 
   // Handle termination of our process.
   void ProcessDied(bool already_dead, RendererClosedDetails* known_details);
@@ -361,8 +363,9 @@ class CONTENT_EXPORT RenderProcessHostImpl
   // backgrounded.
   int32 visible_widgets_;
 
-  // Does this process have backgrounded priority.
-  bool backgrounded_;
+  // Whether this process currently has backgrounded priority. Tracked so that
+  // UpdateProcessPriority() can avoid redundantly setting the priority.
+  bool is_process_backgrounded_;
 
   // Used to allow a RenderWidgetHost to intercept various messages on the
   // IO thread.