Simple Riemann - Stieltjes integral

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Calculate $\int\limits_{0}^{\pi}(x-1)d(xsgn(\cos x))$.

I used fact that if $f$ is continuous and $g'$ is Riemann integrable over the specified interval, then:

$\int f(x)dg(x)=\int f(x)g'(x)dx.$

So for our integral, we have:

$\int\limits_{0}^{\pi}(x-1)d(xsgn(\cos x))= \int\limits_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}}(x-1)(x)'dx + \int\limits_{\frac{\pi}{2}}^{\pi}(x-1)(-x)'dx=\ldots.$

Is it correct way to solve this example?