sched_getparam

SCHED_SETPARAM(2)	  Linux Programmer’s Manual	    SCHED_SETPARAM(2)



NAME
       sched_setparam, sched_getparam - set and get scheduling parameters

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sched.h>

       int sched_setparam(pid_t pid, const struct sched_param *p);

       int sched_getparam(pid_t pid, struct sched_param *p);

       struct sched_param {
	   ...
	   int sched_priority;
	   ...
       };

DESCRIPTION
       sched_setparam  sets  the  scheduling  parameters  associated with the
       scheduling policy for the process identified by pid. If pid  is	zero,
       then the parameters of the current process are set. The interpretation
       of the parameter p depends on the selected policy. Currently, the fol-
       lowing	three	scheduling   policies	are  supported	under  Linux:
       SCHED_FIFO, SCHED_RR, and SCHED_OTHER.

       sched_getparam retrieves the scheduling	parameters  for	 the  process
       identified  by pid. If pid is zero, then the parameters of the current
       process are retrieved.

       sched_setparam checks the validity of p for the scheduling  policy  of
       the process. The parameter p->sched_priority must lie within the range
       given by sched_get_priority_min and sched_get_priority_max.

       POSIX systems on which sched_setparam and sched_getparam are available
       define _POSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING in <unistd.h>.


RETURN VALUE
       On  success, sched_setparam and sched_getparam return 0.	 On error, -1
       is returned, errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS
       ESRCH  The process whose ID is pid could not be found.

       EPERM  The calling process does not have appropriate  privileges.  The
	      process  calling sched_setparam needs an effective uid equal to
	      the euid or uid of the process identified by pid, or it must be
	      a superuser process.

       EINVAL The  parameter p does not make sense for the current scheduling
	      policy.

CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1b (formerly POSIX.4)

SEE ALSO
       sched_setaffinity(2),   sched_getaffinity(2),   sched_setscheduler(2),
       sched_getscheduler(2),	sched_get_priority_max(2),   sched_get_prior-
       ity_min(2), nice(2), setpriority(2), getpriority(2),

       sched_setscheduler(2)  has  a  description  of  the  Linux  scheduling
       scheme.

       Programming  for	 the  real  world  -  POSIX.4 by Bill O. Gallmeister,
       O’Reilly & Associates, Inc., ISBN 1-56592-074-0
       IEEE Std 1003.1b-1993 (POSIX.1b standard)
       ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996



Linux 1.3.81			  1996-04-10		    SCHED_SETPARAM(2)