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26.Dd March 12, 1998
27.Dt SCHED_SETPARAM 2
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm sched_setparam ,
31.Nm sched_getparam
32.Nd set/get scheduling parameters
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libc
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sched.h
37.Ft int
38.Fn sched_setparam "pid_t pid" "const struct sched_param *param"
39.Ft int
40.Fn sched_getparam "pid_t pid" "struct sched_param *param"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Fn sched_setparam
44system call sets the scheduling parameters of the process specified by
45.Fa pid
46to the values specified by the
47.Fa sched_param
48structure pointed to by
49.Fa param .
50The value of the
51.Fa sched_priority
52member in the
53.Fa param
54structure must be any integer within the inclusive priority range for
55the current scheduling policy of the process specified by
56.Fa pid .
57Higher numerical values for the priority represent higher priorities.
58.Pp
59In this implementation, if the value of
60.Fa pid
61is negative the system call will fail.
62.Pp
63If a process specified by
64.Fa pid
65exists and if the calling process has permission, the scheduling
66parameters are set for the process whose process ID is equal to
67.Fa pid .
68.Pp
69If
70.Fa pid
71is zero, the scheduling parameters are set for the calling process.
72.Pp
73In this implementation, the policy of when a process can affect
74the scheduling parameters of another process is specified in
75.St -p1003.1b-93
76as a write-style operation.
77.Pp
78The target process, whether it is running or not running, will resume
79execution after all other runnable processes of equal or greater
80priority have been scheduled to run.
81.Pp
82If the priority of the process specified by the
83.Fa pid
84argument is set higher than that of the lowest priority running process
85and if the specified process is ready to run, the process specified by
86the
87.Fa pid
88argument will preempt a lowest priority running process.
89Similarly, if
90the process calling
91.Fn sched_setparam
92sets its own priority lower than that of one or more other nonempty
93process lists, then the process that is the head of the highest priority
94list will also preempt the calling process.
95Thus, in either case, the
96originating process might not receive notification of the completion of
97the requested priority change until the higher priority process has
98executed.
99.Pp
100In this implementation, when the current scheduling policy for the
101process specified by
102.Fa pid
103is normal timesharing (SCHED_OTHER, aka SCHED_NORMAL when not POSIX-source)
104or the idle policy (SCHED_IDLE when not POSIX-source) then the behavior
105is as if the process had been running under SCHED_RR with a priority
106lower than any actual realtime priority.
107.Pp
108The
109.Fn sched_getparam
110system call will return the scheduling parameters of a process specified
111by
112.Fa pid
113in the
114.Fa sched_param
115structure pointed to by
116.Fa param .
117.Pp
118If a process specified by
119.Fa pid
120exists and if the calling process has permission,
121the scheduling parameters for the process whose process ID is equal to
122.Fa pid
123are returned.
124.Pp
125In this implementation, the policy of when a process can obtain the
126scheduling parameters of another process are detailed in
127.St -p1003.1b-93
128as a read-style operation.
129.Pp
130If
131.Fa pid
132is zero, the scheduling parameters for the calling process will be
133returned.
134In this implementation, the
135.Fa sched_getparam
136system call will fail if
137.Fa pid
138is negative.
139.Sh RETURN VALUES
140.Rv -std
141.Sh ERRORS
142On failure
143.Va errno
144will be set to the corresponding value:
145.Bl -tag -width Er
146.It Bq Er ENOSYS
147The system is not configured to support this functionality.
148.It Bq Er EPERM
149The requesting process doesn not have permission as detailed in
150.St -p1003.1b-93 .
151.It Bq Er ESRCH
152No process can be found corresponding to that specified by
153.Fa pid .
154.It Bq Er EINVAL
155For
156.Fn sched_setparam :
157one or more of the requested scheduling parameters
158is outside the range defined for the scheduling policy of the specified
159.Fa pid .
160.El
161.Sh SEE ALSO
162.Xr sched_get_priority_max 2 ,
163.Xr sched_get_priority_min 2 ,
164.Xr sched_getscheduler 2 ,
165.Xr sched_rr_get_interval 2 ,
166.Xr sched_setscheduler 2 ,
167.Xr sched_yield 2
168.Sh STANDARDS
169The
170.Fn sched_setparam
171and
172.Fn sched_getparam
173system calls conform to
174.St -p1003.1b-93 .
175