On Linux the valid range of priorities for the SCHED_FIFO and SCHED_RR
scheduling policies is [1,99]. For SCHED_OTHER the single valid priority is
0. On FreeBSD it is [0,31] for all policies. Programs are supposed to
query the valid range using sched_get_priority_(min|max), but of course some
programs assume the Linux values are valid.
This commit adds a tunable compat.linux.map_sched_prio. When enabled
sched_get_priority_(min|max) return the Linux values and sched_setscheduler
and sched_(get|set)param translate between FreeBSD and Linux values.
Because there are more Linux levels than FreeBSD levels, multiple Linux
levels map to a single FreeBSD level, which means pre-emption might not
happen as it does on Linux, so the tunable allows to disable this behaviour.
It is enabled by default because I think it is unlikely that anyone runs
real-time software under Linux emulation on FreeBSD that critically relies
on correct pre-emption.
This fixes FMOD, a commercial sound library used by several games.
PR: 240043
Tested by: Alex S <iwtcex@gmail.com>
Reviewed by: dchagin
MFC after: 2 weeks
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23790
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