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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .Dd March 12, 1998 .Dt SCHED_SETPARAM 2 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm sched_setparam , .Nm sched_getparam .Nd set/get scheduling parameters .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include .Ft int .Fn sched_setparam "pid_t pid" "const struct sched_param *param" .Ft int .Fn sched_getparam "pid_t pid" "struct sched_param *param" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn sched_setparam function sets the scheduling parameters of the process specified by .Fa pid to the values specified by the .Fa sched_param structure pointed to by .Fa param . The value of the .Fa sched_priority member in the .Fa param structure must be any integer within the inclusive priority range for the current scheduling policy of the process specified by .Fa pid . Higher numerical values for the priority represent higher priorities. .Pp In this implementation, if the value of .Fa pid is negative the function will fail. .Pp If a process specified by .Fa pid exists and if the calling process has permission, the scheduling parameters are set for the process whose process ID is equal to .Fa pid . .Pp If .Fa pid is zero, the scheduling parameters are set for the calling process. .Pp In this implementation, the policy of when a process can affect the scheduling parameters of another process is specified in .Xr p1003_1b as a write-style operation. .Pp The target process, whether it is running or not running, will resume execution after all other runnable processes of equal or greater priority have been scheduled to run. .Pp If the priority of the process specified by the .Fa pid argument is set higher than that of the lowest priority running process and if the specified process is ready to run, the process specified by the .Fa pid argument will preempt a lowest priority running process. Similarly, if the process calling .Fn sched_setparam sets its own priority lower than that of one or more other nonempty process lists, then the process that is the head of the highest priority list will also preempt the calling process. Thus, in either case, the originating process might not receive notification of the completion of the requested priority change until the higher priority process has executed. .Pp In this implementation, when the current scheduling policy for the process specified by .Fa pid is normal timesharing (SCHED_OTHER, aka SCHED_NORMAL when not POSIX-source) or the idle policy (SCHED_IDLE when not POSIX-source) then the behavior is as if the process had been running under SCHED_RR with a priority lower than any actual realtime priority. .Pp The .Fn sched_getparam function will return the scheduling parameters of a process specified by .Fa pid in the .Fa sched_param structure pointed to by .Fa param . .Pp If a process specified by .Fa pid exists and if the calling process has permission, the scheduling parameters for the process whose process ID is equal to .Fa pid are returned. .Pp In this implementation, the policy of when a process can obtain the scheduling parameters of another process are detailed in .Xr p1003_1b as a read-style operation. .Pp If .Fa pid is zero, the scheduling parameters for the calling process will be returned. In this implementation, the .Fa sched_getparam function will fail if .Fa pid is negative. .Sh RETURN VALUES .Rv -std .Sh ERRORS On failure .Va errno will be set to the corresponding value: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er ENOSYS The system is not configured to support this functionality. .It Bq Er EPERM The requesting process doesn not have permission as detailed in .Xr p1003_1b . .It Bq Er ESRCH No process can be found corresponding to that specified by .Fa pid . .It Bq Er EINVAL For .Fn sched_setparam : one or more of the requested scheduling parameters is outside the range defined for the scheduling policy of the specified .Fa pid . .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr sched_getscheduler 2 , .Xr sched_get_priority_max 2 , .Xr sched_get_priority_min 2 , .Xr sched_rr_get_interval 2 , .Xr sched_setscheduler 2 , .Xr sched_yield 2 .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn sched_setparam and .Fn sched_getparam functions conform to .St -p1003.1b-93 .