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.\" Copyright (c) 2000-2001 John H. Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd November 3, 2000
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.Dt SCHEDULER 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm curpriority_cmp ,
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.Nm maybe_resched ,
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.Nm resetpriority ,
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.Nm roundrobin ,
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.Nm roundrobin_interval ,
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.Nm sched_setup ,
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.Nm schedclock ,
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.Nm schedcpu ,
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.Nm setrunnable ,
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.Nm updatepri
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.Nd perform round-robin scheduling of runnable processes
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/param.h
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.In sys/proc.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn curpriority_cmp "struct proc *p"
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.Ft void
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.Fn maybe_resched "struct ksegrp *kg"
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.Ft void
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.Fn propagate_priority "struct proc *p"
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.Ft void
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.Fn resetpriority "struct ksegrp *kg"
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.Ft void
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.Fn roundrobin "void *arg"
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.Ft int
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.Fn roundrobin_interval "void"
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.Ft void
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.Fn sched_setup "void *dummy"
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.Ft void
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.Fn schedclock "struct thread *td"
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.Ft void
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.Fn schedcpu "void *arg"
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.Ft void
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.Fn setrunnable "struct thread *td"
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.Ft void
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.Fn updatepri "struct thread *td"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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Each process has three different priorities stored in
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.Vt "struct proc" :
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.Va p_usrpri ,
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.Va p_nativepri ,
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and
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.Va p_priority .
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.Pp
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The
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.Va p_usrpri
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member is the user priority of the process calculated from a process'
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estimated CPU time and nice level.
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.Pp
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The
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.Va p_nativepri
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member is the saved priority used by
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.Fn propagate_priority .
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When a process obtains a mutex, its priority is saved in
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.Va p_nativepri .
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While it holds the mutex, the process's priority may be bumped by another
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process that blocks on the mutex.
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When the process releases the mutex, then its priority is restored to the
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priority saved in
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.Va p_nativepri .
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.Pp
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The
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.Va p_priority
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member is the actual priority of the process and is used to determine what
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.Xr runqueue 9
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it runs on, for example.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn curpriority_cmp
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function compares the cached priority of the currently running process with
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process
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.Fa p .
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If the currently running process has a higher priority, then it will return
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a value less than zero.
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If the current process has a lower priority, then it will return a value
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greater than zero.
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If the current process has the same priority as
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.Fa p ,
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then
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.Fn curpriority_cmp
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will return zero.
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The cached priority of the currently running process is updated when a process
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resumes from
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.Xr tsleep 9
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or returns to userland in
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.Fn userret
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and is stored in the private variable
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.Va curpriority .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn maybe_resched
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function compares the priorities of the current process and process
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.Fa chk .
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If
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.Fa chk
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has a higher priority than the current process, then a context switch is
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needed, and
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.Fn need_resched
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is called to force a reschedule on the next return to userland.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn propagate_priority
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looks at the process that owns the mutex
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.Fa p
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is blocked on.
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That process's priority is bumped to the priority of
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.Fa p
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if needed.
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If the process is currently running, then the function returns.
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If the process is on a
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.Xr runqueue 9 ,
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then the process is moved to the appropriate
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.Xr runqueue 9
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for its new priority.
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If the process is blocked on a mutex, its position in the list of
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processes blocked on the mutex in question is updated to reflect its new
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priority.
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Then, the function repeats the procedure using the process that owns the
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mutex just encountered.
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Note that an process's priorities are only bumped to the priority of the
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original process
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.Fa p ,
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not to the priority of the previously encountered process.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn resetpriority
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function recomputes the user priority of the process
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.Fa p
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stored in
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.Va p_usrpri
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and calls
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.Fn maybe_resched
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to force a reschedule if needed.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn roundrobin
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function is used as a
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.Xr timeout 9
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function to force a reschedule every
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.Va sched_quantum
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ticks.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn roundrobin_interval
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function simply returns the number of clock ticks in between reschedules
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triggered by
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.Fn roundrobin .
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Thus, all it does is return the current value of
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.Va sched_quantum .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn sched_setup
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function is a
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.Xr SYSINIT 9
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that is called to start up the callout driven scheduler functions.
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It just calls the
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.Fn roundrobin
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and
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.Fn schedcpu
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functions for the first time.
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After the initial call, the two functions will propagate themselves by
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registering their callout event again at the completion of the respective
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function.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn schedclock
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function is called by
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.Fn statclock
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to adjust the priority of the currently running process.
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It updates the process's estimated CPU time and then adjusts the priority via
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.Fn resetpriority .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn schedcpu
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function updates all process priorities.
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First, it updates statistics that track how long processes have been in various
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process states.
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Secondly, it updates the estimated CPU time for the current process such
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that about 90% of the CPU usage is forgotten in 5 * load average seconds.
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For example, if the load average is 2.00,
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then at least 90% of the estimated CPU time for the process should be based
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on the amount of CPU time the process has had in the last 10 seconds.
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It then recomputes the priority of the process and moves it to the
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appropriate
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.Xr runqueue 9
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if necessary.
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Thirdly, it updates the %CPU estimate used by utilities such as
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.Xr ps 1
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and
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.Xr top 1
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so that 95% of the CPU usage is forgotten in 60 seconds.
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Once all process priorities have been updated,
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.Fn schedcpu
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calls
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.Fn vmmeter
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to update various other statistics including the load average.
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Finally, it schedules itself to run again in
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.Va hz
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clock ticks.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn setrunnable
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function is used to change a process's state to be runnable.
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The process is placed on a
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.Xr runqueue 9
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if needed, and the swapper process is woken up and told to swap the process in
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if the process is swapped out.
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If the process has been asleep for at least one run of
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.Fn schedcpu ,
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then
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.Fn updatepri
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is used to adjust the priority of the process.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn updatepri
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function is used to adjust the priority of a process that has been asleep.
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It retroactively decays the estimated CPU time of the process for each
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.Fn schedcpu
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event that the process was asleep.
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Finally, it calls
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.Fn resetpriority
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to adjust the priority of the process.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr mi_switch 9 ,
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.Xr runqueue 9 ,
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.Xr sleepqueue 9 ,
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.Xr tsleep 9
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.Sh BUGS
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The
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.Va curpriority
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variable really should be per-CPU.
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In addition,
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.Fn maybe_resched
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should compare the priority of
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.Fa chk
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with that of each CPU, and then send an IPI to the processor with the lowest
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priority to trigger a reschedule if needed.
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.Pp
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Priority propagation is broken and is thus disabled by default.
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The
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.Va p_nativepri
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variable is only updated if a process does not obtain a sleep mutex on the
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first try.
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Also, if a process obtains more than one sleep mutex in this manner, and
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had its priority bumped in between, then
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.Va p_nativepri
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will be clobbered.
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