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30 .TH SCHED_SETPARAM 2 2016-10-08 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
32 sched_setparam, sched_getparam \- set and get scheduling parameters
37 .BI "int sched_setparam(pid_t " pid ", const struct sched_param *" param );
39 .BI "int sched_getparam(pid_t " pid ", struct sched_param *" param );
41 \fBstruct sched_param {
43 int \fIsched_priority\fB;
49 sets the scheduling parameters associated with the scheduling policy
50 for the process identified by \fIpid\fP.
51 If \fIpid\fP is zero, then
52 the parameters of the calling process are set.
54 the argument \fIparam\fP depends on the scheduling
55 policy of the process identified by
59 for a description of the scheduling policies supported under Linux.
62 retrieves the scheduling parameters for the
63 process identified by \fIpid\fP.
64 If \fIpid\fP is zero, then the parameters
65 of the calling process are retrieved.
68 checks the validity of \fIparam\fP for the scheduling policy of the
70 The value \fIparam\->sched_priority\fP must lie within the
72 .BR sched_get_priority_min (2)
74 .BR sched_get_priority_max (2).
76 For a discussion of the privileges and resource limits related to
77 scheduling priority and policy, see
80 POSIX systems on which
85 .B _POSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING
93 On error, \-1 is returned, and
106 .RB ( sched_setparam ())
107 The argument \fIparam\fP does not make sense for the current
111 .RB ( sched_setparam ())
112 The calling process does not have appropriate privileges
113 (Linux: does not have the
118 The process whose ID is \fIpid\fP could not be found.
120 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
123 Scheduling parameters are in fact per-thread
132 .BR sched_get_priority_max (2),
133 .BR sched_get_priority_min (2),
134 .BR sched_getaffinity (2),
135 .BR sched_getscheduler (2),
136 .BR sched_setaffinity (2),
137 .BR sched_setattr (2),
138 .BR sched_setscheduler (2),
140 .BR capabilities (7),