__ppc_set_ppr_med - Man Page

Set the Program Priority Register

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Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Synopsis

#include <sys/platform/ppc.h>

void __ppc_set_ppr_med(void);
void __ppc_set_ppr_very_low(void);
void __ppc_set_ppr_low(void);
void __ppc_set_ppr_med_low(void);
void __ppc_set_ppr_med_high(void);

Description

These functions provide access to the Program Priority Register (PPR) on the Power architecture.

The PPR is a 64-bit register that controls the program's priority. By adjusting the PPR value the programmer may improve system throughput by causing system resources to be used more efficiently, especially in contention situations. The available unprivileged states are covered by the following functions:

__ppc_set_ppr_med()

sets the Program Priority Register value to medium (default).

__ppc_set_ppr_very_low()

sets the Program Priority Register value to very low.

__ppc_set_ppr_low()

sets the Program Priority Register value to low.

__ppc_set_ppr_med_low()

sets the Program Priority Register value to medium low.

The privileged state medium high may also be set during certain time intervals by problem-state (unprivileged) programs, with the following function:

__ppc_set_ppr_med_high()

sets the Program Priority to medium high.

If the program priority is medium high when the time interval expires or if an attempt is made to set the priority to medium high when it is not allowed, the priority is set to medium.

Attributes

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

InterfaceAttributeValue
__ppc_set_ppr_med(), __ppc_set_ppr_very_low(), __ppc_set_ppr_low(), __ppc_set_ppr_med_low(), __ppc_set_ppr_med_high()Thread safetyMT-Safe

Standards

GNU.

History

__ppc_set_ppr_med()
__ppc_set_ppr_low()
__ppc_set_ppr_med_low()

glibc 2.18.

__ppc_set_ppr_very_low()
__ppc_set_ppr_med_high()

glibc 2.23.

Notes

The functions __ppc_set_ppr_very_low() and __ppc_set_ppr_med_high() will be defined by <sys/platform/ppc.h> if _ARCH_PWR8 is defined. Availability of these functions can be tested using #ifdef _ARCH_PWR8.

See Also

__ppc_yield(3)

Power ISA, Book II - Section 3.1 (Program Priority Registers)

Referenced By

__ppc_yield(3).

The man pages __ppc_set_ppr_low(3), __ppc_set_ppr_med_high(3), __ppc_set_ppr_med_low(3) and __ppc_set_ppr_very_low(3) are aliases of __ppc_set_ppr_med(3).

2023-10-31 Linux man-pages 6.7