sched_get_priority_max - Man Page

get priority limits (REALTIME)

Prolog

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Synopsis

#include <sched.h>

int sched_get_priority_max(int policy);
int sched_get_priority_min(int policy);

Description

The sched_get_priority_max() and sched_get_priority_min() functions shall return the appropriate maximum or minimum, respectively, for the scheduling policy specified by policy.

The value of policy shall be one of the scheduling policy values defined in <sched.h>.

Return Value

If successful, the sched_get_priority_max() and sched_get_priority_min() functions shall return the appropriate maximum or minimum values, respectively. If unsuccessful, they shall return a value of -1 and set errno to indicate the error.

Errors

The sched_get_priority_max() and sched_get_priority_min() functions shall fail if:

EINVAL

The value of the policy parameter does not represent a defined scheduling policy.

The following sections are informative.

Examples

None.

Application Usage

None.

Rationale

None.

Future Directions

None.

See Also

sched_getparam(), sched_setparam(), sched_getscheduler(), sched_rr_get_interval(), sched_setscheduler()

The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017, <sched.h>

Referenced By

getpriority(3p), sched.h(0p), sched_rr_get_interval(3p).

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