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NAME

rtprio, idprio - execute, examine or modify a utility’s or process’s realtime or idletime scheduling priority

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SYNOPSIS

[id|rt]prio [id|rt]prio [pid] [id|rt]prio priority command [args] [id|rt]prio priority pid [id|rt]prio -t command [args] [id|rt]prio -t pid

DESCRIPTION

The rtprio utility is used for controlling realtime process scheduling.

The idprio utility is used for controlling idletime process scheduling, and can be called with the same options as rtprio.

A process with a realtime priority is not subject to priority degradation, and will only be preempted by another process of equal or higher realtime priority.

A process with an idle priority will run only when no other process is runnable and then only if its idle priority is equal or greater than all other runnable idle priority processes.

Both rtprio or idprio when called without arguments will return the realtime priority of the current process.

If rtprio is called with 1 argument, it will return the realtime priority of the process with the specified pid.

If priority is specified, the process or program is run at that realtime priority. If -t is specified, the process or program is run as a normal (non-realtime) process.

If -pid is specified, the process with the process identifier pid will be modified, else if command is specified, that program is run with its arguments.

Priority is an integer between 0 and RTP_PRIO_MAX (usually 31). 0 is the highest priority

Pid of 0 means "the current process".

Only root is allowed to set realtime or idle priority for a process.

EXIT STATUS

If rtprio execute a command, the exit value is that of the command executed. In all other cases, rtprio exits 0 on success, and 1 for all other errors.

EXAMPLES

To see which realtime priority the current process is at:

rtprio

To see which realtime priority of process 1423:

"rtprio 1423"

To run cron(8) at the lowest realtime priority:

"rtprio 31 cron"

To change the realtime priority of process 1423 to 16:

"rtprio 16 -1423"

To run tcpdump(1) without realtime priority:

"rtprio -t tcpdump"

To change the realtime priority of process 1423 to RTP_PRIO_NORMAL (non-realtime/normal priority):

"rtprio -t -1423"

To make depend while not disturbing other machine usage:

"idprio 31 make depend"

SEE ALSO

nice(1), ps(1), rtprio(2), setpriority(2), nice(3), renice(8)

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AUTHORS

BUGS

ps(1)). mprotect(2), madvise(2)).

 
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