Name

chrt — manipulate real-time attributes of a process

Synopsis

chrt [options] [prio] [ pid | command [arg...] ]

DESCRIPTION

chrt(1) sets or retrieves the real-time scheduling attributes of an existing PID or runs COMMAND with the given attributes. Both policy (one of SCHED_FIFO, SCHED_RR, or SCHED_OTHER) and priority can be set and retrieved.

OPTIONS

−p,−−pid

operate on an existing PID and do not launch a new task

−f,−−fifo

set scheduling policy to SCHED_FIFO

−m,−−max

show minimum and maximum valid priorities, then exit

−o,−−other

set policy scheduling policy to SCHED_OTHER

−r,−−rr

set scheduling policy to SCHED_RR (the default)

−h,−−help

display usage information and exit

−v,−−version

output version information and exit

USAGE

The default behavior is to run a new command::

chrt [prio] -- [command] [arguments]

You can also retrieve the real-time attributes of an existing task:

chrt -p [pid]

Or set them:

chrt -p [prio] [pid]

PERMISSIONS

A user must possess CAP_SYS_NICE to change the scheduling attributes of a process. Any user can retrieve the scheduling information.

AUTHOR

Written by Robert M. Love.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <rml@tech9.net>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2004 Robert M. Love

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

taskset(1), nice(1), renice(1)

See sched_setscheduler(2) for a description of the Linux scheduling scheme.


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2002-05-11 Robert Love <rmltech9.net>
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