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fork.2, getpriority.2, ioprio_set.2, sched_setparam.2, sched_setscheduler.2, shmop.2, sigaction.2, unimplemented.2, makecontext.3, sysconf.3, resolv.conf.5, cpuset.7, ip.7, svipc.7, termio.7, zdump.8: tstamp
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2013-02-12 02:51:12 +00:00
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.TH IOPRIO_SET 2 2013-02-12 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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ioprio_get, ioprio_set \- get/set I/O scheduling class and priority
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.BI "int ioprio_get(int " which ", int " who );
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.BI "int ioprio_set(int " which ", int " who ", int " ioprio );
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get_robust_list.2, get_thread_area.2, getcpu.2, getdents.2, gettid.2, io_cancel.2, io_destroy.2, io_getevents.2, io_setup.2, io_submit.2, ioprio_set.2, kexec_load.2, llseek.2, modify_ldt.2, mq_getsetattr.2, pivot_root.2, readdir.2, rt_sigqueueinfo.2, set_thread_area.2, sgetmask.2, spu_create.2, spu_run.2, subpage_prot.2, sysctl.2, tkill.2: Add note to SYNOPSIS that there is no glibc wrapper for system call
Reduce the chance that the reader may be misled into thinking
that there is a wrapper function for this system call by noting
explicitly in the SYNOPSIS that there is no glibc wrapper and
pointing the reader to NOTES for further details.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2012-07-13 06:48:20 +00:00
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.IR Note :
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There are no glibc wrappers for these system calls; see NOTES.
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.BR ioprio_get ()
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and
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.BR ioprio_set ()
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system calls respectively get and set the I/O scheduling class and
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priority of one or more threads.
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The
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.I which
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and
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.I who
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arguments identify the thread(s) on which the system
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calls operate.
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The
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.I which
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argument determines how
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.I who
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is interpreted, and has one of the following values:
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.TP
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.B IOPRIO_WHO_PROCESS
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.I who
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is a process ID or thread ID identifying a single process or thread.
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If
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.I who
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is 0, then operate on the calling thread.
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.TP
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.B IOPRIO_WHO_PGRP
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.I who
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is a process group ID identifying all the members of a process group.
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If
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.I who
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is 0, then operate on the process group of which the caller is a member.
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.TP
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.B IOPRIO_WHO_USER
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.I who
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is a user ID identifying all of the processes that
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have a matching real UID.
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.\" FIXME who==0 needs to be documented,
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.\" See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=652443
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.PP
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If
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.I which
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is specified as
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.B IOPRIO_WHO_PGRP
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or
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.B IOPRIO_WHO_USER
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when calling
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.BR ioprio_get (),
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and more than one process matches
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.IR who ,
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then the returned priority will be the highest one found among
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all of the matching processes.
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One priority is said to be
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higher than another one if it belongs to a higher priority
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class
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.RB ( IOPRIO_CLASS_RT
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is the highest priority class;
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.B IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE
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is the lowest)
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or if it belongs to the same priority class as the other process but
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has a higher priority level (a lower priority number means a
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higher priority level).
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The
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.I ioprio
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argument given to
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.BR ioprio_set ()
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is a bit mask that specifies both the scheduling class and the
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priority to be assigned to the target process(es).
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The following macros are used for assembling and dissecting
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.I ioprio
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values:
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.BI IOPRIO_PRIO_VALUE( class ", " data )
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Given a scheduling
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.I class
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and priority
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.RI ( data ),
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this macro combines the two values to produce an
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.I ioprio
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value, which is returned as the result of the macro.
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.TP
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.BI IOPRIO_PRIO_CLASS( mask )
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Given
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.I mask
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(an
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.I ioprio
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value), this macro returns its I/O class component, that is,
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one of the values
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.BR IOPRIO_CLASS_RT ,
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.BR IOPRIO_CLASS_BE ,
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or
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.BR IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE .
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.TP
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.BI IOPRIO_PRIO_DATA( mask )
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Given
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.I mask
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(an
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.I ioprio
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value), this macro returns its priority
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.RI ( data )
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component.
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.PP
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See the NOTES section for more
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information on scheduling classes and priorities.
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I/O priorities are supported for reads and for synchronous
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.RB ( O_DIRECT ,
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.BR O_SYNC )
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writes.
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I/O priorities are not supported for asynchronous
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writes because they are issued outside the context of the program
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dirtying the memory, and thus program-specific priorities do not apply.
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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On success,
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.BR ioprio_get ()
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returns the
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.I ioprio
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value of the process with highest I/O priority of any of the processes
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that match the criteria specified in
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.I which
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and
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.IR who .
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On error, \-1 is returned, and
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.I errno
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is set to indicate the error.
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.PP
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On success,
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.BR ioprio_set ()
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returns 0.
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On error, \-1 is returned, and
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.I errno
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is set to indicate the error.
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.SH ERRORS
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.TP
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.B EINVAL
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Invalid value for
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.I which
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or
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.IR ioprio .
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Refer to the NOTES section for available scheduler
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classes and priority levels for
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.IR ioprio .
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.TP
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.B EPERM
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The calling process does not have the privilege needed to assign this
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.I ioprio
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to the specified process(es).
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See the NOTES section for more information on required
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privileges for
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.BR ioprio_set ().
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.TP
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.B ESRCH
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No process(es) could be found that matched the specification in
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.I which
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and
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.SH VERSIONS
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These system calls have been available on Linux since
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kernel 2.6.13.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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These system calls are Linux-specific.
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.SH NOTES
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Glibc does not provide a wrapper for these system calls; call them using
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.BR syscall (2).
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Two or more processes or threads can share an I/O context.
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This will be the case when
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.BR clone (2)
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was called with the
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flag.
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However, by default, the distinct threads of a process will
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.B not
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share the same I/O context.
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This means that if you want to change the I/O
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priority of all threads in a process, you may need to call
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.BR ioprio_set ()
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on each of the threads.
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The thread ID that you would need for this operation
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is the one that is returned by
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.BR gettid (2)
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or
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.BR clone (2).
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These system calls only have an effect when used
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in conjunction with an I/O scheduler that supports I/O priorities.
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As at kernel 2.6.17 the only such scheduler is the Completely Fair Queuing
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(CFQ) I/O scheduler.
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Capitalization in .SS sections across pages (and sometimes even
within a single page) is wildly inconsistent. Make it consistent.
Capitalize first word in heading, but otherwise use lower case,
except where English usage (e.g., proper nouns) or programming
language requirements (e.g., identifier names) dictate otherwise.
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.SS "Selecting an I/O scheduler"
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I/O Schedulers are selected on a per-device basis via the special
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file
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.IR /sys/block/<device>/queue/scheduler .
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file system.
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For example, the following command
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Setting another scheduler is done by writing the name of the
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For example, the following command will set the
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scheduler for the
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.RB "$" " su"
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.SS "The Completely Fair Queuing (CFQ) I/O scheduler"
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Since v3 (aka CFQ Time Sliced) CFQ implements
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I/O nice levels similar to those
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.BR IOPRIO_CLASS_RT " (1)"
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This is the real-time I/O class.
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higher priority than any other class:
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processes from this class are
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given first access to the disk every time.
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Thus this I/O class needs to be used with some
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care: one I/O real-time process can starve the entire system.
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there are 8 levels of class data (priority) that determine exactly
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how much time this process needs the disk for on each service.
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The highest real-time priority level is 0; the lowest is 7.
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.BR IOPRIO_CLASS_BE " (2)"
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This is the best-effort scheduling class,
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which is the default for any process
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The class data (priority) determines how much
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I/O bandwidth the process will get.
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Best-effort priority levels are analogous to CPU nice values
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The priority level determines a priority relative
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Priority levels range from 0 (highest) to 7 (lowest).
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This is the idle scheduling class.
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Processes running at this level only get I/O
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time when no-one else needs the disk.
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since it may become starved if higher priority processes are
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Glibc does not yet provide a suitable header file defining
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR ionice (1),
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