Added some FIXMEs.

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Michael Kerrisk 2008-04-23 09:10:40 +00:00
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commit 8d30cbf478
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@ -56,7 +56,11 @@ into \fI*tp\fP.
The identified process should be running under the
.B SCHED_RR
scheduling policy.
.\" FIXME . On Linux, sched_rr_get_interval()
.\" returns the timeslice for SCHED_OTHER processes -- this timeslice
.\" is influenced by the nice value.
.\" For SCHED_FIFO processes, this always returns 0.
.\"
.\" The round-robin time quantum value is not alterable under Linux
.\" 1.3.81.
.\"
@ -89,6 +93,13 @@ The process whose ID is \fIpid\fP could not be found.
POSIX.1-2001.
.SH NOTES
.SS Linux Notes
.\" FIXME
.\" From at least Linux 2.6.9, the following is no longer true
.\" for SCHED_RR processes. For RR processes the timeslice is always
.\" DEF_TIMESLICE, or 0.1 secs.
.\" Was the following really true for older kernels?
.\" Must build a 2.6.8 kernel and retest, and rewrite the following text
.\" appropriately.
POSIX does not specify any mechanism for controlling the size of the
round-robin time quantum.
However, Linux provides a (non-portable) method of doing this.