From b8986eaed333b380122a14eb7665370d07790df3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 15:45:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] sched.7: Make it clearer that SCHED_OTHER is always scheduled below real-time Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/sched.7 | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man7/sched.7 b/man7/sched.7 index 6f85ac9cd..69131db2e 100644 --- a/man7/sched.7 +++ b/man7/sched.7 @@ -359,7 +359,10 @@ will yield the current job and wait for a new period to begin. .\" Is that intended? (Why?) .\" .SS SCHED_OTHER: Default Linux time-sharing scheduling -\fBSCHED_OTHER\fP can be used at only static priority 0. +\fBSCHED_OTHER\fP can be used at only static priority 0 +(i.e., threads under real-time policies always have priority over +.B SCHED_OTHER +processes). \fBSCHED_OTHER\fP is the standard Linux time-sharing scheduler that is intended for all threads that do not require the special real-time mechanisms.