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SCHED_GETSCHEDULER(3P) POSIX Programmer's ManualSCHED_GETSCHEDULER(3P)This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
sched_getscheduler — get scheduling policy (REALTIME)
#include <sched.h> int sched_getscheduler(pid_tpid);
Thesched_getscheduler() function shall return the scheduling policy of the process specified bypid. If the value ofpid is negative, the behavior of thesched_getscheduler() function is unspecified. The values that can be returned bysched_getscheduler() are defined in the<sched.h> header. If a process specified bypid exists, and if the calling process has permission, the scheduling policy shall be returned for the process whose process ID is equal topid. Ifpid is zero, the scheduling policy shall be returned for the calling process.
Upon successful completion, thesched_getscheduler() function shall return the scheduling policy of the specified process. If unsuccessful, the function shall return -1 and seterrno to indicate the error.
Thesched_getscheduler() function shall fail if:EPERMThe requesting process does not have permission to determine the scheduling policy of the specified process.ESRCHNo process can be found corresponding to that specified bypid.The following sections are informative.
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sched_getparam(3p),sched_setparam(3p),sched_setscheduler(3p) The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017,sched.h(0p)
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online athttp://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, seehttps://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .IEEE/The Open Group 2017SCHED_GETSCHEDULER(3P)Pages that refer to this page:sched.h(0p), pthread_getschedparam(3p), sched_getparam(3p), sched_get_priority_max(3p), sched_rr_get_interval(3p), sched_setparam(3p), sched_setscheduler(3p)
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