/*
* sched_attr.c
*
* Demonstrate use of POSIX 1003.1c-1995 thread priority
* scheduling attributes, by creating an attributes object with
* realtime scheduling policy and priority.
*
* Special notes: Although Solaris 2.5 defines
* _POSIX_THREAD_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING, it does not support the
* SCHED_RR policy for threads.
*/
#include <unistd.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <sched.h>
#include "errors.h"
/*
* Thread start routine. If priority scheduling is supported,
* report the thread's scheduling attributes.
*/
void *thread_routine (void *arg)
{
int my_policy;
struct sched_param my_param;
int status;
/*
* If the priority scheduling option is not defined, then we
* can do nothing with the output of pthread_getschedparam,
* so just report that the thread ran, and exit.
*/
#if defined (_POSIX_THREAD_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING) && !defined (sun)
status = pthread_getschedparam (
pthread_self (), &my_policy, &my_param);
if (status != 0)
err_abort (status, "Get sched");
printf ("thread_routine running at %s/%d\n",
(my_policy == SCHED_FIFO ? "FIFO"
: (my_policy == SCHED_RR ? "RR"
: (my_policy == SCHED_OTHER ? "OTHER"
: "unknown"))),
my_param.sched_priority);
#else
printf ("thread_routine running\n");
#endif
return NULL;
}
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
pthread_t thread_id;
pthread_attr_t thread_attr;
int thread_policy;
struct sched_param thread_param;
int status, rr_min_priority, rr_max_priority;
status = pthread_attr_init (&thread_attr);
if (status != 0)
err_abort (status, "Init attr");
/*
* If the priority scheduling option is defined, set various scheduling
* parameters. Note that it is particularly important that you remember
* to set the inheritsched attribute to PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED, or the
* policy and priority that you've set will be ignored! The default
* behavior is to inherit scheduling information from the creating
* thread.
*/
#if defined (_POSIX_THREAD_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING) && !defined (sun)
status = pthread_attr_getschedpolicy (
&thread_attr, &thread_policy);
if (status != 0)
err_abort (status, "Get policy");
status = pthread_attr_getschedparam (
&thread_attr, &thread_param);
if (status != 0)
err_abort (status, "Get sched param");
printf (
"Default policy is %s, priority is %d\n",
(thread_policy == SCHED_FIFO ? "FIFO"
: (thread_policy == SCHED_RR ? "RR"
: (thread_policy == SCHED_OTHER ? "OTHER"
: "unknown"))),
thread_param.sched_priority);
status = pthread_attr_setschedpolicy (
&thread_attr, SCHED_RR);
if (status != 0)
printf ("Unable to set SCHED_RR policy.\n");
else {
/*
* Just for the sake of the exercise, we'll use the
* middle of the priority range allowed for
* SCHED_RR. This should ensure that the thread will be
* run, without blocking everything else. Because any
* assumptions about how a thread's priority interacts
* with other threads (even in other processes) are
* nonportable, especially on an implementation that
* defaults to System contention scope, you may have to
* adjust this code before it will work on some systems.
*/
rr_min_priority = sched_get_priority_min (SCHED_RR);
if (rr_min_priority == -1)
errno_abort ("Get SCHED_RR min priority");
rr_max_priority = sched_get_priority_max (SCHED_RR);
if (rr_max_priority == -1)
errno_abort ("Get SCHED_RR max priority");
thread_param.sched_priority =
(rr_min_priority + rr_max_priority)/2;
printf (
"SCHED_RR priority range is %d to %d: using %d\n",
rr_min_priority,
rr_max_priority,
thread_param.sched_priority);
status = pthread_attr_setschedparam (
&thread_attr, &thread_param);
if (status != 0)
err_abort (status, "Set params");
printf (
"Creating thread at RR/%d\n",
thread_param.sched_priority);
status = pthread_attr_setinheritsched (
&thread_attr, PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED);
if (status != 0)
err_abort (status, "Set inherit");
}
#else
printf ("Priority scheduling not supported\n");
#endif
status = pthread_create (
&thread_id, &thread_attr, thread_routine, NULL);
if (status != 0)
err_abort (status, "Create thread");
status = pthread_join (thread_id, NULL);
if (status != 0)
err_abort (status, "Join thread");
printf ("Main exiting\n");
return 0;
}
/*
* sched_thread.c
*
* Demonstrate dynamic scheduling policy use.
*
* Special note: This demonstration will fail on Solaris 2.5
* because it does not implement SCHED_RR.
*/
#include <unistd.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <sched.h>
#include "errors.h"
#define THREADS 5
/*
* Structure describing each thread.
*/
typedef struct thread_tag {
int index;
pthread_t id;
} thread_t;
thread_t threads[THREADS];
int rr_min_priority;
/*
* Thread start routine that will set its own priority
*/
void *thread_routine (void *arg)
{
thread_t *self = (thread_t*)arg;
int my_policy;
struct sched_param my_param;
int status;
my_param.sched_priority = rr_min_priority + self->index;
DPRINTF ((
"Thread %d will set SCHED_FIFO, priority %d\n",
self->index, my_param.sched_priority));
status = pthread_setschedparam (
self->id, SCHED_RR, &my_param);
if (status != 0)
err_abort (status, "Set sched");
status = pthread_getschedparam (
self->id, &my_policy, &my_param);
if (status != 0)
err_abort (status, "Get sched");
printf ("thread_routine %d running at %s/%d\n",
self->index,
(my_policy == SCHED_FIFO ? "FIFO"
: (my_policy == SCHED_RR ? "RR"
: (my_policy == SCHED_OTHER ? "OTHER"
: "unknown"))),
my_param.sched_priority);
return NULL;
}
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
int count, status;
rr_min_priority = sched_get_priority_min (SCHED_RR);
if (rr_min_priority == -1) {
#ifdef sun
if (errno == ENOSYS) {
fprintf (stderr, "SCHED_RR is not supported.\n");
exit (0);
}
#endif
errno_abort ("Get SCHED_RR min priority");
}
for (count = 0; count < THREADS; count++) {
threads[count].index = count;
status = pthread_create (
&threads[count].id, NULL,
thread_routine, (void*)&threads[count]);
if (status != 0)
err_abort (status, "Create thread");
}
for (count = 0; count < THREADS; count++) {
status = pthread_join (threads[count].id, NULL);
if (status != 0)
err_abort (status, "Join thread");
}
printf ("Main exiting\n");
return 0;
}