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1*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<h2>thread_policy</h2>
2*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<hr>
3*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<p>
4*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<strong>Function</strong> - Set target thread's scheduling policy state.
5*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<h3>SYNOPSIS</h3>
6*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<pre>
7*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<strong>kern_return_t   thread_policy</strong>
8*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions                <strong>(thread_act_t</strong>                            <var>thread</var>,
9*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions                 <strong>policy_t</strong>                                <var>policy</var>,
10*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions                 <strong>policy_base_t</strong>                             <var>base</var>,
11*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions                 <strong>base</strong>                                <var>base_count</var>,
12*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions                 <strong>boolean_t</strong>                            <var>set_limit</var><strong>);</strong>
13*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions</pre>
14*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<h3>PARAMETERS</h3>
15*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<dl>
16*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<p>
17*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>thread</var>
18*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<dd>
19*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions[in thread send right]
20*2c2f96dcSApple OSS DistributionsThe thread scheduling policy is to be set.
21*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<p>
22*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>policy</var>
23*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<dd>
24*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions[in scalar]
25*2c2f96dcSApple OSS DistributionsPolicy to be set.  The values currently defined are <strong>POLICY_TIMESHARE</strong>,
26*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<strong>POLICY_RR</strong> (round robin) and <strong>POLICY_FIFO</strong> (firstin, first-out).
27*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<p>
28*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>base</var>
29*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<dd>
30*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions[pointer to in structure]
31*2c2f96dcSApple OSS DistributionsBase scheduling policy specific data,
32*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<strong>policy_fifo_base</strong>, <strong>policy_rr_base</strong> or <strong>policy_timeshare_base</strong>.
33*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<p>
34*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>base_count</var>
35*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<dd>
36*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions[in scalar]
37*2c2f96dcSApple OSS DistributionsThe size of the buffer (in natural-sized units).
38*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<p>
39*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>set_limit</var>
40*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<dd>
41*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions[in scalar]
42*2c2f96dcSApple OSS DistributionsTrue if the thread's scheduling limits should be restricted to
43*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributionsallow no more service than specified by <var>base</var>.
44*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions</dl>
45*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<h3>DESCRIPTION</h3>
46*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<p>
47*2c2f96dcSApple OSS DistributionsThe <strong>thread_policy</strong> function sets the scheduling policy
48*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributionsto be applied to thread.  <var>policy</var> must be a scheduling policy
49*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributionscurrently "enabled" for the thread's assigned processor set.
50*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<h3>RETURN VALUES</h3>
51*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<dl>
52*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<p>
53*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<dt> <strong>KERN_INVALID_POLICY</strong>
54*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<dd>
55*2c2f96dcSApple OSS DistributionsThe processor set to which <var>thread</var> is currently assigned does
56*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributionsnot currently enable <var>policy</var>.
57*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<p>
58*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<dt> <strong>KERN_POLICY_LIMIT</strong>
59*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<dd>
60*2c2f96dcSApple OSS DistributionsThe specified scheduling attributes exceeds the thread's limits.
61*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions</dl>
62*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<h3>RELATED INFORMATION</h3>
63*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<p>
64*2c2f96dcSApple OSS DistributionsFunctions:
65*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<a href="P_set_policy_control.html"><strong>processor_set_policy_control</strong></a>,
66*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<a href="thread_set_policy.html"><strong>thread_set_policy</strong></a>,
67*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<a href="task_policy.html"><strong>task_policy</strong></a>,
68*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<a href="task_set_policy.html"><strong>task_set_policy</strong></a>.
69*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<p>
70*2c2f96dcSApple OSS DistributionsData Structures:
71*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<a href="policy_fifo_info.html"><strong>policy_fifo_info</strong></a>,
72*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<a href="policy_rr_info.html"><strong>policy_rr_info</strong></a>,
73*2c2f96dcSApple OSS Distributions<a href="policy_timeshare_info.html"><strong>policy_timeshare_info</strong></a>.
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