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1*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<h2>policy_fifo_info</h2>
2*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<hr>
3*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<p>
4*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<strong>Structure</strong> - Specifies information associated with the system's First-In-First-Out scheduling policy.
5*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<h3>SYNOPSIS</h3>
6*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<pre>
7*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<strong>struct policy_fifo_limit</strong>
8*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<strong>{</strong>
9*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions       <strong>int</strong>                    <var>max_priority</var><strong>;</strong>
10*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<strong>};</strong>
11*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions
12*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<strong>struct policy_fifo_base</strong>
13*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<strong>{</strong>
14*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions       <strong>int</strong>                  <var>base_priority</var><strong>;</strong>
15*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<strong>};</strong>
16*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions
17*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<strong>struct policy_fifo_info</strong>
18*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<strong>{</strong>
19*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions       <strong>int</strong>                   <var>max_priority</var><strong>;</strong>
20*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions       <strong>int</strong>                  <var>base_priority</var><strong>;</strong>
21*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions       <strong>boolean_t</strong>                <var>depressed</var><strong>;</strong>
22*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions       <strong>int</strong>               <var>depress_priority</var><strong>;</strong>
23*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<strong>};</strong>
24*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions</pre>
25*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<h3>FIELDS</h3>
26*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<dl>
27*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>max_priority</var>
28*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<dd>
29*d8b80295SApple OSS DistributionsMaximum scheduling priority
30*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<p>
31*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>base_priority</var>
32*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<dd>
33*d8b80295SApple OSS DistributionsScheduling priority
34*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<p>
35*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>depressed</var>
36*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<dd>
37*d8b80295SApple OSS DistributionsTrue if scheduling priority is depressed
38*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<p>
39*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<dt> <var>depress_priority</var>
40*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<dd>
41*d8b80295SApple OSS DistributionsScheduling priority from which depressed
42*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions</dl>
43*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<h3>DESCRIPTION</h3>
44*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<p>
45*d8b80295SApple OSS DistributionsThe <strong>policy_fifo_info</strong> structure defines the first-in-first-out
46*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributionsscheduling policy information.
47*d8b80295SApple OSS DistributionsFIFO threads have two priorities associated with them by the system:
48*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<ul>
49*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions  <p>
50*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<li>
51*d8b80295SApple OSS DistributionsA maximum priority value which can be raised only via privileged operation
52*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributionsso that users may not unfairly compete with other users in their processor
53*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributionsset.  Newly created threads obtain their maximum priority from that of their
54*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributionsassigned processor set.
55*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions     <p>
56*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<li>
57*d8b80295SApple OSS DistributionsA priority value which can be set by the thread to any value up to a
58*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributionsmaximum priority.  Newly created threads obtain their priority from their task.
59*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions</ul>
60*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<h3>RELATED INFORMATION</h3>
61*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<p>
62*d8b80295SApple OSS DistributionsFunctions:
63*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<a href="thread_info.html"><strong>thread_info</strong></a>,
64*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<a href="task_info.html"><strong>task_info</strong></a>,
65*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<a href="processor_set_info.html"><strong>processor_set_info</strong></a>,
66*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<a href="P_set_policy_control.html"><strong>processor_set_policy_control</strong></a>,
67*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<a href="P_set_policy_disable.html"><strong>processor_set_policy_disable</strong></a>,
68*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<a href="P_set_policy_enable.html"><strong>processor_set_policy_enable</strong></a>,
69*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<a href="task_policy.html"><strong>task_policy</strong></a>,
70*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<a href="thread_policy.html"><strong>thread_policy</strong></a>,
71*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<a href="thread_set_policy.html"><strong>thread_set_policy</strong></a>.
72*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<p>
73*d8b80295SApple OSS DistributionsData Structures:
74*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<a href="policy_rr_info.html"><strong>policy_rr_info</strong></a>,
75*d8b80295SApple OSS Distributions<a href="policy_timeshare_info.html"><strong>policy_timeshare_info</strong></a>.
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