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CHRT(1)				 User Commands			       CHRT(1)

NAME
       chrt - manipulate the real-time attributes of a process

SYNOPSIS
       chrt [options] priority command argument	...

       chrt [options] -p [priority] PID

DESCRIPTION
       chrt sets or retrieves the real-time scheduling attributes of an
       existing	PID, or	runs command with the given attributes.

POLICIES
       -o, --other
	   Set scheduling policy to SCHED_OTHER	(time-sharing scheduling).
	   This	is the default Linux scheduling	policy.

       -f, --fifo
	   Set scheduling policy to SCHED_FIFO (first in-first out).

       -r, --rr
	   Set scheduling policy to SCHED_RR (round-robin scheduling). When no
	   policy is defined, the SCHED_RR is used as the default.

       -b, --batch
	   Set scheduling policy to SCHED_BATCH	(scheduling batch processes).
	   Linux-specific, supported since 2.6.16. The priority	argument has
	   to be set to	zero.

       -i, --idle
	   Set scheduling policy to SCHED_IDLE (scheduling very	low priority
	   jobs). Linux-specific, supported since 2.6.23. The priority
	   argument has	to be set to zero.

       -d, --deadline
	   Set scheduling policy to SCHED_DEADLINE (sporadic task model
	   deadline scheduling). Linux-specific, supported since 3.14. The
	   priority argument has to be set to zero. See	also --sched-runtime,
	   --sched-deadline and	--sched-period.	The relation between the
	   options required by the kernel is runtime <=	deadline <= period.
	   chrt	copies period to deadline if --sched-deadline is not specified
	   and deadline	to runtime if --sched-runtime is not specified.	It
	   means that at least --sched-period has to be	specified. See
	   sched(7) for	more details.

SCHEDULING OPTIONS
       -T, --sched-runtime nanoseconds
	   Specifies runtime parameter for SCHED_DEADLINE policy
	   (Linux-specific).

       -P, --sched-period nanoseconds
	   Specifies period parameter for SCHED_DEADLINE policy
	   (Linux-specific). Note that the kernel's lower limit	is 100
	   milliseconds.

       -D, --sched-deadline nanoseconds
	   Specifies deadline parameter	for SCHED_DEADLINE policy
	   (Linux-specific).

       -R, --reset-on-fork
	   Use SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK or SCHED_FLAG_RESET_ON_FORK flag.
	   Linux-specific, supported since 2.6.31.

	   Each	thread has a reset-on-fork scheduling flag. When this flag is
	   set,	children created by fork(2) do not inherit privileged
	   scheduling policies.	After the reset-on-fork	flag has been enabled,
	   it can be reset only	if the thread has the CAP_SYS_NICE capability.
	   This	flag is	disabled in child processes created by fork(2).

	   More	precisely, if the reset-on-fork	flag is	set, the following
	   rules apply for subsequently	created	children:

	      If the calling thread has a scheduling policy of	SCHED_FIFO or
	       SCHED_RR, the policy is reset to	SCHED_OTHER in child
	       processes.

	      If the calling process has a negative nice value, the nice
	       value is	reset to zero in child processes.

OPTIONS
       -a, --all-tasks
	   Set or retrieve the scheduling attributes of	all the	tasks
	   (threads) for a given PID.

       -m, --max
	   Show	minimum	and maximum valid priorities, then exit.

       -p, --pid
	   Operate on an existing PID and do not launch	a new task.

       -v, --verbose
	   Show	status information.

       -h, --help
	   Display help	text and exit.

       -V, --version
	   Print version and exit.

EXAMPLES
       The default behavior is to run a	new command:

	  chrt priority	command	[arguments]

       You can also retrieve the real-time attributes of an existing task:

	  chrt -p PID

       Or set them:

	  chrt -r -p priority PID

       This, for example, sets real-time scheduling to priority	30 for the
       process PID with	the SCHED_RR (round-robin) class:

	  chrt -r -p 30	PID

       Reset priorities	to default for a process:

	  chrt -o -p 0 PID

       See sched(7) for	a detailed discussion of the different scheduler
       classes and how they interact.

PERMISSIONS
       A user must possess CAP_SYS_NICE	to change the scheduling attributes of
       a process. Any user can retrieve	the scheduling information.

NOTES
       Only SCHED_FIFO,	SCHED_OTHER and	SCHED_RR are part of POSIX 1003.1b
       Process Scheduling. The other scheduling	attributes may be ignored on
       some systems.

       Linux' default scheduling policy	is SCHED_OTHER.

AUTHORS
       Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>, Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>

SEE ALSO
       nice(1),	renice(1), taskset(1), sched(7)

       See sched_setscheduler(2) for a description of the Linux	scheduling
       scheme.

REPORTING BUGS
       For bug reports,	use the	issue tracker at
       https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues.

AVAILABILITY
       The chrt	command	is part	of the util-linux package which	can be
       downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.

util-linux 2.39.4		  2024-01-31			       CHRT(1)

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