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SCHED_ULE(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual SCHED_ULE(4)

NAME

sched_ule — ULE scheduler

SYNOPSIS

options SCHED_ULE

DESCRIPTION

The sched_ule scheduler provides a number of advanced scheduler features not present in sched_4bsd(4), the traditional system scheduler. These features address SMP and interactivity and include:

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Thread CPU affinity.

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CPU topology awareness, including for hyper-threading.

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Per-CPU run queues.

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Interactivity heuristics that detect interactive applications and schedules them preferentially under high load.

The following sysctls are relevant to the operation of sched_ule:

kern.sched.name

This read-only sysctl reports the name of the active scheduler.

kern.sched.quantum

This read-write sysctl reports or sets the length of the quantum (in micro-seconds) granted to a thread.

SEE ALSO

sched_4bsd(4), sysctl(8)

HISTORY

The sched_ule scheduler first appeared in FreeBSD 5.1.

AUTHORS

Jeff Roberson <jeff AT FreeBSD DOT org>

BSD August 10, 2012 BSD