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35 .Nd The 4.4BSD thread scheduler
39 .Fn resetpriority "lwp_t *l"
41 .Fn sched_tick "struct cpu_info *ci"
43 .Fn sched_schedclock "lwp_t *l"
45 .Fn sched_pstats_hook "struct proc *p" "int minslp"
47 .Fn sched_setrunnable "lwp_t *l"
49 .Fn updatepri "lwp_t *l"
53 thread scheduling sub-system employs a
54 .Dq multilevel feedback queues
55 algorithm, favouring interactive, short-running threads to
59 recomputes the priority of a thread running in user mode.
60 If the resulting priority is higher than that of the
61 current thread, a reschedule is arranged.
66 every 100ms to force a switch between equal priority threads.
68 The priority of the current thread is adjusted through
69 .Fn sched_schedclock .
70 The priority of a thread gets worse as it accumulates CPU time.
75 every Hz ticks in order to recompute the priorities of all threads.
78 checks if an LWP has slept for more than one second.
79 If so, its priority is updated by
82 This section describes places within the
84 source tree where actual code implementing the scheduler can be found.
85 All pathnames are relative to
88 The 4.4BSD scheduler subsystem is implemented within the file
89 .Pa sys/kern/sched_4bsd.c .
96 .%A Marshall Kirk McKusick
99 .%A John S. Quarterman
100 .%B "The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System"