Subj : Re: Round Robin scheduling and non priviledged user
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Joe Seigh
Date : Mon Jul 18 2005 09:24 am

Alain wrote:
> Hello,
> I have an application with threads, some of them must have highest priority
> than others, so, I decided to modify the scheduling policy to round robin.
> It works correctly (it seems), but I am obliged to be administrator when
> starting the program. When an normal user (who cannot make a su command) try
> to start the program, the function pthread_attr_setschedparam return an
> error code (needs proviledge to be used). Is there a possibility to write a
> program that changes the scheduling policy without the neccessity to be
> administrator.

Works with OS X.  Use OS X. :)

All the scheduling stuff is system dependent.  So if you're writing portable
programs that are correct you shouldn't have to depend on *any* scheduling
stuff.  So by "works correctly" I assume you mean something else.


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Joe Seigh

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When you get hardware, you make software.

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