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30.Dd July 14, 2007
31.Dt CSF 9
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm CSF
35.Nd The
36.Nx
37common scheduler framework
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In sys/sched.h
40.Ft void
41.Fn sched_rqinit "void"
42.Ft void
43.Fn sched_setup "void"
44.Ft void
45.Fn sched_cpuattach "struct cpu_info *"
46.Ft void
47.Fn sched_tick "struct cpu_info *"
48.Ft void
49.Fn sched_schedclock "lwp_t *"
50.Ft bool
51.Fn sched_curcpu_runnable_p "void"
52.Ft lwp_t *
53.Fn sched_nextlwp "void"
54.Ft void
55.Fn sched_enqueue "lwp_t *" "bool"
56.Ft void
57.Fn sched_dequeue "lwp_t *"
58.Ft void
59.Fn sched_nice "struct proc *" "int"
60.Ft void
61.Fn sched_proc_fork "struct proc *" "struct proc *"
62.Ft void
63.Fn sched_proc_exit "struct proc *" "struct proc *"
64.Ft void
65.Fn sched_lwp_fork "lwp_t *"
66.Ft void
67.Fn sched_lwp_exit "lwp_t *"
68.Ft void
69.Fn sched_setrunnable "lwp_t *"
70.Ft void
71.Fn sched_print_runqueue "void (*pr)(const char *, ...)"
72.Ft void
73.Fn sched_pstats_hook "struct proc *" "int"
74.Ft void
75.Fn sched_pstats "void *arg"
76.Ft pri_t
77.Fn sched_kpri "lwp_t *"
78.Ft void
79.Fn resched_cpu "lwp_t *"
80.Ft void
81.Fn setrunnable
82.Ft void
83.Fn schedclock "lwp_t *"
84.Ft void
85.Fn sched_init "void"
86.Sh DESCRIPTION
87.Nm
88provides a modular and self-contained interface for
89implementing different thread scheduling algorithms.
90The different schedulers can be selected at compile-time.
91Currently, the only scheduler available is
92.Xr sched_4bsd 9 ,
93the traditional 4.4BSD thread scheduler.
94.Pp
95The interface is divided into two parts: A set of functions each
96scheduler needs to implement and common functions used by all
97schedulers.
98.Sh Scheduler-specific functions
99The following functions have to be implemented by the individual
100scheduler.
101.Ss Scheduler initialization
102.Bl -tag -width compact
103.It Ft void Fn sched_cpuattach "struct cpu_info *"
104Per-CPU scheduler initialization routine.
105.It Ft void Fn sched_rqinit "void"
106Initialize the scheduler's runqueue data structures.
107.It Ft void Fn sched_setup "void"
108Setup initial scheduling parameters and kick off timeout driven
109events.
110.El
111.Ss Runqueue handling
112Runqueue handling is completely internal to the scheduler.
113Other parts of the kernel should access runqueues only through the
114following functions:
115.Bl -tag -width compact
116.It Ft void Fn sched_enqueue "lwp_t *" "bool"
117Place an LWP within the scheduler's runqueue structures.
118.It Ft void Fn sched_dequeue "lwp_t *"
119Remove an LWP from the scheduler's runqueue structures.
120.It Ft lwp_t * Fn sched_nextlwp "void"
121Return the LWP that should run the CPU next.
122.It Ft bool Fn sched_curcpu_runnable_p "void"
123Indicate if there is a runnable LWP for the current CPU.
124.It Ft void Fn sched_print_runqueue "void (*pr)(const char *, ...)"
125Print runqueues in DDB.
126.El
127.Ss Core scheduler functions
128.Bl -tag -width compact
129.It Ft void Fn sched_tick "struct cpu_info *"
130Periodically called from
131.Xr hardclock 9 .
132Determines if a reschedule is necessary, if the running LWP has
133used up its quantum.
134.It Ft void Fn sched_schedclock "lwp_t *"
135Periodically called from
136.Fn schedclock
137in order to handle priority adjustment.
138.El
139.Ss Priority adjustment
140.Bl -tag -width compact
141.It Ft void Fn sched_nice "struct proc *, int"
142Recalculate the process priority according to its nice value.
143.El
144.Ss General helper functions
145.Bl -tag -width compact
146.It Ft void Fn sched_proc_fork "struct proc *" "struct proc *"
147Inherit the scheduling history of the parent process after
148.Fn fork .
149.It Ft void Fn sched_proc_exit "struct proc *" "struct proc *"
150Charge back a processes parent for its resource usage.
151.It Ft void Fn sched_lwp_fork "lwp_t *"
152LWP-specific version of the above
153.It Ft void Fn sched_lwp_exit "lwp_t *"
154LWP-specific version of the above
155.It Ft void Fn sched_setrunnable "lwp_t *"
156Scheduler-specific actions for
157.Fn setrunnable .
158.It Ft void Fn sched_pstats_hook "struct proc *" "int"
159Scheduler-specific actions for
160.Fn sched_pstats .
161.El
162.Sh Common scheduler functions
163.Bl -tag -width compact
164.It Ft pri_t Fn sched_kpri "lwp_t *"
165Scale a priority level to a kernel priority level, usually for an LWP
166that is about to sleep.
167.It Ft void Fn sched_pstats "void *"
168Update process statistics and check CPU resource allocation.
169.It Ft inline void Fn resched_cpu "lwp_t *"
170Arrange for a reschedule.
171.It Ft void Fn setrunnable "lwp_t *"
172Change process state to be runnable, placing it on a runqueue if it
173is in memory, awakening the swapper otherwise.
174.It Ft void Fn schedclock "lwp_t *"
175Scheduler clock.
176Periodically called from
177.Fn statclock .
178.It Ft void Fn sched_init "void"
179Initialize callout for
180.Fn sched_pstats
181and call
182.Fn sched_setup
183to initialize any other scheduler-specific data.
184.El
185.Sh CODE REFERENCES
186This section describes places within the
187.Nx
188source tree where actual code implementing the scheduler can be found.
189All pathnames are relative to
190.Pa /usr/src .
191.Pp
192The
193.Nm
194programming interface is defined within the file
195.Pa sys/sys/sched.h .
196.Pp
197Functions common to all scheduler implementations are in
198.Pa sys/kern/kern_synch.c .
199.Pp
200The traditional 4.4BSD scheduler is implemented in
201.Pa sys/kern/sched_4bsd.c .
202.Sh SEE ALSO
203.Xr mi_switch 9 ,
204.Xr preempt 9 ,
205.Xr sched_4bsd 9
206.Sh HISTORY
207The
208.Nm
209appeared in
210.Nx 5.0 .
211.Sh AUTHORS
212The
213.Nm
214was written by
215.An Daniel Sieger
216.Aq dsieger@NetBSD.org .
217