Is task->priority for time slice ?

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Is task->priority for time slice ?

by Soohyung Le » Fri, 28 May 1999 04:00:00

There is the following stuff in the sched.c

/* move an exhausted RR process to be last.. */

if (!prev->counter && prev->policy == SCHED_RR) {
prev->counter = prev->priority;
move_last_runqueue(prev);

Quote:}

Does " prev->counter = prev->priority " means that
priority is used for time slice ?

Thanks in advance .

- Lee -

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