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On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Ken Ramey wrote:

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>   sched_param.sched_priority = 100;
>   pthread_attr_setschedparam(&attr, &sched_param);

Is 100 an allowed priority? I thought 99 was the maximum...
Anyway, it's better to use relative indications of priorities, e.g.,

   sched_param.sched_priority = sched_get_priority_max(SCHED_FIFO)-3;

Herman

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