set_task_slice_keep_oob(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 set_task_slice_keep_oob(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for set_task_slice_keep_oob(9), and it's literally the “set the slice but leave the pending oob request alone” function. tiny, specific, iconic. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

set_task_slice_keep_oob — set @p's slice, leaving any pending oob request. no cap, that's the name.

🫶 SYNOPSIS 🫶

bool set_task_slice_keep_oob (struct task_struct *p , u64 slice );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • p — task of interest. the task we're looking at, bestie.
  • slice — slice to set. the slice value going in.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

While SCX_TASK_PROTECTED is set, BPF schedulers may not modify the slice. so this function refuses and returns false. that's the rule: protected slice means hands off, no cap. 🛑

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file: ./kernel/sched/ext/ext.c

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