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/* Libvisual - The audio visualisation framework.
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006 Dennis Smit <ds@nerds-incorporated.org>
 *
 * Authors: Dennis Smit <ds@nerds-incorporated.org>
 *
 * $Id: lv_os.c,v 1.3 2006/01/26 15:13:37 synap Exp $
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>

#include "config.h"

#ifdef HAVE_SCHED_H
# include <sched.h>
# include <sys/types.h>
# define HAVE_SCHED 1
#elif defined HAVE_SYS_SCHED_H
# include <sys/sched.h>
# include <sys/types.h>
# define HAVE_SCHED 1
#endif

#include "lv_os.h"

/**
 * @defgroup VisOS VisOS
 * @{
 */

/* FIXME: Lock all memory in realtime mode ? */

/**
 * Puts the process in soft realtime mode. Be very careful with using this, it's very much possible to lock your
 * system up. Only works as super user.
 */
int visual_os_scheduler_realtime_start ()
{
#ifdef HAVE_SCHED
	struct sched_param attr;
	int ret;
	attr.sched_priority = 99;

	/* FIXME: Do we want RR or FIFO here ? */
	ret = sched_setscheduler (getpid (), SCHED_FIFO, &attr);

	return ret >= 0 ? VISUAL_OK : -VISUAL_ERROR_OS_SCHED;
#else
	return -VISUAL_ERROR_OS_SCHED_NOT_SUPPORTED;
#endif
}

/**
 * Returns to normal execution mode. Only works as super user.
 */
int visual_os_scheduler_realtime_stop ()
{
#ifdef HAVE_SCHED
	struct sched_param attr;
	int ret;
	attr.sched_priority = 0;

	ret = sched_setscheduler (getpid (), SCHED_OTHER, &attr);

	return ret >= 0 ? VISUAL_OK : -VISUAL_ERROR_OS_SCHED;
#else
	return -VISUAL_ERROR_OS_SCHED_NOT_SUPPORTED;
#endif
}

/**
 * Yield the process. Don't rely on this.
 */
int visual_os_scheduler_yield ()
{
#ifdef HAVE_SCHED
	sched_yield ();

	return VISUAL_OK;
#else
	return -VISUAL_ERROR_OS_SCHED_NOT_SUPPORTED;
#endif
}


/**
 * @}
 */