SchedulingPolicy

Selects OS scheduler policy like fifo for real-time handling.

This parameter applies to imudp: UDP Syslog Input Module.

Name:

SchedulingPolicy

Scope:

module

Type:

word

Default:

module=none

Required?:

no

Introduced:

at least 5.x, possibly earlier

Description

Can be used to set the scheduler priority, if the necessary functionality is provided by the platform. Most useful to select fifo for real-time processing under Linux (and thus reduce chance of packet loss). Other options are rr and other.

Module usage

module(load="imudp" SchedulingPolicy="...")

Legacy names (for reference)

Historic names/directives for compatibility. Do not use in new configs.

• $IMUDPSchedulingPolicy — maps to SchedulingPolicy (status: legacy)

See also

See also imudp: UDP Syslog Input Module.

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