Linux Task

Spawn task function as separate Linux thread

Description

Use this block to create a task function that spawns as a separate Linux^® thread. The task function runs the code of the downstream function-call subsystem.

Parameters

Task name

Assign a name to this task. You can enter up to 32 letters and numbers. Do not use standard C reserved characters, such as the / and : characters.

Thread scheduling policy

Select the scheduling policy that applies to this thread. You can choose from the following options:

• SCHED_FIFO enables a First In, First Out scheduling algorithm that executes real-time processes without time slicing. With FIFO scheduling, a higher-priority process preempts a lower-priority process. The lower-priority process remains at the top of the list for its priority and resumes execution when the scheduler blocks all higher-priority processes.

  For example, in the following image, task2 preempts task1. Then task3 preempts task2. When task3 completes, task2 resumes. When task2 completes, task1 resumes.

  

  Selecting SCHED_FIFO, displays the Thread priority parameter, which you can set to a value from 1 to 99.

• SCHED_OTHER enables the default Linux time-sharing scheduling algorithm. You can use this scheduling for all processes except those requiring special static priority real-time mechanisms. With this algorithm, the scheduler chooses processes based on their dynamic priority within the static priority 0 list. Each time the process is ready to run and the scheduler denies it, the operating system increases that process's dynamic priority. Such prioritization helps the scheduler serve the SCHED_OTHER processes.

  Selecting SCHED_OTHER, hides the Thread priority parameter, and sets the thread priority to 0.

Thread priority (1 to 99)

When you set Thread scheduling policy to SCHED_FIFO, you can set the priority of the thread from 1 to 99 (low-to-high).

Higher-priority tasks can preempt lower-priority tasks.