X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pintos-anon;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2F44bsd.texi;h=f1638f80d31daae0739a263d7e5ddaa02583a2b7;hp=e8ae11347bb9adf62ee2e7435831da58392c1937;hb=ecad183eed32dd928ec069dbaf944fa0da83eaa3;hpb=8a983a2f9697daf07e8fdab3459f0fe99b3d22ad diff --git a/doc/44bsd.texi b/doc/44bsd.texi index e8ae113..f1638f8 100644 --- a/doc/44bsd.texi +++ b/doc/44bsd.texi @@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ the formula @noindent where @var{recent_cpu} is an estimate of the CPU time the thread has used recently (see below) and @var{nice} is the thread's -@var{nice} value. The coefficients @math{1/4} and 2 on @var{recent_cpu} +@var{nice} value. The result should be rounded down to the nearest +integer (truncated). +The coefficients @math{1/4} and 2 on @var{recent_cpu} and @var{nice}, respectively, have been found to work well in practice but lack deeper meaning. The calculated @var{priority} is always adjusted to lie in the valid range @code{PRI_MIN} to @code{PRI_MAX}.