# 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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