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@@ -69,14 +69,18 @@ Set the CPU affinity of a specified thread.
Get the CPU affinity of a specified thread.
.TP
.BR sched_setattr (2)
-(Linux-specific)
-A generalized API for setting the scheduling policy and parameters
-of a specified thread.
+Set the scheduling policy and parameters of a specified thread.
+This (Linux-specific) system call provides a superset of the functionality of
+.BR sched_setscheduler (2)
+and
+.BR sched_setparam (2).
.TP
.BR sched_getattr (2)
-(Linux-specific)
-A generalized API for fetching the scheduling policy and parameters
-of a specified thread.
+Fetch the scheduling policy and parameters of a specified thread.
+This (Linux-specific) system call provides a superset of the functionality of
+.BR sched_getscheduler (2)
+and
+.BR sched_getparam (2).
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.SS Scheduling policies
The scheduler is the kernel component that decides which runnable thread