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how does ros schedule nodes

asked 2019-03-25 17:56:08 -0500

zaddan
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how does ros schedule nodes? is this simply using the linux scheduler?

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answered 2019-03-25 18:29:26 -0500

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updated 2019-03-25 22:20:18 -0500

Yes, ROS 1 uses the linux scheduler. By default, roscpp has a background thread to handle socket activity, and processes callbacks serially on the main thread when you can ros::spin() or ros::spinOnce(). You can change how many threads are used by using an async spinner or multithreaded spinner.

You are free to use the linux tools for scheduling to change how linux schedules your processes or threads. (I am not sure about ROS 2 but I think it is the same).

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thanks for the answer. So does ros actually use linux scheduler or it simply stays out of scheduling (and let linux take care the scheduling of nodes, since nodes are processes anyway and hence the unit of scheduling that linux deals with)

zaddan ( 2019-03-25 21:01:13 -0500 )edit

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ROS stays out of scheduling completely.

ahendrix ( 2019-03-25 22:20:11 -0500 )edit

thanks for the clarification.

zaddan ( 2019-03-25 22:48:09 -0500 )edit

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