rtkitctl8
Realtime policy and watchdog daemon control
Usage
rtkitctl [options]
Overview
RealtimeKit is a D-Bus system service that changes the scheduling policy of user processes/threads to SCHED_RR (i.e. realtime scheduling mode) on request. It is intended to be used as a secure mechanism to allow real-time scheduling to be used by normal user processes.
Options
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-h, --help -
Show a summary of options.
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--version -
Show version.
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--reset-known -
Reset real-time status of known threads.
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--reset-all -
Reset real-time status of all threads.
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--suspend -
Temporarily reset real-time status of known threads.
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--resume -
Restore real-time status of known threads temporarily reset by suspend.
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--start -
Start RealtimeKit if it is not running already.
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-k, --exit -
Terminate running RealtimeKit daemon.
Releases
8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 1 time.
--resume since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--suspend since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.