Manual: uclampset

UCLAMPSET(1)						User Commands						UCLAMPSET(1)

NAME
       uclampset - manipulate the utilization clamping attributes of the system or a process

SYNOPSIS
       uclampset [options] [-m uclamp_min] [-M uclamp_max] _command argument

       uclampset [options] [-m uclamp_min] [-M uclamp_max] -p PID

DESCRIPTION
       uclampset sets or retrieves the utilization clamping attributes of an existing PID, or runs command with the given
       attributes.

       Utilization clamping is a new feature added in v5.3. It gives a hint to the scheduler about the allowed range of
       utilization the task should be operating at.

       The utilization of the task affects frequency selection and task placement. Only schedutil cpufreq governor
       understands handling util clamp hints at the time of writing. Consult your kernel docs for further info about other
       cpufreq governors support.

       If you’re running on asymmetric heterogeneous system like Arm’s big.LITTLE. Utilization clamping can help bias task
       placement. If the task is boosted such that util_min value is higher than the little cores' capacity, then the
       scheduler will do its best to place it on a big core.

       Similarly, if util_max is smaller than or equal the capacity of the little cores, then the scheduler can still choose
       to place it there even if the actual utilization of the task is at max.

       Setting a task’s uclamp_min to a none zero value will effectively boost the task as when it runs it’ll always start
       from this utilization value.

       By setting a task’s uclamp_max below 1024, this will effectively cap the task as when it runs it’ll never be able to
       go above this utilization value.

       The full utilization range is: [0:1024]. The special value -1 is used to reset to system’s default.

       Consult latest kernel documentation for more details:

	   https://kernel.org/doc/html/latest/scheduler/sched-util-clamp.html

OPTIONS
       -m
	   Set util_min value.

       -M
	   Set util_max value.

       -a, --all-tasks
	   Set or retrieve the utilization clamping attributes of all the tasks (threads) for a given PID.

       -p, --pid
	   Operate on an existing PID and do not launch a new task.

       -s, --system
	   Set or retrieve the system-wide utilization clamping attributes.

       -R, --reset-on-fork
	   Set SCHED_FLAG_RESET_ON_FORK flag.

       -v, --verbose
	   Show status information.

       -h, --help
	   Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
	   Display version and exit.

USAGE
       The default behavior is to run a new command:
	   uclampset [-m uclamp_min] [-M uclamp_max] command [arguments]

       You can also retrieve the utilization clamping attributes of an existing task:
	   uclampset -p PID

       Or set them:
	   uclampset -p PID [-m uclamp_min] [-M uclamp_max]

       Or control the system-wide attributes:
	   uclampset -s [-m uclamp_min] [-M uclamp_max]

PERMISSIONS
       A user must possess CAP_SYS_NICE to change the scheduling attributes of a process. Any user can retrieve the
       scheduling information.

NOTES
       The system wide utilization clamp attributes are there to control the allowed range the tasks can use. By default
       both uclamp_min and uclamp_max are set to 1024. This means users can set the utilization clamp values for their task
       across the full range [0:1024].

       For example:
	   uclampset -s -m 512 -M 700

       will prevent any task from being boosted higher than 512. And all tasks in the systems are capped to a utilization of
       700. Effectively rendering the maximum performance of the system to 700.

       Consult your kernel docs for the exact expected behavior on that kernel.

AUTHORS
       Qais Yousef 

SEE ALSO
       nice(1), renice(1), taskset(1), sched(7)

       See sched_setscheduler(2) and sched_setattr(2) for a description of the Linux scheduling scheme.

REPORTING BUGS
       For bug reports, use the issue tracker .

AVAILABILITY
       The uclampset command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
       .

util-linux 2.41.3					 2025-12-15						UCLAMPSET(1)