2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/litmus.h b/include/litmus.h
index 335d01b..429e614 100644
--- a/include/litmus.h
+++ b/include/litmus.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include "migration.h"
 
+
+void init_rt_task_param(struct rt_task* param);
 int set_rt_task_param(pid_t pid, struct rt_task* param);
 int get_rt_task_param(pid_t pid, struct rt_task* param);
 
diff --git a/src/litmus.c b/src/litmus.c
index 1110bd4..09f9dc6 100644
--- a/src/litmus.c
+++ b/src/litmus.c
@@ -77,6 +77,34 @@ void show_rt_param(struct rt_task* tp)
                tp->exec_cost, tp->period, tp->cpu);
 }
 
+void init_rt_task_param(struct rt_task* tp)
+{
+        /* Defaults:
+         *  - implicit deadline (t->relative_deadline == 0)
+         *  - phase = 0
+         *  - class = RT_CLASS_SOFT
+         *  - budget policy = NO_ENFORCEMENT
+         *  - fixed priority = LITMUS_LOWEST_PRIORITY
+         *  - release policy = SPORADIC
+         *  - cpu assignment = 0
+         *
+         * User must still set the following fields to non-zero values:
+         *  - tp->exec_cost
+         *  - tp->period
+         *
+         * User must set tp->cpu to the appropriate value for non-global
+         * schedulers. For clusters, set tp->cpu to the first CPU in the
+         * assigned cluster.
+         */
+
+        memset(tp, 0, sizeof(*tp));
+
+        tp->cls = RT_CLASS_SOFT;
+        tp->priority = LITMUS_LOWEST_PRIORITY;
+        tp->budget_policy = NO_ENFORCEMENT;
+        tp->release_policy = SPORADIC;
+}
+
 task_class_t str2class(const char* str)
 {
         if      (!strcmp(str, "hrt"))