From: Christian Goeschel Ndjomouo <cgoesc2@wgu.edu>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 17:41:03 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: chrt: improve error message for invalid policy value
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chrt: improve error message for invalid policy value

Signed-off-by: Christian Goeschel Ndjomouo <cgoesc2@wgu.edu>
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diff --git a/schedutils/chrt.c b/schedutils/chrt.c
index 2be2ed9ce..710548df0 100644
--- a/schedutils/chrt.c
+++ b/schedutils/chrt.c
@@ -596,8 +596,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (ctl->priority < sched_get_priority_min(ctl->policy) ||
 			sched_get_priority_max(ctl->policy) < ctl->priority)
 		errx(EXIT_FAILURE,
-		_("unsupported priority value for the policy: %d: see --max for valid range"),
-			ctl->priority);
+		_("unsupported priority value '%d' for the %s policy\n"
+			"use 'chrt --max' to list valid ranges"),
+			ctl->priority, get_policy_name(ctl->policy));
 	set_sched(ctl);
 
 	if (ctl->verbose)