SCHED_YIELD(3C) Standard C Library Functions SCHED_YIELD(3C)
NAME
sched_yield - yield processor
SYNOPSIS
#include <sched.h>
int sched_yield(
void);
DESCRIPTION
The
sched_yield() function forces the running thread to relinquish
the processor until the process again becomes the head of its process
list. It takes no arguments.
RETURN VALUES
If successful,
sched_yield() returns
0, otherwise, it returns
-1, and
sets
errno to indicate the error condition.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
ATTRIBUTES
See
attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+-------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-------------------+
|Interface Stability | Committed |
+--------------------+-------------------+
|MT-Level | MT-Safe |
+--------------------+-------------------+
|Standard | See
standards(7). |
+--------------------+-------------------+
SEE ALSO
sched.h(3HEAD),
librt(3LIB),
attributes(7),
standards(7) February 5, 2008 SCHED_YIELD(3C)
