sched_yield

SCHED_YIELD(2)             Linux Programmer's Manual            SCHED_YIELD(2)



NAME
       sched_yield - yield the processor

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sched.h>

       int sched_yield(void);

DESCRIPTION
       A  process can relinquish the processor voluntarily without blocking by
       calling sched_yield.  The process will then be moved to the end of  the
       queue for its static priority and a new process gets to run.

       Note:  If the current process is the only process in the highest prior-
       ity list at that time, this process will continue to run after  a  call
       to sched_yield.

       POSIX  systems  on  which sched_yield is available define _POSIX_PRIOR-
       ITY_SCHEDULING in <unistd.h>.


RETURN VALUE
       On success, sched_yield returns 0.  On error, -1 is returned, and errno
       is set appropriately.


CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1b (formerly POSIX.4)

SEE ALSO
       sched_setscheduler(2) for a description of Linux scheduling.

       Programming  for  the  real  world  -  POSIX.4  by Bill O. Gallmeister,
       O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., ISBN 1-56592-074-0
       IEEE Std 1003.1b-1993 (POSIX.1b standard)
       ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996



Linux 1.3.81                      1996-04-10                    SCHED_YIELD(2)