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 it again becomes the head of its thread list. It takes no arguments.

RETURN VALUE

The sched_yield() function returns 0 if it completes successfully, or it returns a value of -1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

No errors are defined.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

<sched.h> .

DERIVATION

Derived from the POSIX Realtime Extension (1003.1b-1993/1003.1i-1995) and the POSIX Threads Extension (1003.1c-1995)