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.\"    Manual: Driver Basics
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16.56
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.TH "YIELD_TO" "9" "May 2018" "Kernel Hackers Manual 3\&.16\&" "Driver Basics"
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.SH "NAME"
yield_to \- yield the current processor to another thread in your thread group, or accelerate that thread toward the processor it\*(Aqs on\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'int\ __sched\ yield_to('u
.BI "int __sched yield_to(struct\ task_struct\ *\ " "p" ", bool\ " "preempt" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIp\fR
.RS 4
target task
.RE
.PP
\fIpreempt\fR
.RS 4
whether task preemption is allowed or not
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
It\*(Aqs the caller\*(Aqs job to ensure that the target task struct can\*(Aqt go away on us before we can do any checks\&.
.SH "RETURN"
.PP
true (>0) if we indeed boosted the target task\&. false (0) if we failed to boost the target\&. \-ESRCH if there\*(Aqs no task to yield to\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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