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SCHED_YIELD(2) System Calls Manual SCHED_YIELD(2)

NAME

sched_yieldyield processor

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <sched.h>

int
sched_yield(void);

DESCRIPTION

The () system call forces the running process to relinquish the processor until it again becomes the head of its process list. It takes no arguments.

RETURN VALUES

The sched_yield() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

On failure errno will be set to the corresponding value:

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The system is not configured to support this functionality.

STANDARDS

The sched_yield() system call conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1b-1993 (“POSIX.1b”).

March 12, 1998 Debian