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SCHED_YIELD(2) | System Calls Manual | SCHED_YIELD(2) |
NAME¶
sched_yield — yield processorLIBRARY¶
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)SYNOPSIS¶
#include <sched.h> intsched_yield(void);
DESCRIPTION¶
The sched_yield() 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:- [
ENOSYS
] - 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 |