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YIELD(9) Driver Basics YIELD(9)

NAME

yield - yield the current processor to other threads.

SYNOPSIS

void __sched yield(void);

ARGUMENTS

void
no arguments

DESCRIPTION

This is a shortcut for kernel-space yielding - it marks the thread runnable and calls sys_sched_yield.

COPYRIGHT

March 2016 Kernel Hackers Manual 3.2.