NAME
pthreadyield - yield the processor SYNOPSIS
#define GNUSOURCE /* See featuretestmacros(7) */
#include
int pthreadyield(void); Compile and link with -pthread. DESCRIPTION pthreadyield() causes the calling thread to relinquish the CPU. The thread is placed at the end of the run queue for its static priority and another thread is scheduled to run. For further details, see schedyield(2) RETURN VALUE On success, pthreadyield() returns 0; on error, it returns an error number. ERRORS
On Linux, this call always succeeds (but portable and future-proof applications should nevertheless handle a possible error return). ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). ┌────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │ ├────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│pthreadyield() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘ CONFORMING TO This call is nonstandard, but present on several other systems. Use the standardized schedyield(2) instead. NOTES On Linux, this function is implemented as a call to schedyield(2). SEE ALSO schedsetscheduler(2), schedyield(2), pthreads(7) COLOPHON
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Linux 2013-03-05 PTHREADYIELD(3)