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pthread_yield(3)

yield control of the current thread

NAME

pthread_yield – yield control of the current thread

LIBRARY

POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)

SYNOPSIS

#include <pthread.h>

void

pthread_yield(void);

DESCRIPTION

The pthread_yield() forces the running thread to relinquish the processor until it again becomes the head of its thread list.

SEE ALSO

sched_yield(2)

STANDARDS

The pthread_yield() is a non-portable (but quite common) extension to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”).

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