NAME
sched_yield – yield processor
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sched.h>
int
sched_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”).