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SCHED_YIELD(2) | System Calls Manual | SCHED_YIELD(2) |
NAME¶
sched_yield
—
yield processor
LIBRARY¶
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)SYNOPSIS¶
#include <sched.h>
int
sched_yield
(void);
DESCRIPTION¶
Thesched_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¶
Thesched_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¶
Thesched_yield
() system call conforms to
IEEE Std 1003.1b-1993 (“POSIX.1b”).
March 12, 1998 | Linux 4.19.0-10-amd64 |