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| YIELD_TO(9) | Driver Basics | YIELD_TO(9) |
NAME¶
yield_to - yield the current processor to another thread in your thread group, or accelerate that thread toward the processor it's on.SYNOPSIS¶
bool
__sched yield_to(struct task_struct * p,
bool preempt);
ARGUMENTS¶
ptarget task
preempt
whether task preemption is allowed or
not
DESCRIPTION¶
It's the caller's job to ensure that the target task struct can't go away on us before we can do any checks. Returns true if we indeed boosted the target task.COPYRIGHT¶
| March 2016 | Kernel Hackers Manual 3.2. |