sched_yield(2) System Calls Manual sched_yield(2)
NAME
sched_yield - yield the processor
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sched.h>
int sched_yield(void);
DESCRIPTION
sched_yield() causes the calling thread to relinquish the CPU. The
thread is moved to the end of the queue for its static priority and a
new thread gets to run.
RETURN VALUE
On success, sched_yield() returns 0. On error, -1 is returned, and er-
rno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
In the Linux implementation, sched_yield() always succeeds.
STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001 (but optional). POSIX.1-2008.
Before POSIX.1-2008, systems on which sched_yield() is available defined
_POSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING in <unistd.h>.
CAVEATS
sched_yield() is intended for use with real-time scheduling policies
(i.e., SCHED_FIFO or SCHED_RR). Use of sched_yield() with nondetermin-
istic scheduling policies such as SCHED_OTHER is unspecified and very
likely means your application design is broken.
If the calling thread is the only thread in the highest priority list at
that time, it will continue to run after a call to sched_yield().
Avoid calling sched_yield() unnecessarily or inappropriately (e.g., when
resources needed by other schedulable threads are still held by the
caller), since doing so will result in unnecessary context switches,
which will degrade system performance.
SEE ALSO
sched(7)
Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 sched_yield(2)
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