SCHED_YIELD(2)		   Linux Programmers Manual	       SCHED_YIELD(2)



NAME
       sched_yield - yield the processor

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       int sched_yield(void);

DESCRIPTION
       A  process can relinquish the processor voluntarily without blocking by
       calling sched_yield().  The process will then be moved to  the  end  of
       the queue for its static priority and a new process gets to run.

       Note:  If the calling process is the only process in the highest prior
       ity list at that time, this process will continue to run after  a  call
       to sched_yield().

       POSIX  systems on which sched_yield() is available define _POSIX_PRIOR
       ITY_SCHEDULING in .

RETURN VALUE
       On success, sched_yield() returns 0.  On error,	-1  is	returned,  and
       errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS
       In the Linux implementation, sched_yield() always succeeds.

CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO
       sched_setscheduler(2) for a description of Linux scheduling.

       Programming  for  the  real  world  -  POSIX.4  by Bill O. Gallmeister,
       OReilly & Associates, Inc., ISBN 1-56592-074-0

COLOPHON
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Linux				  1996-04-10			SCHED_YIELD(2)