SCHED_YIELD(P)						     POSIX Programmer's Manual						    SCHED_YIELD(P)

NAME

       sched_yield - yield the processor

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sched.h>

       int sched_yield(void);

DESCRIPTION

       The  sched_yield()  function shall force the running thread to relinquish the processor until it again becomes the head of its thread list.
       It takes no arguments.

RETURN VALUE

       The sched_yield() function shall return 0 if it completes successfully; otherwise, it shall return a value of -1 and set errno to  indicate
       the error.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       The Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <sched.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
       ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
       Electrical  and	Electronics  Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE
       and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can  be  obtained
       online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

IEEE
/The Open Group						       2003							    SCHED_YIELD(P)