PTHREAD_YIELD(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PTHREAD_YIELD(3)
NAME
pthread_yield -- yield control of the current thread
LIBRARY
POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h>
void
pthread_yield(void);
DESCRIPTION
The pthread_yield() forces the running thread to relinquish the processor until it again becomes the head of its thread list.
SEE ALSO
sched_yield(2)
STANDARDS
The pthread_yield() is a non-portable (but quite common) extension to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'').
BSD
September 18, 2006 BSD
