preempt(9) [netbsd man page]

PREEMPT(9)						   BSD Kernel Developer's Manual						PREEMPT(9)

NAME

     preempt, yield -- general preempt and yield functions

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/sched.h>

     void
     preempt(void);

     #include <sys/proc.h>

     void
     yield(void);

DESCRIPTION

     The preempt() function puts the current LWP back on the system run queue and performs an involuntary context switch.  The yield() function is
     mostly same as preempt(), except that it performs a voluntary context switch.

     These functions drop the kernel lock before switching and re-acquire it before returning.

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CPU_NEED_RESCHED(9)					   BSD Kernel Developer's Manual				       CPU_NEED_RESCHED(9)

NAME

     cpu_need_resched -- context switch notification

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/cpu.h>

     void
     cpu_need_resched(struct cpu_info *ci, int flags);

DESCRIPTION

     The cpu_need_resched() function is the machine-independent interface for the scheduler to notify machine-dependent code that a context switch
     from the current LWP, on the cpu ci, is required.	This event may occur if a higher priority LWP appears on the run queue or if the current
     LWP has exceeded its time slice.

     If RESCHED_KPREEMPT flag is specified in flags and __HAVE_PREEMPTION C pre-processor macro is defined in <machine/intr.h>, machine-dependent
     code should make a context switch happen as soon as possible even if the cpu is running the kernel code.

     If RESCHED_IMMED flag is specified in flags, machine-dependent code should make a context switch happen as soon as possible.  In that case,
     for example, if ci is not the current processor, cpu_need_resched() typically issues an inter processor call to the processor to make it
     notice the need of a context switch as soon as possible.

     Typically, the cpu_need_resched() function will perform the following operations:

	   o   Set a per-processor flag which is checked by userret(9) when returning to user-mode execution.

	   o   Post an asynchronous software trap (AST).

	   o   Send an inter processor interrupt to wake up cpu_idle(9).

SEE ALSO

     sched_4bsd(9), userret(9)

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