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Technical Reference: Base Operating System and Extensions , Volume 2


sched_yield Subroutine

Purpose

Yield processor.

Library

Standard Library (libc.a)

Syntax

#include <sched.h>

int sched_yield (void) ;

Description

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

Return Values

The sched_yield function returns 0 if it completes successfully, or it returns a value of -1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

Implementation Specifics

This subroutine is part of Base Operating System (BOS) subroutine.


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