thr_yield(3T)
NAME
thr_yield − thread yield to another thread
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag ... ] file ... −lthread [ library ... ]
#include <thread.h>
void thr_yield(void);
DESCRIPTION
thr_yield() causes the current thread to yield its execution in favor of another thread with the same or greater priority.
RETURN VALUES
thr_yield() returns nothing and does not set errno.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
| MT-Level | MT-Safe |
SEE ALSO
sched_yield(3R), thr_setprio(3T), attributes(5), standards(5)
NOTES
There is a POSIX real-time function, sched_yield(3R), that provides the same functionality as thr_yield(). For Solaris, sched_yield(3R) does nothing more than return an error message indicating that the system call is not supported.
SunOS 5.6 — Last change: 8 May 1997