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diff --git a/man3/pthread_yield.3 b/man3/pthread_yield.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..95bb580 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/pthread_yield.3 @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Michael Kerrisk, <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.TH pthread_yield 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.SH NAME +pthread_yield \- yield the processor +.SH LIBRARY +POSIX threads library +.RI ( libpthread ", " \-lpthread ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */" +.B #include <pthread.h> +.PP +.B [[deprecated]] int pthread_yield(void); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.BR Note : +This function is deprecated; see below. +.PP +.BR pthread_yield () +causes the calling thread to relinquish the CPU. +The thread is placed at the end of the run queue for its static +priority and another thread is scheduled to run. +For further details, see +.BR sched_yield (2) +.SH RETURN VALUE +On success, +.BR pthread_yield () +returns 0; +on error, it returns an error number. +.SH ERRORS +On Linux, this call always succeeds +(but portable and future-proof applications should nevertheless +handle a possible error return). +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR pthread_yield () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.sp 1 +.SH VERSIONS +On Linux, this function is implemented as a call to +.BR sched_yield (2). +.SH STANDARDS +None. +.SH HISTORY +.\" BSD, Tru64, AIX, and Irix. +Deprecated since glibc 2.34. +Use the standardized +.BR sched_yield (2) +instead. +.SH NOTES +.BR pthread_yield () +is intended for use with real-time scheduling policies (i.e., +.B SCHED_FIFO +or +.BR SCHED_RR ). +Use of +.BR pthread_yield () +with nondeterministic scheduling policies such as +.B SCHED_OTHER +is unspecified and very likely means your application design is broken. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR sched_yield (2), +.\" FIXME . .BR pthread_cond_wait (3), +.BR pthreads (7), +.BR sched (7) |