1.\" $OpenBSD: pthread_yield.3,v 1.4 2007/05/31 19:19:37 jmc Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" PUBLIC DOMAIN: No Rights Reserved. Marco S Hyman <marc@snafu.org> 4.\" 5.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ 6.Dt PTHREAD_YIELD 3 7.Os 8.Sh NAME 9.Nm pthread_yield 10.Nd yield control of the current thread 11.Sh SYNOPSIS 12.Fd #include <pthread.h> 13.Ft void 14.Fn pthread_yield "void" 15.Sh DESCRIPTION 16The 17.Fn pthread_yield 18function resets the accumulated time slice of the current thread and then 19enters the thread scheduler, which resumes execution of the next thread ready 20to run. 21If no other thread is ready to run, control returns to the current thread. 22.Sh SEE ALSO 23.Xr pthreads 3 24.Sh STANDARDS 25.Fn pthread_yield 26is a non-portable (but quite common) extension to 27.St -p1003.1-2001 . 28