1.\" 2.\" This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the 3.\" Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0. 4.\" You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version 5.\" 1.0 of the CDDL. 6.\" 7.\" A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this 8.\" source. A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at 9.\" http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL. 10.\" 11.\" 12.\" Copyright 2016 Joyent, Inc. 13.\" 14.Dd "Jan 11, 2015" 15.Dt THRD_YIELD 3C 16.Os 17.Sh NAME 18.Nm thrd_yield 19.Nd yield the CPU to another thread 20.Sh SYNOPSIS 21.In threads.h 22.Ft void 23.Fo thrd_yield 24.Fa void 25.Fc 26.Sh DESCRIPTION 27The 28.Fn thrd_yield 29function causes the current thread to yield the CPU and allow other 30threads with the same or greater priority to run. 31.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY 32.Sy Standard 33.Sh MT-Level 34.Sy MT-Safe 35.Sh SEE ALSO 36.Xr yield 2 , 37.Xr attributes 5 , 38.Xr threads 5 39