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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
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