.TH "yield" 9 "yield" "25 May 1998" "Kernel Hacker's Manual" LINUX
.SH NAME
yield \-  yield the current processor to other threads.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "void" yield
.BI "(" void ");"
.SH ARGUMENTS
.IP "void" 12
no arguments
.SH "DESCRIPTION"

this is a shortcut for kernel-space yielding - it marks the
thread runnable and calls \fBsys_sched_yield\fP.