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.TH "YIELD" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
yield \- yield the current processor to other threads.
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
.sp
\fB
.sp
void yield  ( \fIvoid\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIvoid\fB\fR
no arguments
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
.PP
this is a shortcut for kernel-space yielding - it marks the
thread runnable and calls \fBsys_sched_yield\fR\&.