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.Dd September 18, 2006 .Dt PTHREAD_YIELD 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pthread_yield .Nd yield control of the current thread .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libpthread .Sh SYNOPSIS n pthread.h .Ft void .Fn pthread_yield void .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn pthread_yield forces the running thread to relinquish the processor until it again becomes the head of its thread list. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr sched_yield 2 .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn pthread_yield is a non-portable (but quite common) extension to .St -p1003.1-2001 .