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-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/Makefile.inc4
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/sched_yield.249
2 files changed, 51 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/Makefile.inc b/lib/libc/sys/Makefile.inc
index 78535b041fa..9621119dea9 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/Makefile.inc
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.122 2014/08/31 04:02:08 guenther Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.123 2014/11/14 00:24:28 guenther Exp $
# $NetBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.35 1995/10/16 23:49:07 jtc Exp $
# @(#)Makefile.inc 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/17/93
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ MAN+= __get_tcb.2 __thrsigdivert.2 __thrsleep.2 _exit.2 accept.2 \
msgget.2 msgrcv.2 msgsnd.2 msync.2 munmap.2 nanosleep.2 \
nfssvc.2 open.2 pathconf.2 pipe.2 poll.2 profil.2 \
ptrace.2 quotactl.2 read.2 readlink.2 reboot.2 recv.2 \
- rename.2 revoke.2 rmdir.2 select.2 semctl.2 semget.2 \
+ rename.2 revoke.2 rmdir.2 sched_yield.2 select.2 semctl.2 semget.2 \
semop.2 send.2 setgroups.2 setpgid.2 setregid.2 \
setresuid.2 setreuid.2 setsid.2 sendsyslog.2 setuid.2 shmat.2 \
shmctl.2 shmget.2 shutdown.2 sigaction.2 sigaltstack.2 sigpending.2 \
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/sched_yield.2 b/lib/libc/sys/sched_yield.2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca7c6df71ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/sched_yield.2
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+.\" $OpenBSD: sched_yield.2,v 1.1 2014/11/14 00:24:28 guenther Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2014 Philip Guenther <guenther@openbsd.org>
+.\"
+.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
+.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+.\"
+.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
+.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+.\"
+.Dd $Mdocdate: November 14 2014 $
+.Dt SCHED_YIELD 2
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm sched_yield
+.Nd yield the processor
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sched.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn sched_yield void
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn sched_yield
+function makes the current thread yield the processor and be put at
+the end of its run queue without altering its priority.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Rv -std
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn sched_yield
+function conforms to
+.St -p1003.1-2008 .
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn sched_yield
+system call appeared in
+.Ox 4.2 .
+.Sh CAVEATS
+The effect of
+.Fn sched_yield
+is only precisely defined for real-time scheduling classes,
+none of which are currently supported by
+.Ox .