On Sat, 15 Jun 2002 15:15:32 -0700, mgix@mgix.com wrote:
>
>Hello,
>
>I am seeing some strange linux scheduler behaviours,
>and I thought this'd be the best place to ask.
>
>I have two processes, one that loops forever and
>does nothing but calling sched_yield(), and the other
>is basically benchmarking how fast it can compute
>some long math calculation.
[snip]
You seem to have a misconception about what sched_yield is for. It is not a
replacement for blocking or a scheduling priority adjustment. It simply lets
other ready-to-run tasks be scheduled before returning to the current task.
Here's a quote from SuS3:
"The sched_yield() function shall force the running thread to relinquish the
processor until it again becomes the head of its thread list. It takes no
arguments."
This neither says nor implies anything about CPU usage. It simply says that
the current thread will yield and be put at the end of the list.
DS
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