Subj : Re: pthread_cond_timedwait problems
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Joe Seigh
Date : Sun Aug 14 2005 08:19 am

markh@compro.net wrote:
> 
> nanosleep does not relinquish the cpu. Using it in my env causes
> serious problems.
> 
> I guess the nsec member of the timeval struct was misleading me. I
> should have known better.
> 
For short waits it doesn't yield the cpu but yielding the cpu isn't
the purpose of nanosleep.  Actually, sched_yield isn't guaranteed to
yield the cpu either.

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Joe Seigh

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