Boost
C++ Libraries
...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world.
— Herb Sutter and Andrei
Alexandrescu, C++
Coding Standards
Boost
C++ Libraries
...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world.
— Herb Sutter and Andrei
Alexandrescu, C++
Coding Standards
The header <boost/core/yield_primitives.hpp>
implements a collection of primitives that allow the current thread to yield
the CPU in various ways.
Very low level, specialized functionality, generally only useful for implementing spinlocks. Normal synchronization primitives should almost always be preferable in application code.
namespace boost { namespace core { void sp_thread_pause() noexcept; void sp_thread_yield() noexcept; void sp_thread_sleep() noexcept; } // namespace core } // namespace boost
void sp_thread_pause() noexcept;
Emits a PAUSE instruction (on x86) or a YIELD instruction (on ARM).
A portable equivalent of the GCC builtin function __builtin_ia32_pause.
void sp_thread_yield() noexcept;
Informs the scheduler that the current thread wishes to relinquish the rest of its timeslice.
A portable equivalent of POSIX sched_yield.
void sp_thread_sleep() noexcept;
Sleeps for a short period, as if by calling POSIX nanosleep
with a small, implementation-dependent, interval (usually one microsecond).
A more forcing yield primitive than sp_thread_yield,
because it's generally not ignored even if all other waiting threads are
of lower priority.