[Qt-interest] Multithreading - yield function

[william.crocker at analog.com]

william.crocker at analog.com wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>> it seems for me that the yield function (QThread::yieldCurrentThread) is 
>> not always working for me. Does anyone else know about problems with 
>> this function ? Anyway to bypass it ?
>>
> 
> Before Qt supported thread-yielding I would do this.
> When the current thread slept, the OS would shift execution
> to another thread. This was a non-CPU bound app where
> the 1u could be tolerated.
>

Also, be sure you are not holding and locks when you yield.

> #define YIELD usleep(1);
> 
>> Regards,
>> Patric
>>
>>
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