MdePkg/Library/BaseLib/Ia32/CpuPause.c


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/** @file
  CpuPause function.

  Copyright (c) 2006 - 2008, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent

**/

/**
  Requests CPU to pause for a short period of time.

  Requests CPU to pause for a short period of time. Typically used in MP
  systems to prevent memory starvation while waiting for a spin lock.

**/
VOID
EFIAPI
CpuPause (
  VOID
  )
{
  _asm {
    pause
  }
}