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      1 /** @file
      2   CpuPause function.
      3 
      4   Copyright (c) 2006 - 2008, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
      5   This program and the accompanying materials
      6   are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
      7   which accompanies this distribution.  The full text of the license may be found at
      8   http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php.
      9 
     10   THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE BSD LICENSE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
     11   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
     12 
     13 **/
     14 
     15 
     16 
     17 
     18 /**
     19   Requests CPU to pause for a short period of time.
     20 
     21   Requests CPU to pause for a short period of time. Typically used in MP
     22   systems to prevent memory starvation while waiting for a spin lock.
     23 
     24 **/
     25 VOID
     26 EFIAPI
     27 CpuPause (
     28   VOID
     29   )
     30 {
     31   _asm {
     32     pause
     33   }
     34 }
     35 
     36