_mm_mwait 

Microsoft Specific

Generates the mwait instruction.

void _mm_mwait( 
   unsigned int a, 
   unsigned int b, 
);

Parameters

• [in] a
  The first operand.

• [in] b
  The second operand.

Requirements

Header file <intrin.h>

Remarks

The mwait instruction instructs the processor to enter a wait state in which the processor is instructed to monitor a certain address range waiting for an event or a store to that address range. The values of a and b are loaded into the ECX and EAX registers. For more information, see the Intel documentation.

This routine is only available as an intrinsic.

END Microsoft Specific

See Also

Reference

_mm_monitor
Compiler Intrinsics