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/** @file
  CpuPause function.

  Copyright (c) 2006 - 2008, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
  This program and the accompanying materials
  are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
  which accompanies this distribution.  The full text of the license may be found at
  http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php.

  THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE BSD LICENSE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.

**/




/**
  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
  }
}