std::sync::atomic::spin_loop_hint - Rust
Description: API documentation for the Rust `spin_loop_hint` fn in crate `std`.
Keywords: rust, rustlang, rust-lang, spin_loop_hint

# 1.24.0[−][src]Function std::sync::atomic::spin_loop_hint

    pub fn spin_loop_hint()

Signals the processor that it is inside a busy-wait spin-loop ("spin lock").

Upon receiving spin-loop signal the processor can optimize its behavior by, for example, saving power or switching hyper-threads.

This function is different from `std::thread::yield_now` which directly yields to the system's scheduler, whereas `spin_loop_hint` does not interact with the operating system.

A common use case for `spin_loop_hint` is implementing bounded optimistic spinning in a CAS loop in synchronization primitives. To avoid problems like priority inversion, it is strongly recommended that the spin loop is terminated after a finite amount of iterations and an appropriate blocking syscall is made.

Note: On platforms that do not support receiving spin-loop hints this function does not do anything at all.