[Mono-bugs] [Bug 423582] New: Thread.SpinWait is incorectly implemented

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           Summary: Thread.SpinWait is incorectly implemented
           Product: Mono: Runtime
           Version: SVN
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: misc
        AssignedTo: mono-bugs at lists.ximian.com
        ReportedBy: msafar at novell.com
         QAContact: mono-bugs at lists.ximian.com
          Found By: ---


SpinWait is implemented using Sleep which is exact opposite of what it should
do.

The most common implementations use

__asm__ __volatile__("rep;nop" ::: "memory");

but I don't know whether we have to implement it or just import it from
somewhere

Few more implementation details are here

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.threading.thread.spinwait.aspx


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