Using the SpinWait construct

This recipe will describe how to wait on a thread without involving kernel-mode constructs. In addition, we introduce SpinWait, a hybrid synchronization construct designed to wait in the user mode for some time, and then switch to the kernel mode to save CPU time.

Getting ready

To step through this recipe, you will need Visual Studio 2015. There are no other prerequisites. The source code for this recipe can be found at BookSamples\Chapter2\Recipe9.

How to do it...

To understand how to wait on a thread without involving kernel-mode constructs, perform the following steps:

  1. Start Visual Studio 2015. Create a new C# console application project.
  2. In the Program.cs file, add the following using directives:
    using System; using System.Threading; ...

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