mwait

Monitor Wait

MWAIT

Waits for a write to a monitored address.

Details

The Monitor Wait instruction waits for a write to a monitored address.

Pseudocode Operation

// Waits for a write to a monitored address

Example

MWAIT

Encoding

Binary Layout
0F
+0
01
+1
C9
+2
 
Format Legacy
Opcode 0F 01 C9
Extension SSE3

Operands