__halt

Microsoft Specific

This topic is new for Visual Studio 2005 SP1.

Halts the microprocessor until an enabled interrupt, a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI), or a reset occurs.

void __halt( void );

Requirements

Header file <intrin.h>

Remarks

The __halt function is equivalent to the HLT machine instruction, and is available only in kernel mode. For more information, search for the document, "Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual, Volume 2: Instruction Set Reference," at the Intel Corporation site.

See Also

Concepts

Compiler Intrinsics