## pause

# Function pause

Source

    pub fn pause()

🔬This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`riscv_ext_intrinsics` #114544)
Available on RISC-V RV64 only.
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Generates the `PAUSE` instruction

The PAUSE instruction is a HINT that indicates the current hart’s rate of instruction retirement should be temporarily reduced or paused. The duration of its effect must be bounded and may be zero.