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<Crst_DisableSpinWait> element

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Specifies whether to disable spin-waiting for a critical section when contended.

<configuration>
  <runtime>
    <Crst_DisableSpinWait>

Syntax

<Crst_DisableSpinWait enabled="true | false"/>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute Description
enabled Specifies whether spin-waiting for critical sections when they are contended is disabled.

enabled Attribute

Value Description
1 Disable spin-waiting when a critical section cannot be acquired.
0 Do not disable spin-waiting when a critical section cannot be acquired. This is the default value.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element Description
configuration The root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications.
runtime Contains information about various runtime configuration settings.

Example

The following example disables spin-waiting in critical sections when contended.

<configuration>  
   <runtime>  
      <Crst_DisableSpinWait enabled="1"/>  
   </runtime>  
</configuration>

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