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Programmer’s Model
ARM DDI 0301H Copyright © 2004-2009 ARM Limited. All rights reserved. 2-35
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In an Symmetric Multi-Threading (SMT) design, a yield instruction enables a thread to generate
a hint to the processor that runs it. The hint indicates that the current activity of the thread is not
important, for example sitting in a spin-lock, and so can yield. On a uniprocessor system, this
instruction behaves as a NOP. OSs can use the yielding NOP in those places that require the
yield hint, and the non-yielding NOP in other cases.
Operation
The instruction acts as a NOP irrespective of whether the condition passes or fails, effectively
the ALWAYS condition. Do not use RESERVED values in software.

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