# WAIT/FWAIT
# Wait
| Opcode | Mnemonic | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 9B | WAIT | Check pending unmasked floating-point exceptions. |
| 9B | FWAIT | Check pending unmasked floating-point exceptions. |
# Description
Causes the processor to check for and handle pending, unmasked, floating-point exceptions before proceeding. (FWAIT is an alternate mnemonic for WAIT.) This instruction is useful for synchronizing exceptions in critical sections of code. Coding a WAIT instruction after a floating-point instruction insures that any unmasked floating-point exceptions the instruction may raise are handled before the processor can modify the instruction's results. See the section titled "Floating-Point Exception Synchronization" in Chapter 8 of the IA-32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual, Volume 1, for more information on using the WAIT/FWAIT instruction.
# Operation
CheckForPendingUnmaskedFloatingPointExceptions();
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# FPU flags affected
The C0, C1, C2, and C3 flags are undefined.