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because the process holding the spinlock would do nothing (thus wasting CPU cycles) when it is allocated the CPU. It is better to put it in the sleep state (that is putting the process in the waiting queue). As soon as the process is wakened up (by some other process/thread invoking "signal/wake" on it) it is put in the "ready" queue when it runs as soon as the CPU is assigned to it.
on multiprocessor systems, it's generally better to "spin" because it is assumed that the running process on the other processor will release the lock pretty soon (thus it can release the lock and still continue running while your thread/process is getting a hold of the lock).
for better explanation check out "Operating System Concepts" by Silberchatz,
also Cornell University slides on Operating Systems Course are pretty useful as well.
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