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1 #ifndef __BARRIER_H
2 #define __BARRIER_H
3 
4 #include <asm/compiler.h>
5 
6 #define mb()	__asm__ __volatile__("mb": : :"memory")
7 #define rmb()	__asm__ __volatile__("mb": : :"memory")
8 #define wmb()	__asm__ __volatile__("wmb": : :"memory")
9 
10 /**
11  * read_barrier_depends - Flush all pending reads that subsequents reads
12  * depend on.
13  *
14  * No data-dependent reads from memory-like regions are ever reordered
15  * over this barrier.  All reads preceding this primitive are guaranteed
16  * to access memory (but not necessarily other CPUs' caches) before any
17  * reads following this primitive that depend on the data return by
18  * any of the preceding reads.  This primitive is much lighter weight than
19  * rmb() on most CPUs, and is never heavier weight than is
20  * rmb().
21  *
22  * These ordering constraints are respected by both the local CPU
23  * and the compiler.
24  *
25  * Ordering is not guaranteed by anything other than these primitives,
26  * not even by data dependencies.  See the documentation for
27  * memory_barrier() for examples and URLs to more information.
28  *
29  * For example, the following code would force ordering (the initial
30  * value of "a" is zero, "b" is one, and "p" is "&a"):
31  *
32  * <programlisting>
33  *	CPU 0				CPU 1
34  *
35  *	b = 2;
36  *	memory_barrier();
37  *	p = &b;				q = p;
38  *					read_barrier_depends();
39  *					d = *q;
40  * </programlisting>
41  *
42  * because the read of "*q" depends on the read of "p" and these
43  * two reads are separated by a read_barrier_depends().  However,
44  * the following code, with the same initial values for "a" and "b":
45  *
46  * <programlisting>
47  *	CPU 0				CPU 1
48  *
49  *	a = 2;
50  *	memory_barrier();
51  *	b = 3;				y = b;
52  *					read_barrier_depends();
53  *					x = a;
54  * </programlisting>
55  *
56  * does not enforce ordering, since there is no data dependency between
57  * the read of "a" and the read of "b".  Therefore, on some CPUs, such
58  * as Alpha, "y" could be set to 3 and "x" to 0.  Use rmb()
59  * in cases like this where there are no data dependencies.
60  */
61 #define read_barrier_depends() __asm__ __volatile__("mb": : :"memory")
62 
63 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
64 #define __ASM_SMP_MB	"\tmb\n"
65 #else
66 #define __ASM_SMP_MB
67 #endif
68 
69 #include <asm-generic/barrier.h>
70 
71 #endif		/* __BARRIER_H */
72