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author | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 2006-08-25 14:56:07 +1000 |
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committer | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 2006-08-25 14:56:07 +1000 |
commit | ea0763a7e62f60f3e166327268a80f16ad806718 (patch) | |
tree | de54ec5e5d5a49b3cba81b096b7572852aa6f5a9 /include/asm-powerpc/system.h | |
parent | 271c511db9d37d6797745adb1f151a8bd2838c6f (diff) | |
parent | c85c41ad73c6db4cf4cc98c595cc5e2fdbdb53d5 (diff) | |
download | linux-ea0763a7e62f60f3e166327268a80f16ad806718.tar.bz2 |
Merge branch 'merge'
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diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/system.h b/include/asm-powerpc/system.h index b6d330fe8ed3..4b41deaa8d8d 100644 --- a/include/asm-powerpc/system.h +++ b/include/asm-powerpc/system.h @@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ #define smp_read_barrier_depends() do { } while(0) #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */ +/* + * This is a barrier which prevents following instructions from being + * started until the value of the argument x is known. For example, if + * x is a variable loaded from memory, this prevents following + * instructions from being executed until the load has been performed. + */ +#define data_barrier(x) \ + asm volatile("twi 0,%0,0; isync" : : "r" (x) : "memory"); + struct task_struct; struct pt_regs; |