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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 1999 Cort Dougan <cort@cs.nmt.edu>
+ */
+#ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_BARRIER_H
+#define _ASM_POWERPC_BARRIER_H
+
+/*
+ * Memory barrier.
+ * The sync instruction guarantees that all memory accesses initiated
+ * by this processor have been performed (with respect to all other
+ * mechanisms that access memory).  The eieio instruction is a barrier
+ * providing an ordering (separately) for (a) cacheable stores and (b)
+ * loads and stores to non-cacheable memory (e.g. I/O devices).
+ *
+ * mb() prevents loads and stores being reordered across this point.
+ * rmb() prevents loads being reordered across this point.
+ * wmb() prevents stores being reordered across this point.
+ * read_barrier_depends() prevents data-dependent loads being reordered
+ *	across this point (nop on PPC).
+ *
+ * *mb() variants without smp_ prefix must order all types of memory
+ * operations with one another. sync is the only instruction sufficient
+ * to do this.
+ *
+ * For the smp_ barriers, ordering is for cacheable memory operations
+ * only. We have to use the sync instruction for smp_mb(), since lwsync
+ * doesn't order loads with respect to previous stores.  Lwsync can be
+ * used for smp_rmb() and smp_wmb().
+ *
+ * However, on CPUs that don't support lwsync, lwsync actually maps to a
+ * heavy-weight sync, so smp_wmb() can be a lighter-weight eieio.
+ */
+#define mb()   __asm__ __volatile__ ("sync" : : : "memory")
+#define rmb()  __asm__ __volatile__ ("sync" : : : "memory")
+#define wmb()  __asm__ __volatile__ ("sync" : : : "memory")
+#define read_barrier_depends()  do { } while(0)
+
+#define set_mb(var, value)	do { var = value; mb(); } while (0)
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+
+#ifdef __SUBARCH_HAS_LWSYNC
+#    define SMPWMB      LWSYNC
+#else
+#    define SMPWMB      eieio
+#endif
+
+#define smp_mb()	mb()
+#define smp_rmb()	__asm__ __volatile__ (stringify_in_c(LWSYNC) : : :"memory")
+#define smp_wmb()	__asm__ __volatile__ (stringify_in_c(SMPWMB) : : :"memory")
+#define smp_read_barrier_depends()	read_barrier_depends()
+#else
+#define smp_mb()	barrier()
+#define smp_rmb()	barrier()
+#define smp_wmb()	barrier()
+#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");
+
+#endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_BARRIER_H */