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NAME
__insn_barrier -- compiler reorder barrier
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/cdefs.h> void __insn_barrier();
DESCRIPTION
The __insn_barrier() macro prevents GCC from moving code across the bar- rier. In other words, the compiler is not allowed to reorder read and write commands below the barrier with the code preceding the barrier. Like with the volatile type qualifier, __insn_barrier() may be necessary in some corner cases to prevent the compiler from misoptimizing.
SEE ALSO
gcc(1), cdefs(3), membar_ops(3) Paul E. McKenney, Memory Barriers: a Hardware View for Software Hackers, http://www.rdrop.com/users/paulmck/scalability/paper/whymb.2010.06.07c.pdf, June 7, 2010.
HISTORY
The __insn_barrier() macro first appeared in NetBSD 2.0. NetBSD 9.1 January 2, 2011 NetBSD 9.1
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