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#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_MEMBARRIER_H
#define _UAPI_LINUX_MEMBARRIER_H
/*
* linux/membarrier.h
*
* membarrier system call API
*
* Copyright (c) 2010, 2015 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
*
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*
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*/
/**
* enum membarrier_cmd - membarrier system call command
* @MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY: Query the set of supported commands. It returns
* a bitmask of valid commands.
* @MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED: Execute a memory barrier on all running threads.
* Upon return from system call, the caller thread
* is ensured that all running threads have passed
* through a state where all memory accesses to
* user-space addresses match program order between
* entry to and return from the system call
* (non-running threads are de facto in such a
* state). This covers threads from all processes
* running on the system. This command returns 0.
*
* Command to be passed to the membarrier system call. The commands need to
* be a single bit each, except for MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY which is assigned to
* the value 0.
*/
enum membarrier_cmd {
MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY = 0,
MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED = (1 << 0),
};
#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_MEMBARRIER_H */