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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arc/include/asm/irqflags.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arc/include/asm/irqflags.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/irqflags.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/irqflags.h index 742816f1b210..27ecc6975a58 100644 --- a/arch/arc/include/asm/irqflags.h +++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/irqflags.h @@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ /****************************************************************** * IRQ Control Macros + * + * All of them have "memory" clobber (compiler barrier) which is needed to + * ensure that LD/ST requiring irq safetly (R-M-W when LLSC is not available) + * are redone after IRQs are re-enabled (and gcc doesn't reuse stale register) + * + * Noted at the time of Abilis Timer List corruption + * Orig Bug + Rejected solution : https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/29/67 + * Reasoning : https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/8/15 + * ******************************************************************/ /* |