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      1 #ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_MEMBARRIER_H
      2 #define _UAPI_LINUX_MEMBARRIER_H
      3 
      4 /*
      5  * linux/membarrier.h
      6  *
      7  * membarrier system call API
      8  *
      9  * Copyright (c) 2010, 2015 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers (at) efficios.com>
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     29 
     30 /**
     31  * enum membarrier_cmd - membarrier system call command
     32  * @MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY:   Query the set of supported commands. It returns
     33  *                          a bitmask of valid commands.
     34  * @MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED:  Execute a memory barrier on all running threads.
     35  *                          Upon return from system call, the caller thread
     36  *                          is ensured that all running threads have passed
     37  *                          through a state where all memory accesses to
     38  *                          user-space addresses match program order between
     39  *                          entry to and return from the system call
     40  *                          (non-running threads are de facto in such a
     41  *                          state). This covers threads from all processes
     42  *                          running on the system. This command returns 0.
     43  *
     44  * Command to be passed to the membarrier system call. The commands need to
     45  * be a single bit each, except for MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY which is assigned to
     46  * the value 0.
     47  */
     48 enum membarrier_cmd {
     49 	MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY = 0,
     50 	MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED = (1 << 0),
     51 };
     52 
     53 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_MEMBARRIER_H */
     54