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-rw-r--r--src/vppinfra/clib.h8
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diff --git a/src/vppinfra/clib.h b/src/vppinfra/clib.h
index 8aec1f16beb..dac41adb165 100644
--- a/src/vppinfra/clib.h
+++ b/src/vppinfra/clib.h
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@
#define PREDICT_FALSE(x) __builtin_expect((x),0)
#define PREDICT_TRUE(x) __builtin_expect((x),1)
+/*
+ * Compiler barrier
+ * prevent compiler to reorder memory access accross this boundary
+ * prevent compiler to cache values in register (force reload)
+ * Not to be confused with CPU memory barrier below
+ */
+#define CLIB_COMPILER_BARRIER() asm volatile ("":::"memory")
+
/* Full memory barrier (read and write). */
#define CLIB_MEMORY_BARRIER() __sync_synchronize ()