Add a test for the dmb instruction on ARM
authorJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:34:10 +0000 (11:34 -0500)
committerMathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:34:10 +0000 (11:34 -0500)
The dmb instruction is used to implement a memory barrier on modern
ARM hardware.  The older generations of processors which are included
in single processor systems can get by on the generic implementation
of the cmm_mb().  This will allow the user space rcu to work on many
other ARM systems.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>

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