Messages in this thread | | | From | hiren_mehta@agilent ... | Subject | can somebody explain barrier() macro ? | Date | Tue, 20 Feb 2001 12:50:54 -0700 |
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Hi,
barrier() is defined in kernel.h as follows :
#define barrier() __asm__ __volatile__("": : :"memory")
what does this mean ? is this like "nop" ?
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