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+/*****************************************************************************\
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 The Regents of the University of California.
+ * Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).
+ * Written by Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>.
+ * UCRL-CODE-235197
+ *
+ * This file is part of the SPL, Solaris Porting Layer.
+ * For details, see <http://github.com/behlendorf/spl/>.
+ *
+ * The SPL is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.
+ *
+ * The SPL is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with the SPL. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+\*****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef _SPL_COMPILER_COMPAT_H
+#define _SPL_COMPILER_COMPAT_H
+
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+
+#ifndef ACCESS_ONCE
+/*
+ * Prevent the compiler from merging or refetching accesses. The compiler
+ * is also forbidden from reordering successive instances of ACCESS_ONCE(),
+ * but only when the compiler is aware of some particular ordering. One way
+ * to make the compiler aware of ordering is to put the two invocations of
+ * ACCESS_ONCE() in different C statements.
+ *
+ * This macro does absolutely -nothing- to prevent the CPU from reordering,
+ * merging, or refetching absolutely anything at any time. Its main intended
+ * use is to mediate communication between process-level code and irq/NMI
+ * handlers, all running on the same CPU.
+ */
+/* Taken from 2.6.33.2 */
+# define ACCESS_ONCE(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x))
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _SPL_COMPILER_COMPAT_H */