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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Taken from Linux commit 219d54332a09 ("Linux 5.4"), from the file
+ * tools/include/linux/compiler.h, with minor changes.
+ */
+#ifndef __LINUX_COMPILER_H
+#define __LINUX_COMPILER_H
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#define barrier() asm volatile("" : : : "memory")
+
+#define __always_inline inline __attribute__((always_inline))
+
+static __always_inline void __read_once_size(const volatile void *p, void *res, int size)
+{
+ switch (size) {
+ case 1: *(uint8_t *)res = *(volatile uint8_t *)p; break;
+ case 2: *(uint16_t *)res = *(volatile uint16_t *)p; break;
+ case 4: *(uint32_t *)res = *(volatile uint32_t *)p; break;
+ case 8: *(uint64_t *)res = *(volatile uint64_t *)p; break;
+ default:
+ barrier();
+ __builtin_memcpy((void *)res, (const void *)p, size);
+ barrier();
+ }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Prevent the compiler from merging or refetching reads or writes. The
+ * compiler is also forbidden from reordering successive instances of
+ * READ_ONCE and WRITE_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 READ_ONCE or WRITE_ONCE in different C
+ * statements.
+ *
+ * These two macros will also work on aggregate data types like structs or
+ * unions. If the size of the accessed data type exceeds the word size of
+ * the machine (e.g., 32 bits or 64 bits) READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() will
+ * fall back to memcpy and print a compile-time warning.
+ *
+ * Their two major use cases are: (1) Mediating communication between
+ * process-level code and irq/NMI handlers, all running on the same CPU,
+ * and (2) Ensuring that the compiler does not fold, spindle, or otherwise
+ * mutilate accesses that either do not require ordering or that interact
+ * with an explicit memory barrier or atomic instruction that provides the
+ * required ordering.
+ */
+
+#define READ_ONCE(x) \
+({ \
+ union { typeof(x) __val; char __c[1]; } __u = \
+ { .__c = { 0 } }; \
+ __read_once_size(&(x), __u.__c, sizeof(x)); \
+ __u.__val; \
+})
+
+static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int size)
+{
+ switch (size) {
+ case 1: *(volatile uint8_t *) p = *(uint8_t *) res; break;
+ case 2: *(volatile uint16_t *) p = *(uint16_t *) res; break;
+ case 4: *(volatile uint32_t *) p = *(uint32_t *) res; break;
+ case 8: *(volatile uint64_t *) p = *(uint64_t *) res; break;
+ default:
+ barrier();
+ __builtin_memcpy((void *)p, (const void *)res, size);
+ barrier();
+ }
+}
+
+#define WRITE_ONCE(x, val) \
+({ \
+ union { typeof(x) __val; char __c[1]; } __u = \
+ { .__val = (val) }; \
+ __write_once_size(&(x), __u.__c, sizeof(x)); \
+ __u.__val; \
+})
+
+#endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
+#endif /* !__LINUX_COMPILER_H */