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bug #37778: _MemoryBarrier() in cpufunc.h error on compile

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Mon 19 Nov 2012 09:52:10 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Header Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  9 - Immediate Item Group:  libc code
Status:  In Progress Assigned to:  dmix
Percent Complete:  50% Originator Email:  -email is unavailable-
Open/Closed:  Open Release:  1.8.0
Fixed Release:  None

Sun 27 Jan 2013 05:28:17 PM UTC, comment #3: 

Question is whether or not NOP should be allowed to be moved across
ordinary memory moves.

For SEI and CLI, for example, I think this is not wanted in general.

NOP is less intrusive than SEI / CLI, of course, but avr-gcc emits
__builtin_avr_nop() with a memory clobber:

http://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs/trunk/gcc/config/avr/avr.md?revision=195151&view=markup#l5938

Georg-Johann Lay <gjlayde>
Sun 27 Jan 2013 12:58:16 PM UTC, comment #2: 

What is the necessity to add memory barrier for _NOP()?
Common usage, like:
    PORTB |= 1;
    _NOP();
    PORTB &= ~1;
is safe, as hardware registers are volatile.

Dmitry Xmelkov <dmix>
Group administrator
Mon 19 Nov 2012 10:59:22 PM UTC, comment #1: 

...and while your are fixing avr/cpufunc.h, don't forget to fix _NOP which reads:

#define NOP() __asm_ __volatile__("nop")

but should get a memory barrier:

#define NOP() __asm_ __volatile__("nop" ::: memory)

Georg-Johann Lay <gjlayde>
Mon 19 Nov 2012 09:52:10 PM UTC, original submission:  

The _MemoryBarrier() macro defined in avr/cpufunc.h results in the following error when compiling:
error: expected string literal before ':' token

Currently defined as:
#define MemoryBarrier() __asm_ __volatile__(:::"memory")

Should be:
#define MemoryBarrier() __asm_ __volatile__("":::"memory")

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Attached Files
file #30890:  pr37778.patch added by soundararajan (521B - text/x-patch - Fix, as discussed in the comments.)

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2014-03-14 soundararajan Attached File- Added pr37778.patch, #30890
    2013-01-27 dmix StatusNone In Progress
        Percent Complete0% 50%
        Assigned toNone dmix
    2012-11-20 arcanum Priority5 - Normal 9 - Immediate

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