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+/****************************************************************************
+ * arch/risc-v/include/barriers.h
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+ * ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+ * License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
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+ * under the License.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef __ARCH_RISCV_INCLUDE_BARRIERS_H
+#define __ARCH_RISCV_INCLUDE_BARRIERS_H
+
+/* Common memory barriers:
+ * __DMB() is used to synchronize external devices (I/O domain mainly)
+ * __ISB() is used to synchronize the instruction and data streams
+ */
+
+#define __DMB()             __asm__ __volatile__ ("fence"   ::: "memory")
+#define __ISB()             __asm__ __volatile__ ("fence.i" ::: "memory")
+
+#endif /* __ARCH_RISCV_INCLUDE_BARRIERS_H */