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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed 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
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "membarrier.h"
+
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "macros.h"
+
+#if defined(__BIONIC__)
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <android/get_device_api_level.h>
+#include <linux/membarrier.h>
+
+#define CHECK_MEMBARRIER_CMD(art_value, membarrier_value) \
+  static_assert(static_cast<int>(art_value) == membarrier_value, "Bad value for " # art_value)
+CHECK_MEMBARRIER_CMD(art::MembarrierCommand::kQuery, MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY);
+CHECK_MEMBARRIER_CMD(art::MembarrierCommand::kGlobal, MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED);
+CHECK_MEMBARRIER_CMD(art::MembarrierCommand::kPrivateExpedited, MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED);
+CHECK_MEMBARRIER_CMD(art::MembarrierCommand::kRegisterPrivateExpedited,
+                     MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED);
+CHECK_MEMBARRIER_CMD(art::MembarrierCommand::kPrivateExpedited, MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED);
+#undef CHECK_MEMBARRIER_CMD
+
+#endif  // __BIONIC
+
+namespace art {
+
+#if defined(__NR_membarrier)
+
+int membarrier(MembarrierCommand command) {
+#if defined(__BIONIC__)
+  // Avoid calling membarrier on older Android versions where membarrier may be barred by secomp
+  // causing the current process to be killed. The probing here could be considered expensive so
+  // endeavour not to repeat too often.
+  static int api_level = android_get_device_api_level();
+  if (api_level < __ANDROID_API_Q__) {
+    errno = ENOSYS;
+    return -1;
+  }
+#endif  // __BIONIC__
+  return syscall(__NR_membarrier, static_cast<int>(command), 0);
+}
+
+#else  // __NR_membarrier
+
+int membarrier(MembarrierCommand command ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) {
+  // In principle this could be supported on linux, but Android's prebuilt glibc does not include
+  // the system call number defintions (b/111199492).
+  errno = ENOSYS;
+  return -1;
+}
+
+#endif  // __NR_membarrier
+
+}  // namespace art