diff --git a/libartbase/Android.bp b/libartbase/Android.bp
index 1b603b5..19f1532 100644
--- a/libartbase/Android.bp
+++ b/libartbase/Android.bp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
         "base/hex_dump.cc",
         "base/logging.cc",
         "base/malloc_arena_pool.cc",
+        "base/membarrier.cc",
+        "base/memfd.cc",
         "base/memory_region.cc",
         "base/mem_map.cc",
         // "base/mem_map_fuchsia.cc", put in target when fuchsia supported by soong
@@ -186,6 +188,8 @@
         "base/indenter_test.cc",
         "base/leb128_test.cc",
         "base/logging_test.cc",
+        "base/memfd_test.cc",
+        "base/membarrier_test.cc",
         "base/memory_region_test.cc",
         "base/mem_map_test.cc",
         "base/safe_copy_test.cc",
diff --git a/libartbase/base/membarrier.cc b/libartbase/base/membarrier.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..490dbf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libartbase/base/membarrier.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * 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
diff --git a/libartbase/base/membarrier.h b/libartbase/base/membarrier.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f829fc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libartbase/base/membarrier.h
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ART_LIBARTBASE_BASE_MEMBARRIER_H_
+#define ART_LIBARTBASE_BASE_MEMBARRIER_H_
+
+namespace art {
+  // Command types for the linux membarrier system call. Different Linux installation may include
+  // different subsets of these commands (at the same codepoints).
+  //
+  // Hardcoding these values is temporary until bionic and prebuilts glibc have an up to date
+  // linux/membarrier.h. The order and values follow the current linux definitions.
+  enum class MembarrierCommand : int  {
+    // MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY
+    kQuery = 0,
+    // MEMBARRIER_CMD_GLOBAL
+    kGlobal = (1 << 0),
+    // MEMBARRIER_CMD_GLOBAL_EXPEDITED
+    kGlobalExpedited = (1 << 1),
+    // MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_GLOBAL_EXPEDITED
+    kRegisterGlobalExpedited = (1 << 2),
+    // MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED
+    kPrivateExpedited = (1 << 3),
+    // MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED
+    kRegisterPrivateExpedited = (1 << 4),
+    // MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE
+    kPrivateExpeditedSyncCore = (1 << 5),
+    // MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE
+    kRegisterPrivateExpeditedSyncCore = (1 << 6)
+  };
+
+  // Call membarrier(2) if available on platform and return result. This method can fail if the
+  // command is not supported by the kernel. The underlying system call is linux specific.
+  int membarrier(MembarrierCommand command);
+
+}  // namespace art
+
+#endif  // ART_LIBARTBASE_BASE_MEMBARRIER_H_
diff --git a/libartbase/base/membarrier_test.cc b/libartbase/base/membarrier_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3eedf14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libartbase/base/membarrier_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/*
+ * 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 <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include "membarrier.h"
+
+class ScopedErrnoCleaner {
+ public:
+  ScopedErrnoCleaner() { errno = 0; }
+  ~ScopedErrnoCleaner() { errno = 0; }
+};
+
+bool HasMembarrier(art::MembarrierCommand cmd) {
+  ScopedErrnoCleaner errno_cleaner;
+  int supported_cmds = art::membarrier(art::MembarrierCommand::kQuery);
+  return (supported_cmds > 0) && ((supported_cmds & static_cast<int>(cmd)) != 0);
+}
+
+TEST(membarrier, query) {
+  ScopedErrnoCleaner errno_cleaner;
+  int supported = art::membarrier(art::MembarrierCommand::kQuery);
+  if (errno == 0) {
+    ASSERT_LE(0, supported);
+  } else {
+    ASSERT_TRUE(errno == ENOSYS && supported == -1);
+  }
+}
+
+TEST(membarrier, global_barrier) {
+  if (!HasMembarrier(art::MembarrierCommand::kGlobal)) {
+    GTEST_LOG_(INFO) << "MembarrierCommand::kGlobal not supported, skipping test.";
+    return;
+  }
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, art::membarrier(art::MembarrierCommand::kGlobal));
+}
+
+static const char* MembarrierCommandToName(art::MembarrierCommand cmd) {
+#define CASE_VALUE(x) case (x): return #x;
+  switch (cmd) {
+    CASE_VALUE(art::MembarrierCommand::kQuery);
+    CASE_VALUE(art::MembarrierCommand::kGlobal);
+    CASE_VALUE(art::MembarrierCommand::kGlobalExpedited);
+    CASE_VALUE(art::MembarrierCommand::kRegisterGlobalExpedited);
+    CASE_VALUE(art::MembarrierCommand::kPrivateExpedited);
+    CASE_VALUE(art::MembarrierCommand::kRegisterPrivateExpedited);
+    CASE_VALUE(art::MembarrierCommand::kPrivateExpeditedSyncCore);
+    CASE_VALUE(art::MembarrierCommand::kRegisterPrivateExpeditedSyncCore);
+  }
+}
+
+static void TestRegisterAndBarrierCommands(art::MembarrierCommand membarrier_cmd_register,
+                                           art::MembarrierCommand membarrier_cmd_barrier) {
+  if (!HasMembarrier(membarrier_cmd_register)) {
+    GTEST_LOG_(INFO) << MembarrierCommandToName(membarrier_cmd_register)
+        << " not supported, skipping test.";
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!HasMembarrier(membarrier_cmd_barrier)) {
+    GTEST_LOG_(INFO) << MembarrierCommandToName(membarrier_cmd_barrier)
+        << " not supported, skipping test.";
+    return;
+  }
+
+  ScopedErrnoCleaner errno_cleaner;
+
+  // Check barrier use without prior registration.
+  if (membarrier_cmd_register == art::MembarrierCommand::kRegisterGlobalExpedited) {
+    // Global barrier use is always okay.
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, art::membarrier(membarrier_cmd_barrier));
+  } else {
+    // Private barrier should fail.
+    ASSERT_EQ(-1, art::membarrier(membarrier_cmd_barrier));
+    ASSERT_EQ(EPERM, errno);
+    errno = 0;
+  }
+
+  // Check registration for barrier succeeds.
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, art::membarrier(membarrier_cmd_register));
+
+  // Check barrier use after registration succeeds.
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, art::membarrier(membarrier_cmd_barrier));
+}
+
+TEST(membarrier, global_expedited) {
+  TestRegisterAndBarrierCommands(art::MembarrierCommand::kRegisterGlobalExpedited,
+                                 art::MembarrierCommand::kGlobalExpedited);
+}
+
+TEST(membarrier, private_expedited) {
+  TestRegisterAndBarrierCommands(art::MembarrierCommand::kRegisterPrivateExpedited,
+                                 art::MembarrierCommand::kPrivateExpedited);
+}
+
+TEST(membarrier, private_expedited_sync_core) {
+  TestRegisterAndBarrierCommands(art::MembarrierCommand::kRegisterPrivateExpeditedSyncCore,
+                                 art::MembarrierCommand::kPrivateExpeditedSyncCore);
+}
diff --git a/libartbase/base/memfd.cc b/libartbase/base/memfd.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1afcd7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libartbase/base/memfd.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * 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 "memfd.h"
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "macros.h"
+
+// When building for linux host, glibc in prebuilts does not include memfd_create system call
+// number. As a temporary testing measure, we add the definition here.
+#if defined(__linux__) && !defined(__NR_memfd_create)
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
+#define __NR_memfd_create 319
+#elif defined(__i386__)
+#define __NR_memfd_create 356
+#endif  // defined(__i386__)
+#endif  // defined(__linux__) && !defined(__NR_memfd_create)
+
+namespace art {
+
+#if defined(__NR_memfd_create)
+
+int memfd_create(const char* name, unsigned int flags) {
+  return syscall(__NR_memfd_create, name, flags);
+}
+
+#else  // __NR_memfd_create
+
+int memfd_create(const char* name ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, unsigned int flags ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) {
+  errno = ENOSYS;
+  return -1;
+}
+
+#endif  // __NR_memfd_create
+
+}  // namespace art
diff --git a/libartbase/base/memfd.h b/libartbase/base/memfd.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4367198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libartbase/base/memfd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ART_LIBARTBASE_BASE_MEMFD_H_
+#define ART_LIBARTBASE_BASE_MEMFD_H_
+
+namespace art {
+
+  // Call memfd(2) if available on platform and return result.
+int memfd_create(const char* name, unsigned int flags);
+
+}  // namespace art
+
+#endif  // ART_LIBARTBASE_BASE_MEMFD_H_
diff --git a/libartbase/base/memfd_test.cc b/libartbase/base/memfd_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1edf3a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libartbase/base/memfd_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * 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 <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include "memfd.h"
+
+TEST(memfd, basic) {
+  errno = 0;
+  int fd = art::memfd_create("memfd_create_test", 0);
+  if (fd < 0) {
+    ASSERT_EQ(ENOSYS, errno);
+    GTEST_LOG_(INFO) << "memfd_create not supported, skipping test.";
+    return;
+  }
+  ASSERT_TRUE(close(fd) == 0 || errno != EBADF);
+}
diff --git a/libartbase/base/utils.cc b/libartbase/base/utils.cc
index 74cc5b9..2242fe8 100644
--- a/libartbase/base/utils.cc
+++ b/libartbase/base/utils.cc
@@ -213,42 +213,4 @@
   }
 }
 
-bool FlushInstructionPipeline() {
-  // membarrier(2) is only supported for target builds (b/111199492).
-#if defined(__BIONIC__)
-  static constexpr int kSyncCoreMask =
-      MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE |
-      MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE;
-  static bool have_probed = false;
-  static bool have_sync_core = false;
-
-  if (UNLIKELY(!have_probed)) {
-    // Probe membarrier(2) commands supported by kernel.
-    int commands = syscall(__NR_membarrier, MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY, 0);
-    if (commands >= 0) {
-      have_sync_core = (commands & kSyncCoreMask) == kSyncCoreMask;
-      if (have_sync_core) {
-        // Register with kernel that we'll be using the private expedited sync core command.
-        CheckedCall(syscall,
-                    "membarrier register sync core",
-                    __NR_membarrier,
-                    MEMBARRIER_CMD_REGISTER_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE,
-                    0);
-      }
-    }
-    have_probed = true;
-  }
-
-  if (have_sync_core) {
-    CheckedCall(syscall,
-                "membarrier sync core",
-                __NR_membarrier,
-                MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED_SYNC_CORE,
-                0);
-    return true;
-  }
-#endif  // defined(__BIONIC__)
-  return false;
-}
-
 }  // namespace art
diff --git a/libartbase/base/utils.h b/libartbase/base/utils.h
index d85960d..e6a0459 100644
--- a/libartbase/base/utils.h
+++ b/libartbase/base/utils.h
@@ -162,9 +162,6 @@
   __builtin___clear_cache(reinterpret_cast<char*>(begin), reinterpret_cast<char*>(end));
 }
 
-// Flush instruction pipeline. Returns true on success, false if feature is unsupported.
-bool FlushInstructionPipeline();
-
 template <typename T>
 constexpr PointerSize ConvertToPointerSize(T any) {
   if (any == 4 || any == 8) {
diff --git a/runtime/jit/jit_code_cache.cc b/runtime/jit/jit_code_cache.cc
index bcbdc3b..191795b 100644
--- a/runtime/jit/jit_code_cache.cc
+++ b/runtime/jit/jit_code_cache.cc
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "base/enums.h"
 #include "base/histogram-inl.h"
 #include "base/logging.h"  // For VLOG.
+#include "base/membarrier.h"
 #include "base/mem_map.h"
 #include "base/quasi_atomic.h"
 #include "base/stl_util.h"
@@ -187,6 +188,11 @@
     return nullptr;
   }
 
+  // Register for membarrier expedited sync core if JIT will be generating code.
+  if (!used_only_for_profile_data) {
+    art::membarrier(art::MembarrierCommand::kRegisterPrivateExpeditedSyncCore);
+  }
+
   // Decide how we should map the code and data sections.
   // If we use the code cache just for profiling we do not need to map the code section as
   // executable.
@@ -809,9 +815,8 @@
     // shootdown (incidentally invalidating the CPU pipelines by sending an IPI to all cores to
     // notify them of the TLB invalidation). Some architectures, notably ARM and ARM64, have
     // hardware support that broadcasts TLB invalidations and so their kernels have no software
-    // based TLB shootdown. FlushInstructionPipeline() is a wrapper around the Linux
-    // membarrier(MEMBARRIER_CMD_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED) syscall which does the appropriate flushing.
-    FlushInstructionPipeline();
+    // based TLB shootdown.
+    art::membarrier(art::MembarrierCommand::kPrivateExpeditedSyncCore);
 
     DCHECK(!Runtime::Current()->IsAotCompiler());
     if (has_should_deoptimize_flag) {