Force AO_load() to map to AO_load_acquire() for powerpc. The AO_load_acquire() function includes isync instructions that are critical for proper behavior on power system. Signed-Off-By: Will Schmidt Index: libatomic_ops-7.2/src/atomic_ops/sysdeps/gcc/powerpc.h =================================================================== --- libatomic_ops-7.2.orig/src/atomic_ops/sysdeps/gcc/powerpc.h +++ libatomic_ops-7.2/src/atomic_ops/sysdeps/gcc/powerpc.h @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ #include "../all_aligned_atomic_load_store.h" +#define AO_load(addr) AO_load_acquire(addr) + #include "../test_and_set_t_is_ao_t.h" /* There seems to be no byte equivalent of lwarx, so this */ /* may really be what we want, at least in the 32-bit case. */