x86: Add microop for fence
Review Request #898 - Created Nov. 1, 2011 and submitted - Latest diff uploaded
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| Nilay Vaish | |
| gem5 | |
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x86: Add microop for fence This patch adds a new microop for memory barrier. The microop itself does nothing, but since it is marked as a memory barrier, the O3 CPU should flush all the pending loads and stores before the fence to the memory system.
