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diff --git a/LUFA/Common/Common.h b/LUFA/Common/Common.h
index c2eeeade5..80bafce3c 100644
--- a/LUFA/Common/Common.h
+++ b/LUFA/Common/Common.h
@@ -214,6 +214,12 @@
*/
#define GCC_FORCE_POINTER_ACCESS(StructPtr) __asm__ __volatile__("" : "=b" (StructPtr) : "0" (StructPtr))
+ /** Forces GCC to create a memory barrier, ensuring that memory accesses are not reordered past the barrier point.
+ * This can be used before ordering-critical operations, to ensure that the compiler does not re-order the resulting
+ * assembly output in an unexpected manner on sections of code that are ordering-specific.
+ */
+ #define GCC_MEMORY_BARRIER() __asm__ __volatile__("" ::: "memory");
+
/* Inline Functions: */
/** Function to reverse the individual bits in a byte - i.e. bit 7 is moved to bit 0, bit 6 to bit 1,
* etc.