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/* Definitions for architectures on which loads of given type are       */
/* atomic (either for suitably aligned data only or for any legal       */
/* alignment).                                                          */

AO_INLINE unsigned/**/char
AO_char_load(const volatile unsigned/**/char *addr)
{
# ifdef AO_ACCESS_char_CHECK_ALIGNED
    assert(((size_t)addr & (sizeof(*addr) - 1)) == 0);
# endif
  /* Cast away the volatile for architectures like IA64 where   */
  /* volatile adds barrier (fence) semantics.                   */
  return *(const unsigned/**/char *)addr;
}
#define AO_HAVE_char_load
