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The existing memory barrier macro causes a significant amount of code
to be inserted inline at every call site.  For example, in
gpio_set_irq_type(), we have this for mb():

c0344c08:       f57ff04e        dsb     st
c0344c0c:       e59f8190        ldr     r8, [pc, #400]  ; c0344da4 <gpio_set_irq_type+0x230>
c0344c10:       e3590004        cmp     r9, #4
c0344c14:       e5983014        ldr     r3, [r8, #20]
c0344c18:       0a000054        beq     c0344d70 <gpio_set_irq_type+0x1fc>
c0344c1c:       e3530000        cmp     r3, #0
c0344c20:       0a000004        beq     c0344c38 <gpio_set_irq_type+0xc4>
c0344c24:       e50b2030        str     r2, [fp, #-48]  ; 0xffffffd0
c0344c28:       e50bc034        str     ip, [fp, #-52]  ; 0xffffffcc
c0344c2c:       e12fff33        blx     r3
c0344c30:       e51bc034        ldr     ip, [fp, #-52]  ; 0xffffffcc
c0344c34:       e51b2030        ldr     r2, [fp, #-48]  ; 0xffffffd0
c0344c38:       e5963004        ldr     r3, [r6, #...