The introduction of `portMEMORY_BARRIER` will ensure
the places in the kernel use a barrier will work.
For example, `xTaskResumeAll` has a memory barrier
to ensure its correctness when compiled with optimization
enabled. Without the barrier `xTaskResumeAll` can fail
(e.g. start reading and writing to address 0 and/or
infinite looping) when `xPendingReadyList` contains more
than one task to restore.
In `xTaskResumeAll` the compiler chooses to cache the
`pxTCB` the first time through the loop for use
in every subsequent loop. This is incorrect as the
removal of `pxTCB->xEventListItem` will actually
change the value of `pxTCB` if it was read again
at the top of the loop. The barrier forces the compiler
to read `pxTCB` again at the top of the loop.
The compiler is operating correctly. The removal
`pxTCB->xEventListItem` executes on a `List_t *`
and `ListItem_t *`. This means that the compiler
can assume that any `MiniListItem_t` values are
unchanged by the loop (i.e. "strict-aliasing").
This allows the compiler to cache `pxTCB` as it
is obtained via a `MiniListItem_t`. This is incorrect
in this case because it is possible for a `ListItem_t *`
to actually alias a `MiniListItem_t`. This is technically
a "violation of aliasing rules" so we use the the barrier
to disable the strict-aliasing optimization in this loop.
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