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diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/irqflags.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/irqflags.h
index 241c0bb..c96f9bb 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/irqflags.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/irqflags.h
@@ -40,7 +40,15 @@
#include <asm/percpu.h>
#include <arch/spr_def.h>
-/* Set and clear kernel interrupt masks. */
+/*
+ * Set and clear kernel interrupt masks.
+ *
+ * NOTE: __insn_mtspr() is a compiler builtin marked as a memory
+ * clobber. We rely on it being equivalent to a compiler barrier in
+ * this code since arch_local_irq_save() and friends must act as
+ * compiler barriers. This compiler semantic is baked into enough
+ * places that the compiler will maintain it going forward.
+ */
#if CHIP_HAS_SPLIT_INTR_MASK()
#if INT_PERF_COUNT < 32 || INT_AUX_PERF_COUNT < 32 || INT_MEM_ERROR >= 32
# error Fix assumptions about which word various interrupts are in
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