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diff --git a/includes/stg/SMP.h b/includes/stg/SMP.h
index b302f48..f1b0422 100644
--- a/includes/stg/SMP.h
+++ b/includes/stg/SMP.h
@@ -293,6 +293,12 @@ load_load_barrier(void) {
 #endif
 }
 
+// Load a pointer from a memory location that might be being modified
+// concurrently.  This prevents the compiler from optimising away
+// multiple loads of the memory location, as it might otherwise do in
+// a busy wait loop for example.
+#define VOLATILE_LOAD(p) (*((StgVolatilePtr)(p)))
+
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 #else /* !THREADED_RTS */
 
@@ -308,7 +314,8 @@ xchg(StgPtr p, StgWord w)
     return old;
 }
 
-STATIC_INLINE StgWord
+EXTERN_INLINE StgWord cas(StgVolatilePtr p, StgWord o, StgWord n);
+EXTERN_INLINE StgWord
 cas(StgVolatilePtr p, StgWord o, StgWord n)
 {
     StgWord result;
@@ -331,6 +338,8 @@ atomic_dec(StgVolatilePtr p)
     return --(*p);
 }
 
+#define VOLATILE_LOAD(p) ((StgWord)*((StgWord*)(p)))
+
 #endif /* !THREADED_RTS */
 
 #endif /* SMP_H */