Index: include/llvm/CodeGen/CommandFlags.h
===================================================================
--- include/llvm/CodeGen/CommandFlags.h
+++ include/llvm/CodeGen/CommandFlags.h
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@
                       "Relocatable external references, non-relocatable code"),
               clEnumValEnd));
 
+cl::opt<ThreadModel::Model>
+TMModel("thread-model",
+        cl::desc("Choose threading model"),
+        cl::init(ThreadModel::POSIX),
+        cl::values(clEnumValN(ThreadModel::POSIX, "posix",
+                              "POSIX thread model"),
+                   clEnumValN(ThreadModel::Single, "single",
+                              "Single thread model"),
+                   clEnumValEnd));
+
 cl::opt<llvm::CodeModel::Model>
 CMModel("code-model",
         cl::desc("Choose code model"),
@@ -245,6 +255,8 @@
   Options.MCOptions = InitMCTargetOptionsFromFlags();
   Options.JTType = JTableType;
 
+  Options.ThreadModel = TMModel;
+
   return Options;
 }
 
Index: include/llvm/Target/TargetOptions.h
===================================================================
--- include/llvm/Target/TargetOptions.h
+++ include/llvm/Target/TargetOptions.h
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@
     };
   }
 
+  namespace ThreadModel {
+    enum Model {
+      POSIX,  // POSIX Threads
+      Single  // Single Threaded Environment
+    };
+  }
+
   class TargetOptions {
   public:
     TargetOptions()
@@ -220,6 +227,10 @@
     /// create for functions that have the jumptable attribute.
     JumpTable::JumpTableType JTType;
 
+    /// ThreadModel - This flag specifies the type of threading model to assume
+    /// for things like atomics
+    ThreadModel::Model ThreadModel;
+
     /// Machine level options.
     MCTargetOptions MCOptions;
   };
Index: lib/Target/ARM/ARMISelLowering.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/ARM/ARMISelLowering.cpp
+++ lib/Target/ARM/ARMISelLowering.cpp
@@ -749,8 +749,12 @@
     setOperationAction(ISD::DYNAMIC_STACKALLOC, MVT::i32, Expand);
 
   // ARMv6 Thumb1 (except for CPUs that support dmb / dsb) and earlier use
-  // the default expansion.
-  if (Subtarget->hasAnyDataBarrier() && !Subtarget->isThumb1Only()) {
+  // the default expansion. If we are targeting a single threaded system,
+  // then set them all for expand so we can lower them later into their
+  // non-atomic form.
+  if (TM.Options.ThreadModel == ThreadModel::Single)
+    setOperationAction(ISD::ATOMIC_FENCE,   MVT::Other, Expand);
+  else if (Subtarget->hasAnyDataBarrier() && !Subtarget->isThumb1Only()) {
     // ATOMIC_FENCE needs custom lowering; the others should have been expanded
     // to ldrex/strex loops already.
     setOperationAction(ISD::ATOMIC_FENCE,     MVT::Other, Custom);
Index: lib/Target/ARM/ARMTargetMachine.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/ARM/ARMTargetMachine.cpp
+++ lib/Target/ARM/ARMTargetMachine.cpp
@@ -158,7 +158,10 @@
 }
 
 void ARMPassConfig::addIRPasses() {
-  addPass(createAtomicExpandLoadLinkedPass(TM));
+  if (TM->Options.ThreadModel == ThreadModel::Single)
+    addPass(createLowerAtomicPass());
+  else
+    addPass(createAtomicExpandLoadLinkedPass(TM));
 
   // Cmpxchg instructions are often used with a subsequent comparison to
   // determine whether it succeeded. We can exploit existing control-flow in
Index: test/CodeGen/ARM/atomic-op.ll
===================================================================
--- test/CodeGen/ARM/atomic-op.ll
+++ test/CodeGen/ARM/atomic-op.ll
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ; RUN: llc < %s -mtriple=thumbv7-apple-ios -verify-machineinstrs | FileCheck %s
 ; RUN: llc < %s -mtriple=thumbv6-apple-ios -verify-machineinstrs | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-T1
 ; RUN: llc < %s -mtriple=thumbv6-apple-ios -verify-machineinstrs -mcpu=cortex-m0 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-M0
+; RUN: llc < %s -mtriple=armv4t--none-eabi -thread-model single -verify-machineinstrs | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-BAREMETAL
 
 define void @func(i32 %argc, i8** %argv) nounwind {
 entry:
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_add_4
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_add_4
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: add
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %0 = atomicrmw add i32* %val1, i32 %tmp monotonic
 	store i32 %0, i32* %old
   ; CHECK: ldrex
@@ -35,6 +38,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_sub_4
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_sub_4
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: sub
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %1 = atomicrmw sub i32* %val2, i32 30 monotonic
 	store i32 %1, i32* %old
   ; CHECK: ldrex
@@ -42,6 +47,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_add_4
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_add_4
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: add
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %2 = atomicrmw add i32* %val2, i32 1 monotonic
 	store i32 %2, i32* %old
   ; CHECK: ldrex
@@ -49,6 +56,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_sub_4
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_sub_4
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: sub
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %3 = atomicrmw sub i32* %val2, i32 1 monotonic
 	store i32 %3, i32* %old
   ; CHECK: ldrex
@@ -56,6 +65,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_and_4
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_and_4
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: and
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %4 = atomicrmw and i32* %andt, i32 4080 monotonic
 	store i32 %4, i32* %old
   ; CHECK: ldrex
@@ -63,6 +74,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_or_4
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_or_4
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: or
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %5 = atomicrmw or i32* %ort, i32 4080 monotonic
 	store i32 %5, i32* %old
   ; CHECK: ldrex
@@ -70,6 +83,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_xor_4
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_xor_4
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: eor
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %6 = atomicrmw xor i32* %xort, i32 4080 monotonic
 	store i32 %6, i32* %old
   ; CHECK: ldrex
@@ -77,6 +92,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_min_4
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_min_4
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: cmp
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %7 = atomicrmw min i32* %val2, i32 16 monotonic
 	store i32 %7, i32* %old
 	%neg = sub i32 0, 1
@@ -85,6 +102,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_min_4
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_min_4
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: cmp
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %8 = atomicrmw min i32* %val2, i32 %neg monotonic
 	store i32 %8, i32* %old
   ; CHECK: ldrex
@@ -92,6 +111,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_max_4
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_max_4
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: cmp
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %9 = atomicrmw max i32* %val2, i32 1 monotonic
 	store i32 %9, i32* %old
   ; CHECK: ldrex
@@ -99,6 +120,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_max_4
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_max_4
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: cmp
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %10 = atomicrmw max i32* %val2, i32 0 monotonic
 	store i32 %10, i32* %old
   ; CHECK: ldrex
@@ -106,6 +129,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_umin_4
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_umin_4
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: cmp
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %11 = atomicrmw umin i32* %val2, i32 16 monotonic
 	store i32 %11, i32* %old
 	%uneg = sub i32 0, 1
@@ -114,6 +139,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_umin_4
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_umin_4
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: cmp
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %12 = atomicrmw umin i32* %val2, i32 %uneg monotonic
 	store i32 %12, i32* %old
   ; CHECK: ldrex
@@ -121,6 +148,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_umax_4
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_umax_4
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: cmp
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %13 = atomicrmw umax i32* %val2, i32 1 monotonic
 	store i32 %13, i32* %old
   ; CHECK: ldrex
@@ -128,6 +157,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_umax_4
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_umax_4
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: cmp
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %14 = atomicrmw umax i32* %val2, i32 0 monotonic
 	store i32 %14, i32* %old
 
@@ -144,6 +175,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_umin_2
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_umin_2
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: cmp
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %0 = atomicrmw umin i16* %val, i16 16 monotonic
   store i16 %0, i16* %old
   %uneg = sub i16 0, 1
@@ -152,6 +185,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_umin_2
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_umin_2
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: cmp
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %1 = atomicrmw umin i16* %val, i16 %uneg monotonic
   store i16 %1, i16* %old
   ; CHECK: ldrex
@@ -159,6 +194,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_umax_2
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_umax_2
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: cmp
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %2 = atomicrmw umax i16* %val, i16 1 monotonic
   store i16 %2, i16* %old
   ; CHECK: ldrex
@@ -166,6 +203,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_umax_2
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_umax_2
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: cmp
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %3 = atomicrmw umax i16* %val, i16 0 monotonic
   store i16 %3, i16* %old
   ret void
@@ -181,6 +220,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_umin_1
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_umin_1
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: cmp
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %0 = atomicrmw umin i8* %val, i8 16 monotonic
   store i8 %0, i8* %old
   ; CHECK: ldrex
@@ -188,6 +229,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_umin_1
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_umin_1
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: cmp
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %uneg = sub i8 0, 1
   %1 = atomicrmw umin i8* %val, i8 %uneg monotonic
   store i8 %1, i8* %old
@@ -196,6 +239,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_umax_1
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_umax_1
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: cmp
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %2 = atomicrmw umax i8* %val, i8 1 monotonic
   store i8 %2, i8* %old
   ; CHECK: ldrex
@@ -203,6 +248,8 @@
   ; CHECK: strex
   ; CHECK-T1: blx ___sync_fetch_and_umax_1
   ; CHECK-M0: bl ___sync_fetch_and_umax_1
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL: cmp
+  ; CHECK-BAREMETAL-NOT: __sync
   %3 = atomicrmw umax i8* %val, i8 0 monotonic
   store i8 %3, i8* %old
   ret void