Re: Constraint for inline assembly with one register used for both an input variable and an output variable

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Am 05.06.25 um 13:43 schrieb Xi Ruoyao via Gcc-help:
Hi,

When we write syscall wrappers with inline assembly, we often need to
assign one register for both an input variable and an output variable.
Per https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Local-Register-Variables.html,
such an inline assembly can be written

register int *p1 asm ("r0") = …;
register int *p2 asm ("r1") = …;
register int *result asm ("r0");
asm ("sysint" : "=r" (result) : "0" (p1), "r" (p2));

Note the use of constraint "0" for p1 which shares the same register as
result.  But currently in the Linux kernel vDSO, they are actually
written like

asm ("sysint" : "=r" (result) : "r" (p1), "r" (p2));

So the question here: is using "r" for p1 valid or not?  Do we need to
"fix" this everywhere for the vDSO?

That code is perfectly fine, since the register numbers for p1 and
result are the same "r0" at the point of the inline asm.

Johann



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