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Re: Don't use auto inc/dec addresses in asm operands
Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@bitrange.com> writes:
> On Fri, 10 Jul 2009, Richard Sandiford wrote:
>> This patch fixes a case in which an AIX compiler would use a
>> PRE_INC address inside an asm "m" operand. We can't rely on
>> asm operands to do increments and decrements like this,
>
> Plenty of rope is given to the user, but...
>
>> + /* We can't add pre- and post-modifications to asms, because we don't
>> + know how many times the asm will access its memory operands. */
>
> IMHO, that's just a bug in the program. Oh, it went in. :/
Um, no it didn't...
Richard