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x87 register clobber returns "unknown register name" error
- From: Hadrien Grasland <hadrien dot grasland at neel dot cnrs dot fr>
- To: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 09:59:03 +0200
- Subject: x87 register clobber returns "unknown register name" error
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Hello,
I am trying to write inline assembly code that uses the x86 floating
point stack.
As far as I understood
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Extended-Asm.html#Clobbers , the
proper register clobber to use in this case is "st(x)". For example,
this example from the documentation uses the "st(1)" clobber :
asm ("fyl2xp1" : "=t" (result) : "0" (x), "u" (y) : "st(1)");
However, if I try it on the trivial example attached, it fails with the
following error.
$ gcc-4.8 display_representation.c
display_representation.c: In function âmainâ:
display_representation.c:11:5: error: unknown register name âst(0)â in âasmâ
asm volatile ("fstps (%1)" :
^
What am I doing wrong ?
Thanks in advance,
Hadrien Grasland
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
float input = 1.0f;
uint8_t output[sizeof(input)];
int i;
// Copy input's internal representation to output
asm volatile ("fstps (%1)" :
: // No output
"t" (input), "r" (output) :
"memory", "st(0)");
// Display the input's representation
printf("Internal float representation : ");
for (i = 0; i < sizeof(output); ++i)
{
printf("%02hhX ", output[i]);
}
printf("\n");
return 0;
}