PROPOSAL: Extend inline asm syntax with size spec

[Segher Boessenkool]

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 01:55:26PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Anyway, with the below patch, I get:
> 
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
> 17385183        5064780 1953892 24403855        1745f8f defconfig-build/vmlinux
> 17385678        5064780 1953892 24404350        174617e defconfig-build/vmlinux
> 
> Which shows we inline more (look for asm_volatile for the actual
> changes).
> 
> 
> So yes, this seems like something we could work with.

Great to hear.  Note that with my latest patches
(see https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2018-10/msg01931.html ) there
is no required order "asm volatile inline" anymore, so you can just say
"asm inline volatile".  (And similar for "goto" as well).


Segher