Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Aug 2019 00:53:19 +0300 | From | Alexey Dobriyan <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86/asm: Add support for MOVDIR64B instruction |
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On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 12:49:48PM -0700, Luck, Tony wrote: > On Thu, Aug 01, 2019 at 10:43:48PM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote: > > > +static inline void movdir64b(void *dst, const void *src) > > > +{ > > > + /* movdir64b [rdx], rax */ > > > + asm volatile(".byte 0x66, 0x0f, 0x38, 0xf8, 0x02" > > > + : "=m" (*(char *)dst) > > ^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > > + : "d" (src), "a" (dst)); > > > +} > > > > Probably needs fake 64-byte type, so that compiler knows what is dirty. > > Would that be something like this? > > static inline void movdir64b(void *dst, const void *src) > { > struct dstbytes { > char pad[64]; > }; > > /* movdir64b [rdx], rax */ > asm volatile(".byte 0x66, 0x0f, 0x38, 0xf8, 0x02" > : "=m" (*(struct dstbytes *)dst) > : "d" (src), "a" (dst)); > } > > Or did you have something else in mind?
Well, it doesn't need a name:
: "=m" (*(struct{char _[64];}*)dst)
But yes, something like that.
Can't cast to "char[64]" :-(
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