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earl · Jun 24th, 2005, 8:55 AM

Thanks DaWei. This is for SPARC assembly, so the syntax is different and I'm not sure I can reference variable names within inline asm with my compiler.

But I found a similar solution:

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register int tmp asm("l2");

asm(" ... "
    "mov %l0, %l2"
    " ... ");

return tmp;

I guess this allocates my local variable to the contents of register %l2, which is a local register for SPARC. I can modify that register in the asm block and the change is made to the variable as well.

Jun 24th, 2005, 8:55 AM	#3
earl Newbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	Thanks DaWei. This is for SPARC assembly, so the syntax is different and I'm not sure I can reference variable names within inline asm with my compiler. But I found a similar solution: (Toggle Plain Text) register int tmp asm("l2"); asm(" ... " "mov %l0, %l2" " ... "); return tmp; register int tmp asm("l2"); asm(" ... " "mov %l0, %l2" " ... "); return tmp; I guess this allocates my local variable to the contents of register %l2, which is a local register for SPARC. I can modify that register in the asm block and the change is made to the variable as well.