There seems to be a problem either with the doc or with GCC in this case, I am not sure that has ever worked neither.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cat tmp.c /* info gcc -> Extended Asm If you know how large the accessed memory is, you can add it as input or output but if this is not known, you should add `memory'. As an example, if you access ten bytes of a string, you can use a memory input like: {"m"( ({ struct { char x[10]; } *p = (void *)ptr ; *p; }) )}. */ void lmemcpy (void *dst, unsigned src, unsigned short size) { unsigned dummy; asm volatile ( " pushl %4 \n" " popw %%si \n" " popw %%fs \n" " cld # lmemcpy modify %3 \n" " rep movsb %%fs:(%%si),%%es:(%%di) # no macro \n" " nop \n" : "=S" (dummy), "+D" (dst), "+c" (size), "=m" ( ({ struct { char x[10]; } *p = (void *)dst ; *p; }) ) : "g" (src) : "cc", "memory" ); } [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ gcc -v Using built-in specs. Target: i386-redhat-linux Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-checking=release --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-java-awt=gtk --disable-dssi --enable-plugin --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-1.4.2.0/jre --with-cpu=generic --host=i386-redhat-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.1 20061011 (Red Hat 4.1.1-30) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ gcc -O2 tmp.c tmp.c: In function "lmemcpy": tmp.c:22: error: invalid lvalue in asm statement tmp.c:11: error: invalid lvalue in asm output 3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ Thanks, Etienne. -- Summary: Extended Asm modification of a range of bytes Product: gcc Version: 4.1.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: etienne_lorrain at yahoo dot fr GCC build triplet: i386-redhat-linux GCC host triplet: i386-redhat-linux GCC target triplet: i386-redhat-linux http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32642