On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 8:45 AM, Jakub Jelinek <ja...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 08:41:54AM -0800, H.J. Lu wrote:
>> They are used in asm statements in kernel:
>>
>> extern void (*func_p) (void);
>>
>> void
>> foo (void)
>> {
>> asm ("call __x86_indirect_thunk_%V0" : : "a" (func_p));
>
> Well, using it just with a single register classes wouldn't make much sense,
> then you can just use "call __x86_indirect_thunk_rax"
> or "call __x86_indirect_thunk_eax" depending on __x86_64__, you wouldn't
> need to extend anything.
> But supposedly if you use it with "r" or "q" or similar class this will be
> different.
>
I believe "r" is allowed.
--
H.J.
