Gcc Inline ASM input variable

Question

I've this code:

void  geninterrupt (int x) {
    __asm__(
    "movb x, %al \n"
        "movb %al, genint+1 \n"
        "jmp genint \n"
    "genint: \n"
        "int $0 \n"
    );
}

How can I make movb use the argument of geninterrupt()?

Answer 1

You need to use the constraints fields correctly:

void  geninterrupt (int x) {
  __asm__("  movb %[x], %%al \n"
          "  movb %%al, genint+1 \n"
          "  jmp genint \n"
          "genint: \n"
          "  int $0 \n"
         : /* no outputs */
         : [x] "m" (x) /* use x as input */
         : "al" /* clobbers %al */
         );
}

Here's a good how-to about GCC inline assembly and a link to the relevant GCC documentation.

Edit: since your GCC seems to not be able to handle the labeled operands