asm memory barrier question

asm memory barrier question

[jhjk jhj]

I understand that gcc-help might be a more suitable list to send this but I 
think this is a little advanced question and I would like to have an answer 
from a developer.

I want to do something like this:

(code)
asm_function_that_alters_general_purpose_registers_WITHOUT_restoring_them();
(other code)

I am quite sure that this will break things. (Right?)

But what about this?

(code)
asm_function-that_alters_general_purpose_registers_without_restoring_them();
asm volatile("" : : : "memory");
(other code)

The program will break?
I am not interested in portability, just gcc.
Thank you in advace for any answer and please CC me.

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Re: asm memory barrier question

[Falk Hueffner]

"jhjk jhj" <mmore_benq@hotmail.com> writes:

> (code)
> asm_function-that_alters_general_purpose_registers_without_restoring_them();
> asm volatile("" : : : "memory");
> (other code)
>
> The program will break?

Yes. If you want to alter general purpose registers without restoring
them, add them to the asm's clobber list.

-- 
	Falk