Re: [patch 06/10] Immediate Value - i386 Optimization

[Chuck Ebbert]

On 07/03/2007 04:18 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
> One could, though, use an indirect jump to achieve, if not as good, at
> least most of the effect:
> 
> 	movl	$<patchable>,<reg>
> 	jmp	*<reg>
> 

Yeah, but there's this GCC bug:

	http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22448

You can't even dereference labels in an ASM statement.
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