http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53353

--- Comment #3 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-05-15 
02:02:23 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> Obviously a __int128_t fits in two registers.  The bug is that gcc doesn't
> warn/error about code mistakenly trying to fit it into one.  Instead, gcc
> generates a weird 16-bit operation, causing silent bad code generation.

It does not know what you want to do?  Really it is the "ax:dx" pair most
likely.
Also the inline-asm uses internal GCC representation.
How does GCC not know the inline-asm did the correct thing of what the user
wanted it to do?  Hint GCC cannot read your mind to say you made a mistake
here.

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