>>> On 30.09.11 at 14:47, Jakub Jelinek <ja...@redhat.com> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 12:43:54PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: >> This is so that use of symbols referenced in these asm()-s can be >> properly tracked by the compiler, just like is the case for all other >> asm()-s. I'm particularly looking forward to use this in the Linux >> kernel. It is certainly not very useful in PIC code, at least not with >> some extra care. > > Even in PIC code it can be useful to have toplevel asm like > asm ("..." : : "i" (offsetof (struct S, field)), "i" (some_enum_value), "i" > (sizeof (struct S))); > etc.
But wasn't it you who pointed out that this has limited use in PIC mode when I first submitted this? Jan