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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 4/6] compiler-gcc.h: add asm_inline definition
    On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 02:54:50PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
    > I have seen instances where instruction selection fails to select the
    > appropriate way to branch when inline asm size is misjudged, resulting
    > in un-encodeable jumps (as in the branch target is too far to be
    > encoded in the number of bits of a single jump/branch instruction).

    "asm inline" *only* influences the estimated size *for inlining
    purposes*. Not for anything else. Everything else still uses
    conservative estimates.


    Segher

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