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    arm: intreadwrite: fix inline asm constraints for gcc 4.6 and later · adebad07
    Mans Rullgard authored
    With a dereferenced type-cast pointer as memory operand, gcc 4.6
    and later will sometimes copy the data to a temporary location,
    the address of which is used as the operand value, if it thinks
    the target address might be misaligned.  Using a pointer to a
    packed struct type instead does the right thing.
    
    The 16-bit case is special since the ldrh instruction addressing
    modes are limited compared to ldr.  The "Uq" constraint produces a
    memory reference suitable for an ldrsb instruction, which supports
    the same addressing modes as ldrh.  However, the restrictions appear
    to apply only when the operand addresses a single byte.  The memory
    reference must thus be split into two operands each targeting one
    byte.  Finally, the "Uq" constraint is only available in ARM mode.
    The Thumb-2 ldrh instruction supports most addressing modes so the
    normal "m" constraint can be used there.
    Signed-off-by: 's avatarMans Rullgard <mans@mansr.com>
    adebad07
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