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  69. <h4 class="subsection">6.45.6 Size of an <code>asm</code></h4>
  70. <p>Some targets require that GCC track the size of each instruction used
  71. in order to generate correct code. Because the final length of the
  72. code produced by an <code>asm</code> statement is only known by the
  73. assembler, GCC must make an estimate as to how big it will be. It
  74. does this by counting the number of instructions in the pattern of the
  75. <code>asm</code> and multiplying that by the length of the longest
  76. instruction supported by that processor. (When working out the number
  77. of instructions, it assumes that any occurrence of a newline or of
  78. whatever statement separator character is supported by the assembler &mdash;
  79. typically &lsquo;<samp>;</samp>&rsquo; &mdash; indicates the end of an instruction.)
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  81. <p>Normally, GCC&rsquo;s estimate is adequate to ensure that correct
  82. code is generated, but it is possible to confuse the compiler if you use
  83. pseudo instructions or assembler macros that expand into multiple real
  84. instructions, or if you use assembler directives that expand to more
  85. space in the object file than is needed for a single instruction.
  86. If this happens then the assembler may produce a diagnostic saying that
  87. a label is unreachable.
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  90. <p>This size is also used for inlining decisions. If you use <code>asm inline</code>
  91. instead of just <code>asm</code>, then for inlining purposes the size of the asm
  92. is taken as the minimum size, ignoring how many instructions GCC thinks it is.
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