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gcc arm inline asm: how to output value for .set directive?

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How do I convince ARM GCC's extended asm() to emit a value that can be
used in a .set directive?  Here's a simplified example:

    #include <stdint.h>
    
    typedef struct
    {
      uint8_t  what[32];
      uint32_t ever[2];
      unsigned foo;
      uint8_t bar[20];
    } shm_t;
    
    void foo(void)
    {
      asm("\t.global foo_offset");
      asm("\t.set foo_offset, 40");
      asm("\t.set foo_offset, %[off]" : : [off] "i" ( __builtin_offsetof(shm_t, foo) ) : );
    }

The first of the two .set directive works.  The second one doesn't.
The offsetof() value is being used as desired, but gcc is prefixing
the value with a '#' (presumably it thinks it's an instruction operand
and not a directive operand). Here's an excerpt from the assembly
listing:

  28              	@ 13 "foo.c" 1
  29              			.global foo_offset
  30              	@ 0 "" 2
  31              	@ 14 "foo.c" 1
  32              			.set foo_offset, 40
  33              	@ 0 "" 2
  34              	@ 15 "foo.c" 1
  35              			.set foo_offset, #40
  36              	@ 0 "" 2

And of course the assembler chucks a wobbly at line 35:

/tmp/cc1TaWVh.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/cc1TaWVh.s:35: Error: bad expression
/tmp/cc1TaWVh.s:35: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `4'

I've tried a bunch of gcc extended assembly input value constraints
and modifiers, but can't find the magic code that emits the value "40"
without the '#' on the front.

Any ideas?

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gcc arm inline asm: how to output value for .set directive? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-04-03 22:04 +0000
  Re: gcc arm inline asm: how to output value for .set directive? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-04-03 23:06 +0000
    Re: gcc arm inline asm: how to output value for .set directive? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-04-04 11:25 +0200

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