assembly - Does .comm create a local or global variable? -


__asm void disable_int( void ) {     .comm disable_var,4,4     mfmsr   r3          ; current msr     rlwinm  r4,r3,0,17,15       ; mask external interrupt enable bit     mtmsr   r4          ;  in msr (bit 16)     sync                ; must sync because of chip bug in 603e.     addis   r4,r0,disable_var@ha     stw r3,disable_var@l(r4)     } 

does .comm statement in __asm block create local or global variable?

depends on assembler. assuming gnu as the manual says global. can use .lcomm local.