Rollup merge of #76675 - lzutao:asm_doc, r=Amanieu

Small improvements to asm documentation

Save people from searching and reading tons of comments in tracking issues.

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/doc/unstable-book/src/library-features/asm.md b/src/doc/unstable-book/src/library-features/asm.md
index 28a5fe31fc4..df113f0f161 100644
--- a/src/doc/unstable-book/src/library-features/asm.md
+++ b/src/doc/unstable-book/src/library-features/asm.md
@@ -345,6 +345,25 @@ The `h` modifier will emit the register name for the high byte of that register
 
 If you use a smaller data type (e.g. `u16`) with an operand and forget the use template modifiers, the compiler will emit a warning and suggest the correct modifier to use.
 
+## Memory address operands
+
+Sometimes assembly instructions require operands passed via memory addresses/memory locations.
+You have to manually use the memory address syntax specified by the respectively architectures.
+For example, in x86/x86_64 and intel assembly syntax, you should wrap inputs/outputs in `[]`
+to indicate they are memory operands:
+
+```rust,allow_fail
+# #![feature(asm, llvm_asm)]
+# fn load_fpu_control_word(control: u16) {
+unsafe {
+    asm!("fldcw [{}]", in(reg) &control, options(nostack));
+
+    // Previously this would have been written with the deprecated `llvm_asm!` like this
+    llvm_asm!("fldcw $0" :: "m" (control) :: "volatile");
+}
+# }
+```
+
 ## Options
 
 By default, an inline assembly block is treated the same way as an external FFI function call with a custom calling convention: it may read/write memory, have observable side effects, etc. However in many cases, it is desirable to give the compiler more information about what the assembly code is actually doing so that it can optimize better.
diff --git a/src/doc/unstable-book/src/library-features/llvm-asm.md b/src/doc/unstable-book/src/library-features/llvm-asm.md
index da01d9228f1..a2f029db291 100644
--- a/src/doc/unstable-book/src/library-features/llvm-asm.md
+++ b/src/doc/unstable-book/src/library-features/llvm-asm.md
@@ -159,12 +159,12 @@ specify some extra info about the inline assembly:
 
 Current valid options are:
 
-1. *volatile* - specifying this is analogous to
+1. `volatile` - specifying this is analogous to
    `__asm__ __volatile__ (...)` in gcc/clang.
-2. *alignstack* - certain instructions expect the stack to be
+2. `alignstack` - certain instructions expect the stack to be
    aligned a certain way (i.e. SSE) and specifying this indicates to
    the compiler to insert its usual stack alignment code
-3. *intel* - use intel syntax instead of the default AT&T.
+3. `intel` - use intel syntax instead of the default AT&T.
 
 ```rust
 # #![feature(llvm_asm)]