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Clang errors out when building this macro:

lib/mpi/generic_mpih-mul1.c:37:24: error: invalid use of a cast in a
inline asm context requiring an l-value: remove the cast or build with
-fheinous-gnu-extensions
                umul_ppmm(prod_high, prod_low, s1_ptr[j], s2_limb);
                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
lib/mpi/longlong.h:652:20: note: expanded from macro 'umul_ppmm'
        : "=l" ((USItype)(w0)), \
                ~~~~~~~~~~^~~
lib/mpi/generic_mpih-mul1.c:37:3: error: invalid output constraint '=h'
in asm
                umul_ppmm(prod_high, prod_low, s1_ptr[j], s2_limb);
                ^
lib/mpi/longlong.h:653:7: note: expanded from macro 'umul_ppmm'
             "=h" ((USItype)(w1)) \
             ^
2 errors generated.

The C version that is used for GCC 4.4 and up works well with clang;
however, it is not currently being used because Clang masks itself
as GCC 4.2.1 for compatibility reasons. As Nick point...