Return value from Assembler to C

Hi,

as far as I understood TI compiler does not support inline assember code like this:

static inline unsigned int get_cyclecount (void)
{
   unsigned int value;
   // Read CCNT Register
   asm volatile ("MRC p15, 0, %0, c9, c13, 0\t\n": "=r"(value));  
   return value;
}

So I have to put it into a separate file that is processed separately. But: how do I implement the above? How do I write the value read from CCNT register into some variable and return it to the calling C-function?

Thanks :-)