// if NOPCOUNT is not defined, use 0 which makes NOPS a no-op
#ifndef NOPCOUNT
#define NOPCOUNT 0
#endif

#define NOPS_HELPER2(N) asm(".rept " #N ";nop;.endr");
#define NOPS_HELPER1(N) NOPS_HELPER2(N)
#define NOPS NOPS_HELPER1(NOPCOUNT)