The inline assembler supports Thumb state in ARM architectures v6T2, v6M, and v7.

There are three other Thumb-specific restrictions:

For ARMv6 and lower architectures, the inline assembler does not assemble any Thumb instructions. Instead, on finding inline assembly while in Thumb state, the compiler switches to ARM state automatically. Code that relies on this switch is currently supported, but this practise is deprecated. For ARMv6T2 and higher, the automatic switch from Thumb to ARM state will be made if the code is valid ARM assembly but not Thumb.

ARM state can be set deliberately. Inline assembly language can be included in a source file that contains code to be compiled for Thumb in ARMv6 and lower, by enclosing the functions containing inline assembler code between #pragma arm and #pragma thumb statements. For example:

...         // Thumb code
#pragma arm // ARM code. Switch code generation to the ARM instruction set so
            // that the inline assembler is available for Thumb in ARMv6 and lower.

int add(int i, int j)
{
    int res;
    __asm
    {
        ADD   res, i, j   // add here
    }
    return res;
}
#pragma thumb   // Thumb code. Switch back to the Thumb instruction set.
                // The inline assembler is no longer available for Thumb in ARMv6 and
                // lower.

The code must also be compiled using the --apcs /interwork compiler command-line option.