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Programming => Problems & Solutions => Topic started by: Arnold on January 25, 2019, 05:18:45 AM

Title: Question about offsets in assembly language
Post by: Arnold on January 25, 2019, 05:18:45 AM

Hi Charles,

I try to run \examples\Asm32\AddrVar.o2bas in 64-bit mode. It seems I cannot replace the number of [ecx+4] with a constant or variable. Is there a way how I could make function f1 or f2 work correctly?

Roland

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$ filename "AddrVar1.exe"

'uses rtl32
'uses rtl64

uses console

function f(sys*a) as sys
sys p=@a
mov ecx,p
#ifndef mode64bit
  return [ecx+4]
#else 
  return [ecx+8]
#endif 
end function

% ofs=sizeof(sys)

function f1(sys*a) as sys
sys p=@a
mov ecx,p
return [ecx+ofs]
end function

function f2(sys*a) as sys
sys p=@a
int offs=sizeof(sys)
mov ecx,p
return [ecx+offs]
end function

indexbase 1

sys aa[10]={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}

printl "f aa[2] = " f aa[2] 'result: 3
printl "f1 aa[2] = " f1 aa[2] 'result: 2
printl "f2 aa[2] = " f2 aa[2] 'result: 2

printl "Enter..." : waitkey


Title: Re: Question about offsets in assembly language
Post by: Charles Pegge on January 25, 2019, 07:20:49 AM

Hi Roland,

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function f1(sys*a) as sys
addr rcx,a 'addr is pseudo-asm to resolve any address
add rcx,sizeof(sys)   'rcx is downgraded to ecx in 32bit
return [rcx]
end function



Title: Re: Question about offsets in assembly language
Post by: Brian Alvarez on January 25, 2019, 07:42:50 PM

Quote from: Charles Pegge on January 25, 2019, 07:20:49 AM

...'rcx is downgraded to ecx in 32bit...

 Charles, is this a consistent rule to all other registers?

Title: Re: Question about offsets in assembly language
Post by: Charles Pegge on January 25, 2019, 08:43:23 PM

Yes, Brian. It's an o2 feature.

Except for R9..R15 which do not exist in 32bit mode

Title: Re: Question about offsets in assembly language
Post by: Arnold on January 26, 2019, 01:22:55 AM

Thank you, Charles. Somehow I forgot about addr, although there are many examples with assembler code in the distribution. It is time to become more flexible again.

Title: Re: Question about offsets in assembly language
Post by: Charles Pegge on January 27, 2019, 02:35:55 AM

To further facilitate 32bit/64bit compatibility, there is another similar rule:

When a 32bit register is used for addressing, it will be upgraded to its 64bit equivalent when in 64bit mode

thus:

mov eax,[ecx]

is interpreted as

mov eax,[rcx]