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Chapter 2 Assemblers

System SoftwareChih-Shun Hsu

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Basic Assembler Functions Convert mnemonic operation codes to their machine

language equivalent Convert symbolic operands to their equivalent machine

addresses Build the machine instructions in the proper format Convert the data constants specified in the source

program into their machine representations Write the object program and the assembly listing

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Two Pass Assembler(2/1) Forward reference—a reference to a label that is defined

later in the program Because of forward reference, most assembler make

two pass over the source program The first pass does little more than scan the source

program for label definitions and assign addresses The second pass performs most of the actual translation Assembler directives (or pseudo-instructions) provide

instructions to the assembler itself

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Two Pass Assembler(2/2) Pass 1 (define symbols)

Assign addresses to all statements in the program Save the values (addresses) assigned to all labels Perform some processing of assembler directives

Pass 2 (assemble instructions and generate object program) Assemble instructions (translating operation codes and looking

up addresses Generate data values defined by BYTE, WORD, etc. Perform processing of assembler directives not done during

Pass 1 Write the object program and the assembly listing

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Assembler Data Structure and Variable Two major data structures:

Operation Code Table (OPTAB): is used to look up mnemonic operation codes and translate them to their machine language equivalents

Symbol Table (SYMTAB): is used to store values (addresses) assigned to labels

Variable: Location Counter (LOCCTR) is used to help the assignment of

addresses LOCCTR is initialized to the beginning address specified in the

START statement The length of the assembled instruction or data area to be

generated is added to LOCCTR

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OPTAB and SYMTAB OPTAB must contain the mnemonic operation code and

its machine language In more complex assembler, it also contain information

about instruction format and length For a machine that has instructions of different length,

we must search OPTAB in the first pass to find the instruction length for incrementing LOCCTR

SYMTAB includes the name and value (address) for each label, together with flags to indicate error conditions

OPTAB and SYMTAB are usually organized as hash tables, with mnemonic operation code or label name as the key, for efficient retrieval

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Example of a SIC Assembler Language Program (3/1)

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Example of a SIC Assembler Language Program (3/2)

for (int i=0; i<4096; i++){ scanf(“%c”,&BUFFER[i]); if (BUFFER[i]==0) break;}LENGTH=i;

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Example of a SIC Assembler Language Program (3/3)

for (int i=0; i<LENGTH; i++){ printf(“%c”,BUFFER[i]);}

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Program with Object Code (3/1)14 1033

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Program with Object Code (3/2)

54 1039+8000=9039

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Program with Object Code (3/3)

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SYMTAB

symbol value flags

FIRST 1000

CLOOP 1003

ENDFIL 1015

EOF 102A

THREE 102D

ZERO 1030

RETADR 1033

LENGTH 1036

BUFFER 1039

RDREC 2039

RLOOP 203F

EXIT 2057

INPUT 205D

MAXLEN 205E

WRREC 2061

WLOOP 2064

OUTPUT 2079

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Object Program Format

Header record (H) Col. 2-7 program name Col. 8-13 Starting address of object program (Hex) Col. 14-19 Length of object program in bytes (Hex)

Text record (T) Col. 2-7 Starting address for object code in this record

(Hex) Col. 8-9 length of object code in this record (Hex) Col 10-69. object code, represented in Hex

End record (E) Col.2-7 address of first executable instruction in object

program (Hex)

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Object Program

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Algorithm for Pass 1 of Assembler(3/1)read first input lineif OPCODE=‘START’ then

begin save #[OPERAND] as starting address initialize LOCCTR to starting address write line to intermediate file read next input line

endelse

initialize LOCCTR to 0while OPCODE≠’END’ do

begin if this is not a comment line then

begin if there is a symbol in the LABEL field then

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Algorithm for Pass 1 of Assembler(3/2)

begin search SYMTAB for LABEL if found then set error flag (duplicate symbol) else insert (LABEL, LOCCTR) into SYMTABend {if symbol}

search OPTAB for OPCODE if found then

add 3 {instruction length} to LOCCTR else if OPCODE=‘WORD’ then

add 3 to LOCCTR else if OPCODE=‘RESW’ then

add 3 * #[OPERAND] to LOCCTR

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Algorithm for Pass 1 of Assembler(3/3)

else if OPCODE=‘RESB’ thenadd #[OPERAND] to LOCCTR

else if OPCODE=‘BYTE’ thenbegin find length of constant in bytes add length to LOCCTRend {if BYTE}

elseset error flag (invalid operation code)

end {if not a comment} write line to intermediate file read next input lineend {while not END}

Write last line to intermediate fileSave (LOCCTR-starting address) as program length

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Algorithm for Pass 2 of Assembler(3/1)read first input line (from intermediate file)If OPCODE=‘START’ then begin

write listing lineread next input line

end {if START}Write Header record to object programInitialize first Text recordWhile OPCODE≠ ‘END’ do begin

if this is not a comment line then begin

search OPTAB for OPCODEif found then begin

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Algorithm for Pass 2 of Assembler(3/2)

if there is a symbol in OPERAND field then begin

search SYMTAB for OPERANDif found then store symbol value as operand addresselse begin store 0 as operand address set error flag (undefined symbol) end

end {if symbol} else store 0 as operand address assemble the object code instruction end {if opcode found}

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Algorithm for Pass 2 of Assembler(3/3)

else if OPCODE=‘BYTE’ or ‘WORD’ then convert constant to object codeif object code will not fit into the current Text record then begin write Text record to object program initialize new Text record endadd object code to Text record

end {if not comment}write listing lineread next input line

end {while not END}write last Text record to object programWrite End record to object programWrite last listing line

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Machine-Dependent Assembler Features Indirect addressing is indicated by adding the prefix @ to

the operand Immediate operands are denoted with the prefix # The assembler directive BASE is used in conjunction

with base relative addressing The extended instruction format is specified with the

prefix + added to the operation code Register-to-register instruction are faster than the

corresponding register-to-memory operations because they are shorter and because they do not require another memory reference

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Example of SIC/XE Program(3/1)

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Example of SIC/XE Program(3/2)

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Example of SIC/XE Program(3/3)

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Program with Object Code (3/1)

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Object Code Translation

Line 10: STL=14, n=1, i=1ni=3, op+ni=14+3=17, RETADR=0030, x=0, b=0, p=1, e=0xbpe=2, PC=0003, disp=RETADR-PC=030-003=02D, xbpe+disp=202D, obj=17202D

Line 12: LDB=68, n=0, i=1ni=1, op+ni=68+1=69, LENGTH=0033, x=0, b=0, p=1, e=0xbpe=2, PC=0006, disp=LENGTH-PC=033-006=02D, xbpe+disp=202D, obj=69202D

Line 15: JSUB=48, n=1, i=1ni=3, op+ni=48+3=4B, RDREC=01036, x=0, b=0, p=0, e=1, xbpe=1, xbpe+RDREC=101036, obj=4B101036

Line 40: J=3C, n=1, i=1ni=3, op+ni=3C+3=3F, CLOOP=0006, x=0, b=0, p=1, e=0xbpe=2, PC=001A, disp=CLOOP-PC=0006-001A=-14=FEC(2’s complement), xbpe+disp=2FEC, obj=3F2FEC

Line 55: LDA=00, n=0, i=1ni=1, op+ni=00+1=01, disp=#3003, x=0, b=0, p=0, e=0xbpe=0, xbpe+disp=0003, obj=010003

op(6) n i x b p e disp(12)

op(6) n i x b p e address(20)

Format 3

Format 4

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Program with Object Code (3/2)

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Object Code Translation

Line 125: CLEAR=B4, r1=X=1, r2=0, obj=B410 Line 133: LDT=74, n=0, i=1ni=1, op+ni=74+1=75, x=

0, b=0, p=0, e=1xbpe=1, #4096=01000, xbpe+address=101000, obj=75101000

Line 160: STCH=54, n=1, i=1ni=3, op+ni=54+3=57, BUFFER=0036, B=0033, disp=BUFFER-B=003, x=1, b=1, p=0, e=0xbpe=C, xbpe+disp=C003, obj=57C003

op(8) r1(4) r2(4)

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Program with Object Code (3/3)

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SYMTAB

SYMBOL VALUE FLAGS

FIRST 0000

CLOOP 0006

ENDFIL 001A

EOF 002D

RETADR 0030

LENGTH 0033

BUFFER 0036

SYMBOL VALUE FLAGS

RDREC 1036

RLOOP 1040

EXIT 1056

INPUT 105C

WRREC 105D

WLOOP 1062

OUTPUT 1076

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Program Relocation The actual starting address of the program is not known

until load time An object program that contains the information necessa

ry to perform this kind of modification is called a relocatable program

No modification is needed: operand is using program-counter relative or base relative addressing

The only parts of the program that require modification at load time are those that specified direct (as opposed to relative) addresses

Modification record Col. 2-7 Starting location of the address field to be modified, rela

tive to the beginning of the program (Hex) Col. 8-9 Length of the address field to be modified, in half-bytes

(Hex)

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Examples of Program Relocation

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Object Program

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Machine-Independent Assembler Features Literals Symbol-defining statements Expressions Program block Control sections and program linking

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Program with Additional Assembler Features(3/1)

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Program with Additional Assembler Features(3/2)

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Program with Additional Assembler Features(3/3)

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Literals(2/1) Write the value of a constant operand as a part of the

instruction that uses it Such an operand is called a literal Avoid having to define the constant elsewhere in the

program and make up a label for it A literal is identified with the prefix =, which is followed

by a specification of the literal value Examples of literals in the statements:

45 001A ENDFIL LDA =C’EOF’ 032010 215 1062 WLOOP TD =X’05’ E32011

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Literals(2/2) With a literal, the assembler generates the specified value

as a constant at some other memory location The address of this generated constant is used as the

target address for the machine instruction All of the literal operands used in the program are

gathered together into one or more literal pools Normally literals are placed into a pool at the end of the

program A LTORG statement creates a literal pool that contains all

of the literal operands used since the previous LTORG Most assembler recognize duplicate literals: the same

literal used in more than one place and store only one copy of the specified data value

LITTAB (literal table): contains the literal name, the operand value and length, and the address assigned to the operand when it is placed in a literal pool

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Symbol-Defining Statements Assembler directive that allows the programmer to define symbols

and specify their values General form: symbol EQU value Line 133: +LDT #4096

MAXLEN EQU 4096+LDT #MAXLEN

It is much easier to find and change the value of MAXLEN Assembler directive that indirect assigns values to symbols ORG

STAB RESB 1100SYMBOL EQU STABVALUE EQU STAB+6FLAGS EQU STAB+9

STAB RESB 1100ORG STAB

SYMBOL RESB 6VALUE RESW 1FLAGS RESW 2

ORG STAB+1100

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Expressions Assembler allow arithmetic expressions formed

according to the normal rules using the operator +, -, *, and /

Individual terms in the expression may be constants, user-defined symbols, or special terms

The most common such special term is the current value of the location counter (designed by *)

Expressions are classified as either absolute expressions or relative expressions

Symbol Type ValueRETADR R 0030BUFFER R 0036BUFFEND R 1036MAXLEN A 1000

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Program Block(2/1) Program blocks: segments of code that are

rearranged within a single object unit Control sections: segments that are translated into

independent object program units USE indicates which portions of the source program

belong to the various blocks

Block name Block number Address Length(default) 0 0000 0066CDATA 1 0066 000BCBLKS 2 0071 1000

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Program Block(2/2) Because the large buffer area is moved to the

end of the object program, we no longer need to used extended format instructions

Program readability is improved if the definition of data areas are placed in the source program close to the statements that reference them

It does not matter that the Text records of the object program are not in sequence by address; the loader will simply load the object code from each record at the indicated address

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Example Program with Multiple Program Blocks(3/1)

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Example Program with Multiple Program Blocks(3/2)

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Example Program with Multiple Program Blocks(3/3)

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Program Blocks Traced Through Assembly and Loading Processes

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Object Program

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Control sections(3/1) References between control sections are called external

references The assembler generates information for each external

reference that will allow the loader to perform the required linking

The EXTDEF (external definition) statement in a control section names symbol, called external symbols, that are define in this section and may be used by other sections

The EXTREF (external reference) statement names symbols that are used in this control section and are defined elsewhere

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Control sections(3/2) Define record (D)

Col. 2-7 Name of external symbol defined in this control section

Col. 8-13 Relative address of symbol within this control section (Hex)

Col. 14-73 Repeat information in Col. 2-13 for other external symbols

Refer record (R) Col. 2-7 Name of external symbol referred to in this

control section Col. 8-73 Names of other external reference symbols

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Control sections(3/3)

Modification record (revised : M) Col. 2-7 Starting address of the field to be modified,

relative to the beginning of the control section (Hex) Col. 8-9 Length of the field to be modified, in half-

bytes (Hex) Col. 10 Modification flag (+ or -) Col. 11-16 External symbol whose value is to be

added to or subtracted from the indicated field

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Example Program with Control Sections(3/1)

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Example Program with Control Sections(3/2)

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Example Program with Control Sections(3/3)

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Object Program(2/1)

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Object Program(2/2)

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One-Pass Assemblers

Eliminate forward references: require that all such areas be defined in the source program before they are referenced

One-pass assembler: Generate their object code in memory for immediate

execution Load-and-go assembler is useful in a system that is

oriented toward program development and testing

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Handle Forward Reference The symbol used as an operand is entered into the

symbol table This entry is flagged to indicate that the symbol is

undefined The address of the operand field of the instruction that

refers to undefined symbol is added to a list of forward references associated with the symbol table entry

When the definition for a symbol is encountered, the forward reference list for that symbol is scanned, and the proper address is inserted into any instructions previously generated

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Sample Program for One-Pass assembler(3/1)

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Sample Program for One-Pass assembler(3/2)

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Sample Program for One-Pass assembler(3/3)

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Example of Handling Forward Reference(2/1)

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Example of Handling Forward Reference(2/2)

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Multi-Pass Assemblers(6/1)

HALFSZ EQU MAXLEN/2MAXLEN EQU BUFFEND-

BUFFERPREVBT EQU BUFFER-1……….BUFFER RESB 4096BUFFEND EQU *

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Multi-Pass Assemblers(6/2)

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Multi-Pass Assemblers(6/3)

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Multi-Pass Assemblers(6/4)

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Multi-Pass Assemblers(6/5)

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Multi-Pass Assemblers(6/6)

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MASM Assembler An MASM assembler language program is written as a

collection of segments Commonly used classes are CODE, DATA, CONST, and

STACK During program execution, segments are addressed via

the x86 segment registers ASSUME tells MASM the contents of a segment register;

a programmer must provide instructions to load this register when the program is executed

A near jump is a jump to a target in the same code segment; a far jump is a jump to a target in a different code segment

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SPARC Assembler A SPARC assembler language program is divided into un

its called sections .TEXT Executable instructions .DATA Initialized read/ write data .RODATA Read-only data .BSS Uninitialized data areas

A global symbol is either symbol that is defined in the program and made accessible to others

A weak symbol is similar to a global symbol, but the definition of a weak symbol may be overridden by a global symbol with the same name

SPARC branch instructions are delayed branches: the instruction immediately following a branch instruction is actually executed before the branch is taken

Programmers often place NOP (no-operation) instructions in delay slots