How to move two valuables to x86 CPU register ebx, ecx by using AT&A inline asm.

How to move two valuables to x86 CPU register ebx, ecx by using AT&A inline asm.

[Johnny Hung]

Hi All:
    I want to move two local valuables to x86 arch CPU ebx, ecx
register and do outb cpu instruction by using AT&A inline asm in
kernel driver.  The following code was I wrote but gcc report syntax
error:
==
    unsigned int val = 10;
    unsigned int tmp = 5;
    ....
    __asm__ volatile ("movl %0, %%ebx"
          "movl %1, %%ecx"
          "outb $0x27, $0xb2"
          :
          :"r"(val), "r"(tmp)
          :"%ebx", "%ecx"
   );

Does anyone can point me out. Any reply is appreciated.

BRs, H. Johnny

Re: How to move two valuables to x86 CPU register ebx, ecx by using AT&A inline asm.

[Viral Mehta]

How about putting \n at the end ?

Just try out,

__asm__ volatile ("movl %0, %%ebx\n"
          "movl %1, %%ecx\n"




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Tel. No. 91 79 26563705, Ext. 423
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Johnny Hung wrote:
> Hi All:
>     I want to move two local valuables to x86 arch CPU ebx, ecx
> register and do outb cpu instruction by using AT&A inline asm in
> kernel driver.  The following code was I wrote but gcc report syntax
> error:
> ==
>     unsigned int val = 10;
>     unsigned int tmp = 5;
>     ....
>     __asm__ volatile ("movl %0, %%ebx"
>           "movl %1, %%ecx"
>           "outb $0x27, $0xb2"
>           :
>           :"r"(val), "r"(tmp)
>           :"%ebx", "%ecx"
>    );
>
> Does anyone can point me out. Any reply is appreciated.
>
> BRs, H. Johnny
>
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Re: How to move two valuables to x86 CPU register ebx, ecx by using AT&A inline asm.

[Johnny Hung]

It doesn't works. :(

2009/11/19 Viral Mehta <viral.mehta@einfochips.com>:
> How about putting \n at the end ?
>
> Just try out,
>
> __asm__ volatile ("movl %0, %%ebx\n"
>         "movl %1, %%ecx\n"
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Viral Mehta,
> Embedded Software Engineer,
> Tel. No. 91 79 26563705, Ext. 423
> www.einfochips.com <http://www.einfochips.com>
> Prepare and Prevent rather than Repair and Repent
>
>
> Johnny Hung wrote:
>>
>> Hi All:
>>    I want to move two local valuables to x86 arch CPU ebx, ecx
>> register and do outb cpu instruction by using AT&A inline asm in
>> kernel driver.  The following code was I wrote but gcc report syntax
>> error:
>> ==
>>    unsigned int val = 10;
>>    unsigned int tmp = 5;
>>    ....
>>    __asm__ volatile ("movl %0, %%ebx"
>>          "movl %1, %%ecx"
>>          "outb $0x27, $0xb2"
>>          :
>>          :"r"(val), "r"(tmp)
>>          :"%ebx", "%ecx"
>>   );
>>
>> Does anyone can point me out. Any reply is appreciated.
>>
>> BRs, H. Johnny
>>
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Re: How to move two valuables to x86 CPU register ebx, ecx by using AT&A inline asm.

[Viral Mehta]

[root@viral temp_c_files]# gcc foo.c
[root@viral temp_c_files]# cat foo.c
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
        unsigned int val = 10;
        unsigned int tmp = 5;

        __asm__ volatile ("movl (%0), %%ebx\n"
          "movl (%1), %%ecx\n"
          : : "r"(val), "r"(tmp) );
}

[root@viral temp_c_files]#                          

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Johnny Hung wrote:
> It doesn't works. :(
>
> 2009/11/19 Viral Mehta <viral.mehta@einfochips.com>:
>   
>> How about putting \n at the end ?
>>
>> Just try out,
>>
>> __asm__ volatile ("movl %0, %%ebx\n"
>>         "movl %1, %%ecx\n"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Viral Mehta,
>> Embedded Software Engineer,
>> Tel. No. 91 79 26563705, Ext. 423
>> www.einfochips.com <http://www.einfochips.com>
>> Prepare and Prevent rather than Repair and Repent
>>
>>
>> Johnny Hung wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi All:
>>>    I want to move two local valuables to x86 arch CPU ebx, ecx
>>> register and do outb cpu instruction by using AT&A inline asm in
>>> kernel driver.  The following code was I wrote but gcc report syntax
>>> error:
>>> ==
>>>    unsigned int val = 10;
>>>    unsigned int tmp = 5;
>>>    ....
>>>    __asm__ volatile ("movl %0, %%ebx"
>>>          "movl %1, %%ecx"
>>>          "outb $0x27, $0xb2"
>>>          :
>>>          :"r"(val), "r"(tmp)
>>>          :"%ebx", "%ecx"
>>>   );
>>>
>>> Does anyone can point me out. Any reply is appreciated.
>>>
>>> BRs, H. Johnny
>>>
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Re: How to move two valuables to x86 CPU register ebx, ecx by using AT&A inline asm.

[Johnny Hung]

Thank you. I got error because the valuable I actually pass is a
member of structure point. ex.

       __asm__ volatile ("movl (%0), %%ebx\n"
         "movl (%1), %%ecx\n"
         : : "r"(ptr->cnt), "r"(ptr->blk) );

I reassigned ptr->cnt and ptr->blk to local unsigned int valuable and
compile successfully. BTW, the first ':' is mean output operands,
second ':' is mean input operands but how about third ':'. Does it
mean which registers had been changed in inline asm code? So, does gcc
do push and pop to retain these registers in the front and end of asm
code?
    I have tried to compile inline asm in user space application and
use gcc -S flag to translate c code to asm code. How do I translate
kernel driver to asm code without compile to obj file?

Thank your help
BR, H. Johnny

2009/11/19 Viral Mehta <viral.mehta@einfochips.com>:
> [root@viral temp_c_files]# gcc foo.c
> [root@viral temp_c_files]# cat foo.c
> #include <stdio.h>
> int main()
> {
>       unsigned int val = 10;
>       unsigned int tmp = 5;
>
>       __asm__ volatile ("movl (%0), %%ebx\n"
>         "movl (%1), %%ecx\n"
>         : : "r"(val), "r"(tmp) );
> }
>
> [root@viral temp_c_files]#
> Thanks,
> Viral Mehta,
> Embedded Software Engineer,
> Tel. No. 91 79 26563705, Ext. 423
> www.einfochips.com <http://www.einfochips.com>
> Prepare and Prevent rather than Repair and Repent
>
>
> Johnny Hung wrote:
>>
>> It doesn't works. :(
>>
>> 2009/11/19 Viral Mehta <viral.mehta@einfochips.com>:
>>
>>>
>>> How about putting \n at the end ?
>>>
>>> Just try out,
>>>
>>> __asm__ volatile ("movl %0, %%ebx\n"
>>>        "movl %1, %%ecx\n"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Viral Mehta,
>>> Embedded Software Engineer,
>>> Tel. No. 91 79 26563705, Ext. 423
>>> www.einfochips.com <http://www.einfochips.com>
>>> Prepare and Prevent rather than Repair and Repent
>>>
>>>
>>> Johnny Hung wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi All:
>>>>   I want to move two local valuables to x86 arch CPU ebx, ecx
>>>> register and do outb cpu instruction by using AT&A inline asm in
>>>> kernel driver.  The following code was I wrote but gcc report syntax
>>>> error:
>>>> ==
>>>>   unsigned int val = 10;
>>>>   unsigned int tmp = 5;
>>>>   ....
>>>>   __asm__ volatile ("movl %0, %%ebx"
>>>>         "movl %1, %%ecx"
>>>>         "outb $0x27, $0xb2"
>>>>         :
>>>>         :"r"(val), "r"(tmp)
>>>>         :"%ebx", "%ecx"
>>>>  );
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone can point me out. Any reply is appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> BRs, H. Johnny
>>>>
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Re: How to move two valuables to x86 CPU register ebx, ecx by using AT&A inline asm.

[stas]

It seems to me that this example code is not free of errors. After the
third ":" we should list registers "ebx" and "ecx" to let gcc know they
could change in asm section. There can be no difference in -O0 but may
have large impact on result in -O{2,3} modes.
Actually resulting code may not include "push <some reg>"->"asm
section"->"pop <some reg>" code. In the compile time gcc would decide
when and what should be on registers. So it may look like "movl smth,
reg"->"asm section"->"do nothing with reg, because we don't need it any
more or directly put some value using movl".

__asm__ volatile (
	"movl (%0), %%ebx\n\t"
	"movl (%1), %%ecx\n\t"
	"outl %%ebx, $0xb2\n\t"
	"outl %%ecx, $0xb6\n\t"


	:
	: "r"(var_a), "r"(var_b)
	: "ebx", "ecx"
);

There is another way. You can select registers should be used to pass
arguments into the asm section (you can select registers to get results
too). That should look much more pretty.

The SAME code:
__asm__ volatile (
	"outl %%ebx, $0xb2\n\t"
	"outl %%ecx, $0xb6\n\t"
	:
	: "b"(var_a), "c"(var_b)
);

And much more pretty way:

/* taken from linux-2.6./include/asm-generic/io.h
If you want to use it in user-space just replace u8 with unsigned char,
u16 with unsigned short. In kernel space just insert #include directive.
*/
static inline void outb(u8 v, u16 port)
{
        asm volatile("outb %0,%1" : : "a" (v), "dN" (port)); 
}

...
outb(var_a, 0xb2);
outb(var_b, 0xb6);

> Thank you. I got error because the valuable I actually pass is a
> member of structure point. ex.
> 
>        __asm__ volatile ("movl (%0), %%ebx\n"
>          "movl (%1), %%ecx\n"
>          : : "r"(ptr->cnt), "r"(ptr->blk) );
> 
> I reassigned ptr->cnt and ptr->blk to local unsigned int valuable and
> compile successfully. BTW, the first ':' is mean output operands,
> second ':' is mean input operands but how about third ':'. Does it
> mean which registers had been changed in inline asm code? So, does gcc
> do push and pop to retain these registers in the front and end of asm
> code?
>     I have tried to compile inline asm in user space application and
> use gcc -S flag to translate c code to asm code. How do I translate
> kernel driver to asm code without compile to obj file?
> 
> Thank your help
> BR, H. Johnny
> 
> 2009/11/19 Viral Mehta <viral.mehta@einfochips.com>:
> > [root@viral temp_c_files]# gcc foo.c
> > [root@viral temp_c_files]# cat foo.c
> > #include <stdio.h>
> > int main()
> > {
> >       unsigned int val = 10;
> >       unsigned int tmp = 5;
> >
> >       __asm__ volatile ("movl (%0), %%ebx\n"
> >         "movl (%1), %%ecx\n"
> >         : : "r"(val), "r"(tmp) );
> > }
> >
> > [root@viral temp_c_files]#
> > Thanks,
> > Viral Mehta,
> > Embedded Software Engineer,
> > Tel. No. 91 79 26563705, Ext. 423
> > www.einfochips.com <http://www.einfochips.com>
> > Prepare and Prevent rather than Repair and Repent
> >
> >
> > Johnny Hung wrote:
> >>
> >> It doesn't works. :(
> >>
> >> 2009/11/19 Viral Mehta <viral.mehta@einfochips.com>:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> How about putting \n at the end ?
> >>>
> >>> Just try out,
> >>>
> >>> __asm__ volatile ("movl %0, %%ebx\n"
> >>>        "movl %1, %%ecx\n"
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Viral Mehta,
> >>> Embedded Software Engineer,
> >>> Tel. No. 91 79 26563705, Ext. 423
> >>> www.einfochips.com <http://www.einfochips.com>
> >>> Prepare and Prevent rather than Repair and Repent
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Johnny Hung wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi All:
> >>>>   I want to move two local valuables to x86 arch CPU ebx, ecx
> >>>> register and do outb cpu instruction by using AT&A inline asm in
> >>>> kernel driver.  The following code was I wrote but gcc report syntax
> >>>> error:
> >>>> ==
> >>>>   unsigned int val = 10;
> >>>>   unsigned int tmp = 5;
> >>>>   ....
> >>>>   __asm__ volatile ("movl %0, %%ebx"
> >>>>         "movl %1, %%ecx"
> >>>>         "outb $0x27, $0xb2"
> >>>>         :
> >>>>         :"r"(val), "r"(tmp)
> >>>>         :"%ebx", "%ecx"
> >>>>  );
> >>>>
> >>>> Does anyone can point me out. Any reply is appreciated.
> >>>>
> >>>> BRs, H. Johnny
> >>>>
> >>>> --
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Re: How to move two valuables to x86 CPU register ebx, ecx by using AT&A inline asm.

[Américo Wang]

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Johnny Hung <johnny.hacking@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All:
>    I want to move two local valuables to x86 arch CPU ebx, ecx
> register and do outb cpu instruction by using AT&A inline asm in
> kernel driver.  The following code was I wrote but gcc report syntax
> error:

You must mean AT&T.

> ==
>    unsigned int val = 10;
>    unsigned int tmp = 5;
>    ....
>    __asm__ volatile ("movl %0, %%ebx"

You need to put "\n\t" in the end of each asm statement.

>          "movl %1, %%ecx"
>          "outb $0x27, $0xb2"


This is wrong, 'outb' instruction cann't accept both of
its operands as constants, IIRC.

>          :
>          :"r"(val), "r"(tmp)
>          :"%ebx", "%ecx"
>   );
>
> Does anyone can point me out. Any reply is appreciated.

Regards.

Re: How to move two valuables to x86 CPU register ebx, ecx by using AT&A inline asm.

[Jiri Slaby]

On 11/19/2009 10:50 AM, Johnny Hung wrote:
> Hi All:
>     I want to move two local valuables to x86 arch CPU ebx, ecx
> register and do outb cpu instruction by using AT&A inline asm in
> kernel driver.  The following code was I wrote but gcc report syntax
> error:
> ==
>     unsigned int val = 10;
>     unsigned int tmp = 5;
>     ....
>     __asm__ volatile ("movl %0, %%ebx"
>           "movl %1, %%ecx"
>           "outb $0x27, $0xb2"
>           :
>           :"r"(val), "r"(tmp)
>           :"%ebx", "%ecx"
>    );
> 
> Does anyone can point me out. Any reply is appreciated.

Why not just:
("outb $0x27, %%al" : : "a" (0xb2), "b"(val), "c" (tmp));
-- 
js
Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University
Suse Labs, Novell

Re: How to move two valuables to x86 CPU register ebx, ecx by using AT&A inline asm.

[David Woodhouse]

On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 09:04 +0300, stas wrote:
> It seems to me that this example code is not free of errors. After the
> third ":" we should list registers "ebx" and "ecx" to let gcc know
> they could change in asm section.
> 
> __asm__ volatile (
>         "movl (%0), %%ebx\n\t"
>         "movl (%1), %%ecx\n\t"
>         "outl %%ebx, $0xb2\n\t"
>         "outl %%ecx, $0xb6\n\t"
> 
> 
>         :
>         : "r"(var_a), "r"(var_b)
>         : "ebx", "ecx" 

That's not good enough. Because the compiler could choose to use %ebx
for passing in 'var_b', and then it would get clobbered before you move
it to %ecx in the second instruction.

You'd need to make it an earlyclobber too.

> 
> The SAME code:
> __asm__ volatile (
>         "outl %%ebx, $0xb2\n\t"
>         "outl %%ecx, $0xb6\n\t"
>         :
>         : "b"(var_a), "c"(var_b)
> );

That's the better approach, although yours didn't do what Johnny's
original seemed to. Jiri Slaby posted something which looks correct.

> /* taken from linux-2.6./include/asm-generic/io.h
> If you want to use it in user-space just replace u8 with unsigned char,
> u16 with unsigned short. In kernel space just insert #include directive.
> */
> static inline void outb(u8 v, u16 port)

And that's just an entirely gratuitous use of our kernel nonsense-types.
Just use the proper C types uint16_t and uint8_t instead.

Or just 'unsigned char' and 'unsigned short', for that matter -- I
believe Linux would blow up horribly if those types ever changed from
8-bit and 16-bit respectively.

-- 
dwmw2

Re: How to move two valuables to x86 CPU register ebx, ecx by using AT&A inline asm.

[Johnny Hung]

After testing:

# gcc inlineasm.c
inlineasm.c: Assembler messages:
inlineasm.c:7: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `out'
[root@debian-johnny] ~/workspace/test

# cat inlineasm.c
#include <stdio.h>

int main ()
{
    unsigned int val = 5, tmp = 10;
    asm volatile ("outb $0x27, %%al"
     :
     : "a" (0xb2), "b"(val), "c" (tmp)
    );
}

    It seems the source of outb instruction cannot be a constant. Is
there a AT&T instructions document for x86?

BRs, H. Johnny
> Why not just:
> ("outb $0x27, %%al" : : "a" (0xb2), "b"(val), "c" (tmp));
> --
> js
> Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University
> Suse Labs, Novell
>

Re: How to move two valuables to x86 CPU register ebx, ecx by using AT&A inline asm.

[Brian Gerst]

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Johnny Hung <johnny.hacking@gmail.com> wrote:
> After testing:
>
> # gcc inlineasm.c
> inlineasm.c: Assembler messages:
> inlineasm.c:7: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `out'
> [root@debian-johnny] ~/workspace/test
>
> # cat inlineasm.c
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> int main ()
> {
>    unsigned int val = 5, tmp = 10;
>    asm volatile ("outb $0x27, %%al"
>     :
>     : "a" (0xb2), "b"(val), "c" (tmp)
>    );
> }
>
>    It seems the source of outb instruction cannot be a constant. Is
> there a AT&T instructions document for x86?

In AT&T syntax, the source register comes first.  So it should be
"outb %%al, $0x27", assuming that 0x27 is the port number you are
trying to write to.

--
Brian Gerst