//: Running SubX programs on the VM.
//: (Not to be confused with the 'run' subcommand for running ELF binaries on
//: the VM. That comes later.)
:(before "End Help Texts")
put_new(Help, "syntax",
"SubX programs consist of segments, each segment in turn consisting of lines.\n"
"Line-endings are significant; each line should contain a single\n"
"instruction, macro or directive.\n"
"\n"
"Comments start with the '#' character. It should be at the start of a word\n"
"(start of line, or following a space).\n"
"\n"
"Each segment starts with a header line: a '==' delimiter followed by the name of\n"
"the segment and a (sometimes approximate) starting address in memory.\n"
"The name 'code' is special; instructions to execute should always go here.\n"
"\n"
"The resulting binary starts running code from a label called 'Entry'\n"
"in the code segment.\n"
"\n"
"Segments with the same name get merged together. This rule helps keep functions and\n"
"their data close together in .subx files.\n"
"You don't have to specify the starting address after the first time.\n"
"\n"
"Lines consist of a series of words. Words can contain arbitrary metadata\n"
"after a '/', but they can never contain whitespace. Metadata has no effect\n"
"at runtime, but can be handy when rewriting macros.\n"
"\n"
"Check out the examples in the examples/ directory.\n"
);
:(before "End Help Contents")
cerr << " syntax\n";
:(code)
void test_copy_imm32_to_EAX() {
// At the lowest level, SubX programs are a series of hex bytes, each
// (variable-length) instruction on one line.
run(
// Comments start with '#' and are ignored.
"# comment\n"
// Segment headers start with '==', a name and a starting hex address.
// There's usually one code and one data segment. The code segment
// always comes first.
"== code 0x1\n" // code segment
// After the header, each segment consists of lines, and each line
// consists of words separated by whitespace.
//
// All words can have metadata after a '/'. No spaces allowed in
// metadata, of course.
// Unrecognized metadata never causes errors, so you can use it for
// documentation.
//
// Within the code segment in particular, x86 instructions consist of
// some number of the following parts and sub-parts (see the Readme and
// cheatsheet.pdf for details):
// opcodes: 1-3 bytes
// ModR/M byte
// SIB byte
// displacement: 0/1/2/4 bytes
// immediate: 0/1/2/4 bytes
// opcode ModR/M SIB displacement immediate
// instruction mod, reg, Reg/Mem bits scale, index, base
// 1-3 bytes 0/1 byte 0/1 byte 0/1/2/4 bytes 0/1/2/4 bytes
" b8 . . . 0a 0b 0c 0d\n" // copy 0x0d0c0b0a to EAX
// The periods are just to help the eye track long gaps between columns,
// and are otherwise ignored.
);
// This program, when<style>pre { line-height: 125%; }
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.highlight .na { color: #336699 } /* Name.Attribute */
.highlight .nb { color: #003388 } /* Name.Builtin */
.highlight .nc { color: #bb0066; font-weight: bold } /* Name.Class */
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e(w.data);
if (trace_contains_errors()) return;
assert(overlap.find(addr) == overlap.end());
write_mem_u8(addr, val);
overlap.insert(addr);
trace(99, "load") << "0x" << HEXWORD << addr << " -> " << HEXBYTE << NUM(read_mem_u8(addr)) << end();
++addr;
}
}
if (seg.name == "code") {
End_of_program = addr;
}
}
}
const segment* find(const program& p, const string& segment_name) {
for (int i = 0; i < SIZE(p.segments); ++i) {
if (p.segments.at(i).name == segment_name)
return &p.segments.at(i);
}
return NULL;
}
uint8_t hex_byte(const string& s) {
if (contains_uppercase(s)) {
raise << "uppercase hex not allowed: " << s << '\n' << end();
return 0;
}
istringstream in(s);
int result = 0;
in >> std::hex >> result;
if (!in || !in.eof()) {
raise << "token '" << s << "' is not a hex byte\n" << end();
return '\0';
}
if (result > 0xff || result < -0x8f) {
raise << "token '" << s << "' is not a hex byte\n" << end();
return '\0';
}
return static_cast<uint8_t>(result);
}
void test_number_too_large() {
Hide_errors = true;
parse_and_load(
"== code 0x1\n"
"01 cab\n"
);
CHECK_TRACE_CONTENTS(
"error: token 'cab' is not a hex byte\n"
);
}
void test_invalid_hex() {
Hide_errors = true;
parse_and_load(
"== code 0x1\n"
"01 cx\n"
);
CHECK_TRACE_CONTENTS(
"error: token 'cx' is not a hex byte\n"
);
}
void test_negative_number() {
parse_and_load(
"== code 0x1\n"
"01 -02\n"
);
CHECK_TRACE_COUNT("error", 0);
}
void test_negative_number_too_small() {
Hide_errors = true;
parse_and_load(
"== code 0x1\n"
"01 -12345\n"
);
CHECK_TRACE_CONTENTS(
"error: token '-12345' is not a hex byte\n"
);
}
void test_hex_prefix() {
parse_and_load(
"== code 0x1\n"
"0x01 -0x02\n"
);
CHECK_TRACE_COUNT("error", 0);
}
void test_repeated_segment_merges_data() {
parse_and_load(
"== code 0x1\n"
"11 22\n"
"== code\n" // again
"33 44\n"
);
CHECK_TRACE_CONTENTS(
"parse: new segment 'code'\n"
"parse: appending to segment 'code'\n"
// first segment
"load: 0x00000001 -> 11\n"
"load: 0x00000002 -> 22\n"
// second segment
"load: 0x00000003 -> 33\n"
"load: 0x00000004 -> 44\n"
);
}
void test_error_on_missing_segment_header() {
Hide_errors = true;
parse_and_load(
"01 02\n"
);
CHECK_TRACE_CONTENTS(
"error: input does not start with a '==' section header\n"
);
}
void test_error_on_uppercase_hex() {
Hide_errors = true;
parse_and_load(
"== code\n"
"01 Ab\n"
);
CHECK_TRACE_CONTENTS(
"error: uppercase hex not allowed: Ab\n"
);
}
//: helper for tests
void parse_and_load(const string& text_bytes) {
program p;
istringstream in(text_bytes);
parse(in, p);
if (trace_contains_errors()) return; // if any stage raises errors, stop immediately
load(p);
}
//:: run
:(before "End Initialize Op Names")
put_new(Name, "b8", "copy imm32 to EAX (mov)");
//: our first opcode
:(before "End Single-Byte Opcodes")
case 0xb8: { // copy imm32 to EAX
const int32_t src = next32();
trace(Callstack_depth+1, "run") << "copy imm32 0x" << HEXWORD << src << " to EAX" << end();
Reg[EAX].i = src;
break;
}
:(code)
void test_copy_imm32_to_EAX_again() {
run(
"== code 0x1\n" // code segment
// op ModR/M SIB displacement immediate
" b8 0a 0b 0c 0d \n" // copy 0x0d0c0b0a to EAX
);
CHECK_TRACE_CONTENTS(
"run: copy imm32 0x0d0c0b0a to EAX\n"
);
}
// read a 32-bit int in little-endian order from the instruction stream
int32_t next32() {
int32_t result = read_mem_i32(EIP);
EIP+=4;
return result;
}
//:: helpers
string to_string(const word& w) {
ostringstream out;
out << w.data;
for (int i = 0; i < SIZE(w.metadata); ++i)
out << " /" << w.metadata.at(i);
return out.str();
}
bool contains_uppercase(const string& s) {
for (int i = 0; i < SIZE(s); ++i)
if (isupper(s.at(i))) return true;
return false;
}