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authorKartik Agaram <vc@akkartik.com>2019-07-27 16:01:55 -0700
committerKartik Agaram <vc@akkartik.com>2019-07-27 17:47:59 -0700
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+# Example showing mmap syscall.
+# Create a new segment using mmap, save the address, write to it.
+#
+# To run (from the subx directory):
+#   $ ./subx translate examples/ex12.subx -o examples/ex12
+#   $ ./subx run examples/ex12
+# You shouldn't get a segmentation fault.
+
+== code 0x09000000
+#   instruction                     effective address                                                   register    displacement    immediate
+# . op          subop               mod             rm32          base        index         scale       r32
+# . 1-3 bytes   3 bits              2 bits          3 bits        3 bits      3 bits        2 bits      2 bits      0/1/2/4 bytes   0/1/2/4 bytes
+
+Entry:
+    # syscall(mmap, 0x1000)
+    bb/copy-to-EBX  Mmap-new-segment/imm32
+    b8/copy-to-EAX  0x5a/imm32/mmap
+    cd/syscall  0x80/imm8
+
+    # write to *EAX to check that we have access to the newly-allocated segment
+    c7          0/subop/copy        0/mod/direct    0/rm32/EAX    .           .             .           .           .               0x34/imm32        # copy to *EAX
+
+    # syscall(exit, EAX)
+    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    3/rm32/EBX    .           .             .           0/r32/EAX   .               .                 # copy EAX to EBX
+    b8/copy-to-EAX  1/imm32/exit
+    cd/syscall  0x80/imm8
+
+== data 0x0a000000
+
+# various constants used here were found in the Linux sources (search for file mman-common.h)
+Mmap-new-segment:  # type mmap_arg_struct
+    # addr
+    0/imm32
+    # len
+    0x100/imm32
+    # protection flags
+    3/imm32  # PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE
+    # sharing flags
+    0x22/imm32  # MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS
+    # fd
+    -1/imm32  # since MAP_ANONYMOUS is specified
+    # offset
+    0/imm32  # since MAP_ANONYMOUS is specified
+
+# . . vim:nowrap:textwidth=0