1 ## String comparison: return 1 iff the two args passed in at the commandline are equal.
 2 #
 3 # To run:
 4 #   $ subx translate ex10.subx ex10
 5 #   $ subx run ex10 abc abd
 6 # Expected result:
 7 #   $ echo $?
 8 #   0  # false
 9 
10 == code
11 # instruction                     effective address                                                   operand     displacement    immediate
12 # op          subop               mod             rm32          base        index         scale       r32
13 # 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
14 
15 # main: return argv_equal(argv[1], argv[2])
16 #       At the start of a SubX program:
17 #         argc: *ESP
18 #         argv[0]: *(ESP+4)
19 #         argv[1]: *(ESP+8)
20 #         ...
21   # s1 = argv[1] (EAX)
22   8b/copy                         1/mod/*+disp8   4/rm32/sib    4/base/ESP  4/index/none  .           0/r32/EAX   8/disp8         .                 # copy *(ESP+8) to EAX
23   # s2 = argv[2] (EBX)
24   8b/copy                         1/mod/*+disp8   4/rm32/sib    4/base/ESP  4/index/none  .           3/r32/EBX   0xc/disp8       .                 # copy *(ESP+12) to EBX
25   # call argv_equal(s1, s2)
26     # push args
27   50/push-EAX
28   53/push-EBX
29     # call
30   e8/call argv_equal/disp32
31   # exit(EAX)
32 $exit:
33   89/copy                         3/mod/direct    3/rm32/EBX    .           .             .           0/r32/EAX   .               .                 # copy EAX to EBX
34   b8/copy                         .               .             .           .             .           .           .               1/imm32           # copy 1 to EAX
35   cd/syscall  0x80/imm8
36 
37 # compare two null-terminated ascii strings
38 # reason for the name: the only place we should have null-terminated ascii strings is from commandline args
39 argv_equal:  # (s1, s2) : null-terminated ascii strings -> EAX : boolean
40   # initialize s1 (ECX) and s2 (EDX)
41   8b/copy                         1/mod/*+disp8   4/rm32/sib    4/base/ESP  4/index/none  .           1/r32/ECX   8/disp8         .                 # copy *(ESP+8) to ECX
42   8b/copy                         1/mod/*+disp8   4/rm32/sib    4/base/ESP  4/index/none  .           2/r32/EDX   4/disp8         .                 # copy *(ESP+4) to EDX
43   # while (true)
44 $argv_loop:
45     # c1/EAX, c2/EBX = *s1, *s2
46   b8/copy  0/imm32  # clear EAX
47   8a/copy                         0/mod/indirect  1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           0/r32/EAX   .               .                 # copy byte at *ECX to lower byte of EAX
48   bb/copy  0/imm32  # clear EBX
49   8a/copy                         0/mod/indirect  2/rm32/EDX    .           .             .           3/r32/EBX   .               .                 # copy byte at *EDX to lower byte of EBX
50     # if (c1 == 0) break
51   3d/compare                      .               .             .           .             .           .           .               0/imm32           # compare EAX with 0
52   74/jump-if-equal  $argv_break/disp8
53     # if (c1 != c2) return false
54   39/compare                      3/mod/direct    0/rm32/EAX    .           .             .           3/r32/EBX   .               .                 # compare EAX with EBX
55   75/jump-if-not-equal  $argv_fail/disp8
56     # ++s1, ++s2
57   41/inc-ECX
58   42/inc-EDX
59   # end while
60   eb/jump  $argv_loop/disp8
61 $argv_break:
62   # if (c2 == 0) return true
63   81          7/subop/compare     3/mod/direct    3/rm32/EBX    .           .             .           .           .               0/imm32           # compare EBX with 0
64   75/jump-if-not-equal  $argv_fail/disp8
65   b8/copy                         .               .             .           .             .           .           .               1/imm32           # copy 1 to EAX
66   c3/return
67   # return false
68 $argv_fail:
69   b8/copy                         .               .             .           .             .           .           .               0/imm32           # copy 0 to EAX
70   c3/return