## Mu's instructions and their table-driven translation See http://akkartik.name/akkartik-convivial-20200607.pdf for the complete story. In brief: Mu is a statement-oriented language. Blocks consist of flat lists of instructions. Instructions can have inputs after the operation, and outputs to the left of a '<-'. Inputs and outputs must be variables. They can't include nested expressions. Variables can be literals ('n'), or live in a register ('var/reg') or in memory ('var') at some 'stack-offset' from the 'ebp' register. Outputs must be registers. To modify a variable in memory, pass it in by reference as an input. (Inputs are more precisely called 'inouts'.) Conversely, registers that are just read from must not be passed as inputs. The following chart shows all the instruction forms supported by Mu, along with the SubX instruction they're translated to. var/eax <- increment => "40/increment-eax" var/ecx <- increment => "41/increment-ecx" var/edx <- increment => "42/increment-edx" var/ebx <- increment => "43/increment-ebx" var/esi <- increment => "46/increment-esi" var/edi <- increment => "47/increment-edi" increment var => "ff 0/subop/increment *(ebp+" var.stack-offset ")" increment *var/reg => "ff 0/subop/increment *" reg var/eax <- decrement => "48/decrement-eax" var/ecx <- decrement => "49/decrement-ecx" var/edx <- decrement => "4a/decrement-edx" var/ebx <- decrement => "4b/decrement-ebx" var/esi <- decrement => "4e/decrement-esi" var/edi <- decrement => "4f/decrement-edi" decrement var => "ff 1/subop/decrement *(ebp+" var.stack-offset ")" decrement *var/reg => "ff 1/subop/decrement *" reg var/reg <- add var2/reg2 => "01/add-to %" reg " " reg2 "/r32" var/reg <- add var2 => "03/add *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " reg "/r32" var/reg <- add *var2/reg2 => "03/add *" reg2 " " reg "/r32" add-to var1, var2/reg => "01/add-to *(ebp+" var1.stack-offset ") " reg "/r32" add-to *var1/reg1, var2/reg2 => "01/add-to *" reg1 " " reg2 "/r32" var/eax <- add n => "05/add-to-eax " n "/imm32" var/reg <- add n => "81 0/subop/add %" reg " " n "/imm32" add-to var, n => "81 0/subop/add *(ebp+" var.stack-offset ") " n "/imm32" add-to *var/reg, n => "81 0/subop/add *" reg " " n "/imm32" var/reg <- subtract var2/reg2 => "29/subtract-from %" reg " " reg2 "/r32" var/reg <- subtract var2 => "2b/subtract *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " reg "/r32" var/reg <- subtract *var2/reg2 => "2b/subtract *" reg2 " " reg1 "/r32" subtract-from var1, var2/reg2 => "29/subtract-from *(ebp+" var1.stack-offset ") " reg2 "/r32" subtract-from *var1/reg1, var2/reg2 => "29/subtract-from *" reg1 " " reg2 "/r32" var/eax <- subtract n => "2d/subtract-from-eax " n "/imm32" var/reg <- subtract n => "81 5/subop/subtract %" reg " " n "/imm32" subtract-from var, n => "81 5/subop/subtract *(ebp+" var.stack-offset ") " n "/imm32" subtract-from *var/reg, n => "81 5/subop/subtract *" reg " " n "/imm32" var/reg <- and var2/reg2 => "21/and-with %" reg " " reg2 "/r32" var/reg <- and var2 => "23/and *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset " " reg "/r32" var/reg <- and *var2/reg2 => "23/and *" reg2 " " reg "/r32" and-with var1, var2/reg => "21/and-with *(ebp+" var1.stack-offset ") " reg "/r32" and-with *var1/reg1, var2/reg2 => "21/and-with *" reg1 " " reg2 "/r32" var/eax <- and n => "25/and-with-eax " n "/imm32" var/reg <- and n => "81 4/subop/and %" reg " " n "/imm32" and-with var, n => "81 4/subop/and *(ebp+" var.stack-offset ") " n "/imm32" and-with *var/reg, n => "81 4/subop/and *" reg " " n "/imm32" var/reg <- or var2/reg2 => "09/or-with %" reg " " reg2 "/r32" var/reg <- or var2 => "0b/or *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " reg "/r32" var/reg <- or *var2/reg2 => "0b/or *" reg2 " " reg "/r32" or-with var1, var2/reg2 => "09/or-with *(ebp+" var1.stack-offset " " reg2 "/r32" or-with *var1/reg1, var2/reg2 => "09/or-with *" reg1 " " reg2 "/r32" var/eax <- or n => "0d/or-with-eax " n "/imm32" var/reg <- or n => "81 1/subop/or %" reg " " n "/imm32" or-with var, n => "81 1/subop/or *(ebp+" var.stack-offset ") " n "/imm32" or-with *var/reg, n => "81 1/subop/or *" reg " " n "/imm32" var/reg <- xor var2/reg2 => "31/xor-with %" reg " " reg2 "/r32" var/reg <- xor var2 => "33/xor *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " reg "/r32" var/reg <- xor *var2/reg2 => "33/xor *" reg2 " " reg "/r32" xor-with var1, var2/reg => "31/xor-with *(ebp+" var1.stack-offset ") " reg "/r32" xor-with *var1/reg1, var2/reg2 => "31/xor-with *" reg1 " " reg2 "/r32" var/eax <- xor n => "35/xor-with-eax " n "/imm32" var/reg <- xor n => "81 6/subop/xor %" reg " " n "/imm32" xor-with var, n => "81 6/subop/xor *(ebp+" var.stack-offset ") " n "/imm32" xor-with *var/reg, n => "81 6/subop/xor *" reg " " n "/imm32" var/reg <- shift-left n => "c1/shift 4/subop/left %" reg " " n "/imm32" var/reg <- shift-right n => "c1/shift 5/subop/right %" reg " " n "/imm32" var/reg <- shift-right-signed n => "c1/shift 7/subop/right-signed %" reg " " n "/imm32" shift-left var, n => "c1/shift 4/subop/left *(ebp+" var.stack-offset ") " n "/imm32" shift-left *var/reg, n => "c1/shift 4/subop/left *" reg " " n "/imm32" shift-right var, n => "c1/shift 5/subop/right *(ebp+" var.stack-offset ") " n "/imm32" shift-right *var/reg, n => "c1/shift 5/subop/right *" reg " " n "/imm32" shift-right-signed var, n => "c1/shift 7/subop/right-signed *(ebp+" var.stack-offset ") " n "/imm32" shift-right-signed *var/reg, n => "c1/shift 7/subop/right-signed *" reg " " n "/imm32" var/eax <- copy n => "b8/copy-to-eax " n "/imm32" var/ecx <- copy n => "b9/copy-to-ecx " n "/imm32" var/edx <- copy n => "ba/copy-to-edx " n "/imm32" var/ebx <- copy n => "bb/copy-to-ebx " n "/imm32" var/esi <- copy n => "be/copy-to-esi " n "/imm32" var/edi <- copy n => "bf/copy-to-edi " n "/imm32" var/reg <- copy var2/reg2 => "89/<- %" reg " " reg2 "/r32" copy-to var1, var2/reg => "89/<- *(ebp+" var1.stack-offset ") " reg "/r32" copy-to *var1/reg1, var2/reg2 => "89/<- *" reg1 " " reg2 "/r32" var/reg <- copy var2 => "8b/-> *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " reg "/r32" var/reg <- copy *var2/reg2 => "8b/-> *" reg2 " " reg "/r32" var/reg <- copy n => "c7 0/subop/copy %" reg " " n "/imm32" copy-to var, n => "c7 0/subop/copy *(ebp+" var.stack-offset ") " n "/imm32" copy-to *var/reg, n => "c7 0/subop/copy *" reg " " n "/imm32" var/reg <- copy-byte var2/reg2 => "8a/byte-> %" reg2 " " reg "/r32" var/reg <- copy-byte *var2/reg2 => "8a/byte-> *" reg2 " " reg "/r32" copy-byte-to *var1/reg1, var2/reg2 => "88/byte<- *" reg1 " " reg2 "/r32" compare var1, var2/reg2 => "39/compare *(ebp+" var1.stack-offset ") " reg2 "/r32" compare *var1/reg1, var2/reg2 => "39/compare *" reg1 " " reg2 "/r32" compare var1/reg1, var2 => "3b/compare<- *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " reg1 "/r32" compare var/reg, *var2/reg2 => "3b/compare<- *" reg " " n "/imm32" compare var/eax, n => "3d/compare-eax-with " n "/imm32" compare var/reg, n => "81 7/subop/compare %" reg " " n "/imm32" compare var, n => "81 7/subop/compare *(ebp+" var.stack-offset ") " n "/imm32" compare *var/reg, n => "81 7/subop/compare *" reg " " n "/imm32" var/reg <- multiply var2 => "0f af/multiply *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " reg "/r32" var/reg <- multiply *var2/reg2 => "0f af/multiply *" reg2 " " reg "/r32" break => "e9/jump break/disp32" break label => "e9/jump " label ":break/disp32" loop => "e9/jump loop/disp32" loop label => "e9/jump " label ":loop/disp32" break-if-= => "0f 84/jump-if-= break/disp32" break-if-= label => "0f 84/jump-if-= " label ":break/disp32" loop-if-= => "0f 84/jump-if-= loop/disp32" loop-if-= label => "0f 84/jump-if-= " label ":loop/disp32" break-if-!= => "0f 85/jump-if-!= break/disp32" break-if-!= label => "0f 85/jump-if-!= " label ":break/disp32" loop-if-!= => "0f 85/jump-if-!= loop/disp32" loop-if-!= label => "0f 85/jump-if-!= " label ":loop/disp32" break-if-< => "0f 8c/jump-if-< break/disp32" break-if-< label => "0f 8c/jump-if-< " label ":break/disp32" loop-if-< => "0f 8c/jump-if-< loop/disp32" loop-if-< label => "0f 8c/jump-if-< " label ":loop/disp32" break-if-> => "0f 8f/jump-if-> break/disp32" break-if-> label => "0f 8f/jump-if-> " label ":break/disp32" loop-if-> => "0f 8f/jump-if-> loop/disp32" loop-if-> label => "0f 8f/jump-if-> " label ":loop/disp32" break-if-<= => "0f 8e/jump-if-<= break/disp32" break-if-<= label => "0f 8e/jump-if-<= " label ":break/disp32" loop-if-<= => "0f 8e/jump-if-<= loop/disp32" loop-if-<= label => "0f 8e/jump-if-<= " label ":loop/disp32" break-if->= => "0f 8d/jump-if->= break/disp32" break-if->= label => "0f 8d/jump-if->= " label ":break/disp32" loop-if->= => "0f 8d/jump-if->= loop/disp32" loop-if->= label => "0f 8d/jump-if->= " label ":loop/disp32" break-if-addr< => "0f 82/jump-if-addr< break/disp32" break-if-addr< label => "0f 82/jump-if-addr< " label ":break/disp32" loop-if-addr< => "0f 82/jump-if-addr< loop/disp32" loop-if-addr< label => "0f 82/jump-if-addr< " label ":loop/disp32" break-if-addr> => "0f 87/jump-if-addr> break/disp32" break-if-addr> label => "0f 87/jump-if-addr> " label ":break/disp32" loop-if-addr> => "0f 87/jump-if-addr> loop/disp32" loop-if-addr> label => "0f 87/jump-if-addr> " label ":loop/disp32" break-if-addr<= => "0f 86/jump-if-addr<= break/disp32" break-if-addr<= label => "0f 86/jump-if-addr<= " label ":break/disp32" loop-if-addr<= => "0f 86/jump-if-addr<= loop/disp32" loop-if-addr<= label => "0f 86/jump-if-addr<= " label ":loop/disp32" break-if-addr>= => "0f 83/jump-if-addr>= break/disp32" break-if-addr>= label => "0f 83/jump-if-addr>= " label ":break/disp32" loop-if-addr>= => "0f 83/jump-if-addr>= loop/disp32" loop-if-addr>= label => "0f 83/jump-if-addr>= " label ":loop/disp32" In the following instructions types are provided for clarity even if they must be provided in an earlier 'var' declaration. # Address operations var/reg: (addr T) <- address var2: T => "8d/copy-address *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " reg "/r32" # Array operations (TODO: bounds-checking) var/reg <- index arr/rega: (addr array T), idx/regi: int | if size-of(T) is 4 or 8 => "8d/copy-address *(" rega "+" regi "<<" log2(size-of(T)) "+4) " reg "/r32" var/reg <- index arr: (array T sz), idx/regi: int => "8d/copy-address *(ebp+" regi "<<" log2(size-of(T)) "+" (arr.stack-offset + 4) ") " reg "/r32" var/reg <- index arr/rega: (addr array T), n => "8d/copy-address *(" rega "+" (n*size-of(T)+4) ") " reg "/r32" var/reg <- index arr: (array T sz), n => "8d/copy-address *(ebp+" (arr.stack-offset+4+n*size-of(T)) ") " reg "/r32" var/reg: (offset T) <- compute-offset arr: (addr array T), idx/regi: int # arr can be in reg or mem => "69/multiply %" regi " " size-of(T) "/imm32 " reg "/r32" var/reg: (offset T) <- compute-offset arr: (addr array T), idx: int # arr can be in reg or mem => "69/multiply *(ebp+" idx.stack-offset ") " size-of(T) "/imm32 " reg "/r32" var/reg <- index arr/rega: (addr array T), o/rego: offset => "8d/copy-address *(" rega "+" rego "+4) " reg "/r32" Computing the length of an array is complex. var/reg <- length arr/reg2: (addr array T) | if T is byte (TODO) => "8b/-> *" reg2 " " reg "/r32" | if size-of(T) is 4 or 8 or 16 or 32 or 64 or 128 => "8b/-> *" reg2 " " reg "/r32" "c1/shift 5/subop/logic-right %" reg " " log2(size-of(T)) "/imm8" | otherwise x86 has no instruction to divide by a literal, so we need up to 3 extra registers! eax/edx for division and say ecx => if reg is not eax "50/push-eax" if reg is not ecx "51/push-ecx" if reg is not edx "52/push-edx" "8b/-> *" reg2 " eax/r32" "31/xor %edx 2/r32/edx" # sign-extend, but array size can't be negative "b9/copy-to-ecx " size-of(T) "/imm32" "f7 7/subop/idiv-eax-edx-by %ecx" if reg is not eax "89/<- %" reg " 0/r32/eax" if reg is not edx "5a/pop-to-edx" if reg is not ecx "59/pop-to-ecx" if reg is not eax "58/pop-to-eax" # User-defined types If a record (product) type T was defined to have elements a, b, c, ... of types T_a, T_b, T_c, ..., then accessing one of those elements f of type T_f: var/reg: (addr T_f) <- get var2/reg2: (addr T), f => "8d/copy-address *(" reg2 "+" offset(f) ") " reg "/r32" var/reg: (addr T_f) <- get var2: T, f => "8d/copy-address *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset "+" offset(f) ") " reg "/r32" # Allocating memory allocate in: (addr handle T) => "(allocate Heap " size-of(T) " " in ")" populate in: (addr handle array T), num # can be literal or variable on stack or register => "(allocate-array2 Heap " size-of(T) " " num " " in ")" populate-stream in: (addr handle stream T), num # can be literal or variable on stack or register => "(new-stream Heap " size-of(T) " " num " " in ")" read-from-stream s: (addr stream T), out: (addr T) => "(read-from-stream " s " " out " " size-of(T) ")" write-to-stream s: (addr stream T), in: (addr T) => "(write-to-stream " s " " in " " size-of(T) ")" # Floating-point operations All the instructions so far use Intel's general-purpose integer registers. However, some of them translate to different SubX if their arguments are in floating-point registers. var/xreg <- add var2/xreg2 => "f3 0f 58/add 3/mod " xreg2 "/xm32 " xreg1 "/x32" var/xreg <- add var2 => "f3 0f 58/add *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- add *var2/reg2 => "f3 0f 58/add *" reg2 " " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- subtract var2/xreg2 => "f3 0f 5c/subtract 3/mod " xreg2 "/xm32 " xreg1 "/x32" var/xreg <- subtract var2 => "f3 0f 5c/subtract *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- subtract *var2/reg2 => "f3 0f 5c/subtract *" reg2 " " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- multiply var2/xreg2 => "f3 0f 59/multiply 3/mod " xreg2 "/xm32 " xreg1 "/x32" var/xreg <- multiply var2 => "f3 0f 59/multiply *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- multiply *var2/reg2 => "f3 0f 59/multiply *" reg2 " " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- divide var2/xreg2 => "f3 0f 5e/divide 3/mod " xreg2 "/xm32 " xreg1 "/x32" var/xreg <- divide var2 => "f3 0f 5e/divide *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- divide *var2/reg2 => "f3 0f 5e/divide *" reg2 " " xreg "/x32" There are also some exclusively floating-point instructions: var/xreg <- reciprocal var2/xreg2 => "f3 0f 53/reciprocal 3/mod " xreg2 "/xm32 " xreg1 "/x32" var/xreg <- reciprocal var2 => "f3 0f 53/reciprocal *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- reciprocal *var2/reg2 => "f3 0f 53/reciprocal *" reg2 " " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- square-root var2/xreg2 => "f3 0f 51/square-root 3/mod " xreg2 "/xm32 " xreg1 "/x32" var/xreg <- square-root var2 => "f3 0f 51/square-root *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- square-root *var2/reg2 => "f3 0f 51/square-root *" reg2 " " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- inverse-square-root var2/xreg2 => "f3 0f 52/inverse-square-root 3/mod " xreg2 "/xm32 " xreg1 "/x32" var/xreg <- inverse-square-root var2 => "f3 0f 52/inverse-square-root *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- inverse-square-root *var2/reg2 => "f3 0f 52/inverse-square-root *" reg2 " " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- min var2/xreg2 => "f3 0f 5d/min 3/mod " xreg2 "/xm32 " xreg1 "/x32" var/xreg <- min var2 => "f3 0f 5d/min *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- min *var2/reg2 => "f3 0f 5d/min *" reg2 " " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- max var2/xreg2 => "f3 0f 5f/max 3/mod " xreg2 "/xm32 " xreg1 "/x32" var/xreg <- max var2 => "f3 0f 5f/max *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- max *var2/reg2 => "f3 0f 5f/max *" reg2 " " xreg "/x32" Remember, when these instructions use indirect mode, they still use an integer register. Floating-point registers can't hold addresses. Most instructions operate exclusively on integer or floating-point operands. The only exceptions are the instructions for converting between integers and floating-point numbers. var/xreg <- convert var2/reg2 => "f3 0f 2a/convert-to-float %" reg2 " " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- convert var2 => "f3 0f 2a/convert-to-float *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- convert *var2/reg2 => "f3 0f 2a/convert-to-float *" reg2 " " xreg "/x32" var/reg <- convert var2/xreg2 => "f3 0f 2d/convert-to-int 3/mod " xreg2 "/xm32 " reg "/r32" var/reg <- convert var2 => "f3 0f 2d/convert-to-int *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " reg "/r32" var/reg <- convert *var2/reg2 => "f3 0f 2d/convert-to-int *" reg2 " " reg "/r32" There are no instructions accepting floating-point literals. To obtain integer literals in floating-point registers, copy them to general-purpose registers and then convert them to floating-point. One pattern you may have noticed above is that the floating-point instructions above always write to registers. The only exceptions are `copy` instructions, which can write to memory locations. var/xreg <- copy var2/xreg2 => "f3 0f 11/<- 3/mod " xreg "/xm32 " xreg2 "/x32" copy-to var1, var2/xreg => "f3 0f 11/<- *(ebp+" var1.stack-offset ") " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- copy var2 => "f3 0f 10/-> *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " xreg "/x32" var/xreg <- copy *var2/reg2 => "f3 0f 10/-> *" reg2 " " xreg "/x32" Comparisons must always start with a register: compare var1/xreg1, var2/xreg2 => "0f 2f 3/mod " xreg2 "/xm32 " xreg1 "/x32" compare var1/xreg1, var2 => "0f 2f 2/mod *(ebp+" var2.stack-offset ") " xreg1 "/x32" vim:ft=mu:nowrap:textwidth=0