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# include this file in your ~/.nanorc

syntax "subx" "\.subx$"
# function definitions
color yellow "^[a-z][^ ]*:"
# global variables
color red "^[A-Z][^ ]*:"
# tests
color green "^test-[^ ]*:"
# strings literals
color cyan ""([^"\]|\\.)+""
# comments
comment "#"
color brightblue "# - .*"
color blue "#.*$"
color brightblack "# \. .*"

r: #3333bb; background-color: #fff0f0 } /* Literal.String.Interpol */ .highlight .sx { color: #22bb22; background-color: #f0fff0 } /* Literal.String.Other */ .highlight .sr { color: #008800; background-color: #fff0ff } /* Literal.String.Regex */ .highlight .s1 { color: #dd2200; background-color: #fff0f0 } /* Literal.String.Single */ .highlight .ss { color: #aa6600; background-color: #fff0f0 } /* Literal.String.Symbol */ .highlight .bp { color: #003388 } /* Name.Builtin.Pseudo */ .highlight .fm { color: #0066bb; font-weight: bold } /* Name.Function.Magic */ .highlight .vc { color: #336699 } /* Name.Variable.Class */ .highlight .vg { color: #dd7700 } /* Name.Variable.Global */ .highlight .vi { color: #3333bb } /* Name.Variable.Instance */ .highlight .vm { color: #336699 } /* Name.Variable.Magic */ .highlight .il { color: #0000DD; font-weight: bold } /* Literal.Number.Integer.Long */

# Create a new segment (for data) using mmap().

== code
#   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:   # manual test
    # EAX = new-segment(0x1000)
    # . . push args
    68/push  0x1000/imm32
    # . . call
    e8/call  new-segment/disp32
    # . . discard args
    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP

    # 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

new-segment:  # len : int -> address
    # . prolog
    55/push-EBP
    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EBP
    53/push-EBX
    # copy len to _mmap-new-segment->len
    # TODO: compute _mmap-new-segment+4 before runtime
    8b/copy                         1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           0/r32/EAX   8/disp8         .                 # copy *(EBP+8) to EAX
    bb/copy-to-EBX  _mmap-new-segment/imm32
    89/copy                         1/mod/*+disp8   3/rm32/EBX    .           .             .           0/r32/EAX   4/disp8         .                 # copy EAX to *(EBX+4)
    # mmap(_mmap-new-segment)
    bb/copy-to-EBX  _mmap-new-segment/imm32
    b8/copy-to-EAX  0x5a/imm32/mmap
    cd/syscall  0x80/imm8
$new-segment:end:
    # . epilog
    5b/pop-to-EBX
    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           5/r32/EBP   .               .                 # copy EBP to ESP
    5d/pop-to-EBP
    c3/return

== data

# 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
    0/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

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