Thread: interfacing assembler with c++

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    interfacing assembler with c++

    Can anyone clear up the proper syntax for calling assembler code from within a c or c++ program? I am using masm 6.00 and VC ver 1 (both 16 bit and both using the medium memory model) I want to expand on this basic example, but I can't seem to get it to work. Both the c program and the assembler program compile to obj files without errors. Link builds the exe from both obj files without any reported errors; however, when run, the program goes into lala land. TIA

    masm

    .MODEL MEDIUM, C
    .STACK
    .CODE
    .STARTUP

    PUBLIC set_mode
    set_mode PROC FAR C vmode:WORD

    mov ah,0
    mov al, BYTE PTR vmode
    int 10h
    ret
    set_mode ENDP
    END

    c source

    #include <stdio.h>
    #define MODE13 0x13

    extern set_mode(int);

    void main()
    {
    blah blah
    set_mode(MODE13);
    blah blah
    }

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    You compile it as a DOS app right?
    // Gliptic

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    You should do something like this, but I don't know have masm

    and vc++.



    First write the .h file. Fill in the prototypes to all the functions

    your going to write in assembly. Look up some documentation

    on vc++ calling order and name mangling, or you could write c++ stubs then compile into assembly. The calling convention is most likely to push the arguments from right to left. Then the return adress (eip+1) is pushed by the call instruction.



    For linux on intel, I end up with code which looks similar to



    f:

    ; linux c calling convention is that edi, esi, ebp, esp must be

    ; kept intact

    push ebp

    mov ebp, esp



    sub esp, 4 ; create a local variable



    ; ints are four bytes

    mov ebx, [ebp+8] ; first argument

    mov ebx, [ebp+12] ; second argument

    mov dword [ebp-4], 4h ; assign 4h to local variable



    ; leave does this

    ; mov esp, ebp

    ; pop ebp


    leave

    ret



    for this function



    void f(int a, int b);

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