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b1528932

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b1528932 01 Nov 2010, 01:10

Code:

data fixups
end data
push $

doesnt work. i belive this is correct anyway, pe loader doesnt care where are relocations, it just process them in load time.
fasm should first count number on relocations based on symbols, then build reloc table, and at the end, compile.

01 Nov 2010, 01:10

baldr

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baldr 01 Nov 2010, 01:37

b1528932,

fasm is, by definition, flat. It can handle forward references for numerical constants, not for fixups. Beliefs have nothing to do with that.

01 Nov 2010, 01:37

revolution
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revolution 01 Nov 2010, 04:11

b1528932: You are right, the Windows loader does not care where the fixups are in the exe file. In theory you can put them at the beginning of the exe, but currently fasm does not support such an arrangement.

Perhaps at the very least fasm could report an error if any relocatable labels are placed after the fixup section.

01 Nov 2010, 04:11

Tomasz Grysztar

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Tomasz Grysztar 01 Nov 2010, 06:53

revolution wrote:

Perhaps at the very least fasm could report an error if any relocatable labels are placed after the fixup section.

I thought that's what it does now?

As for the support for forward-referencing fixups, it would be quite simple to implement into fasm, analogously to the section table building (since size of section table can also grow depending on what is defined later in source). It's just that never before anyone suggested that it would be needed for some purpose.

01 Nov 2010, 06:53

Tomasz Grysztar

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Tomasz Grysztar 27 Nov 2010, 10:56

I implemented resolving of "forward referenced" fixups in 1.69.27. Be warned that it was not thoroughly tested yet.

27 Nov 2010, 10:56

bitRAKE

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bitRAKE 28 Nov 2010, 01:39

Important to also note that Windows loader will not reclaim memory used by fixup section unless it is at end of EXE (or with other discardable sections at end).

28 Nov 2010, 01:39

revolution
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revolution 28 Nov 2010, 01:47

bitRAKE wrote:

Important to also note that Windows loader will not reclaim memory used by fixup section unless it is at end of EXE (or with other discardable sections at end).

Actually AFAIK all 32-bit loaders will never reclaim the fixup memory no matter where you put it or how you mark the section flags. Perhaps the same for 64-bit loaders also?

28 Nov 2010, 01:47

bitRAKE

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bitRAKE 28 Nov 2010, 04:45

I don't know about never, but there they are. Doesn't appear the 64-loader reclaims the memory either.

Edit: if the fixups are not in their own section the program gets relocated for no reason at all. Yet, that is the only way I see not to have a wasted page. Also, seeing some other weird settings. Very Happy

28 Nov 2010, 04:45

bitRAKE

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bitRAKE 28 Nov 2010, 05:49

Relocation page is now readable (at $12000):

Code:

format PE64 GUI 5.0 at 0
section '' code readable writeable executable
    entry $
    enter 32,0
    xor r9,r9
    lea r8,[.title]
    lea edx,[.text]
    xor ecx,ecx
    call [MessageBoxA]
    leave
    retn
.title db "Hello?",0
.text db "Debugger didn't stop!",0


_user db 'USER32'
_MessageBoxA db 0,0,'MessageBoxA',0

    align 8
_user.table:
    MessageBoxA dq RVA _MessageBoxA 
data import
    dd 0,0,0,RVA _user,RVA _user.table
    rd 5
end data

section '' fixups

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28 Nov 2010, 05:49

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