problem linking 64bit .obj file to c code

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madmatt

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madmatt 30 Aug 2009, 17:35

I don't know what I'm doing wrong with linking and fasm generated .obj file to my c code. I keep getting this error:
error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol "unsigned int __cdecl fasm_rndintq32(unsigned int)" (?fasm_rndintq32@@YAII@Z)

Here is the source to my fasm program:

Code:

; This is example of mixing C code and assembly
; definitions of macros we use
format MS64 COFF

include '%fasminc%\win64w.inc'

public fasm_rndintq32 as '_fasm_rndintq32@4'
;unsigned int fasm_rndintq32(unsigned int);

section '.text' code readable executable

;section '.data' data readable writeable

proc fasm_rndintq32 c rndidum:DWORD
     mov    eax, $12345678
     ret
endp

I assume it has something to do with the function name. Anybody have any other idea's?

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30 Aug 2009, 17:35

revolution
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revolution 30 Aug 2009, 17:42

madmatt wrote:

... (?fasm_rndintq32@@YAII@Z)...
public fasm_rndintq32 as '_fasm_rndintq32@4'

Shouldn't that be like this:

Code:

public fasm_rndintq32 as '?fasm_rndintq32@@YAII@Z'

I'm no C expert but just a guess?

30 Aug 2009, 17:42

Fanael

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Posts: 168

Fanael 30 Aug 2009, 18:13

madmatt, you're compiling as C++, not C! Put extern "C" before declaration, e.g.:

Code:

extern "C" unsigned int fasm_rndintq32(unsigned int);

And if function's name is mangled as "_foo@4", then it's stdcall function - put __stdcall between return type and name in C/C++ code, and, of couse, remove that c in assembly code.

30 Aug 2009, 18:13

chaoscode

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chaoscode 30 Aug 2009, 18:23

the problem is the naming convention and the use of the same funktion with diffenent parameters (in German we call it "Überladen" the englisch translation would be "Overloading" or sth simmilar)

in C there was a underscore before the function and thats all.

but in c++ you can have more functions with the same name but diffenrent type of Parameters.
e.g.:

char* translate(double d);
char* translate(float f);
char* translate(void* target, char* mem1, int[] stuff);

and the compiler generates from the parameters an additional string that the compiler appends to the Function name so that it can identyfi every function.

see
http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread8072.html#
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Visual_C%2B%2B_Name_Mangling

30 Aug 2009, 18:23

Fanael

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Fanael 30 Aug 2009, 19:30

chaoscode wrote:

in C there was a underscore before the function and thats all

Yep, that's true, albeit only for cdecl functions. For stdcall ones there is an underscore before and @<size of arguments in bytes> after the name (e.g. _ShowWindow@8 ). For fastcall ones, there is a @ before the name and same thing as in stdcall (in this case, size of arguments passed in registers) after (@MyRetardedFunction@0).

30 Aug 2009, 19:30

madmatt

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Posts: 1045
Location: Michigan, USA

madmatt 30 Aug 2009, 20:04

Fanael

Quote:

madmatt, you're compiling as C++, not C! Put extern "C" before declaration

This helped.

chaoscode

Quote:

in C there was a underscore before the function and thats all.

This gave me an idea to remove the underscore from the function name string, and with the above idea, I've managed to get it to compile without error.

I'll repost the source In case anybody needs to use it. (thanks to 'vid' for the original 32bit sources Smile

, thanks to Fanael and chaoscode also Smile

)
[EDIT: correction]

Code:

; This is example of mixing C code and assembly
; definitions of macros we use
format MS64 COFF

include '%fasminc%\win64w.inc'

public fasm_rndintq32 as 'fasm_rndintq32'
;extern "C" unsigned int fasm_rndintq32(unsigned int);

section '.text' code readable executable

;section '.data' data readable writeable

proc fasm_rndintq32 c rndidum:DWORD
     mov    eax, $12345678
     ret
endp

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