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bitshifter

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bitshifter 23 Jun 2011, 13:47

I can do anything i want with lock prefix.

Code:

lock mul bx

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23 Jun 2011, 13:47

ouadji

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ouadji 23 Jun 2011, 14:56

#UD Invalid Opcode Exception

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23 Jun 2011, 14:56

JoeCoder1

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JoeCoder1 23 Jun 2011, 17:10

haha isn't lock interpreted as a label there Wink

23 Jun 2011, 17:10

bitshifter

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bitshifter 24 Jun 2011, 00:58

No, its a prefix, like rep is also a prefix

Code:

repe stos byte[edi]

A lock label would be like

Code:

_lock: lock mul bx

Now the real question is:
Should FASM be allowed to generate invalid opcodes?

24 Jun 2011, 00:58

revolution
When all else fails, read the source

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revolution 28 Jun 2011, 03:49

bitshifter wrote:

Should FASM be allowed to generate invalid opcodes?

The LOCK prefix only has restricted usage on a subset of CPUs (i.e. the later ones), so actually your question is more like this: Should fasm disallow opcode combinations that are perfectly valid on older CPUs but now cause a fault on newer CPUs? I think the answer is obvious: NO.

I even have some old 80286 boards that used the hardware lock signal for some special purposes other than locking memory accesses. Subsequently the code had some lock's in places that looked very weird until one realised that it was simply raising an external signal and not controlling any memory functionality.

28 Jun 2011, 03:49

Madis731

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Madis731 28 Jun 2011, 06:07

Code:

cs gs lock repe mul bx

Sometimes it just HAS to make sense Smile

Its an oldie, but I couldn't resist Razz

Code:

who | grep -i blonde | talk ; cd ~; wine; talk; touch; unzip; touch; strip; gasp; finger; gasp; mount; fsck; more; yes; gasp; umount; make clean; sleep

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28 Jun 2011, 06:07

revolution
When all else fails, read the source

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revolution 28 Jun 2011, 06:11

Madis731: Also ...

Code:

gs fs es ss cs ds lock rep lea eax,ebx

https://board.flatassembler.net/~flatasse/subdomains/board/topic.php?p=65787#65787

28 Jun 2011, 06:11

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