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bitRAKE 07 Jun 2009, 15:47
Within a virtual block sometime the register expressions error, and I have to find another similar expression:
Code:
push r9 r8 rdx rcx
enter .frame,0
virtual at rbp-.frame
              rq 4
        .rt RECT
    .pt POINT
   .frame = NOT 15 AND ($-$$+15)
               rb .frame-($-$$) ; stack alignment
  .RBP    rq 1
        .hWnd   rq 1
        .uMsg   rq 1
        .wParam rq 1
        .lParam rq 1

    .RET            rq 1
                        rq 4
        .original       rq 1    ; uIdSubclass
       .underline      rq 1    ; dwRefData
end virtual    
...I was able to resolve my problem with ($-$$), but all expressions with RBP seem to fail. For example, I tried:
Code:
rb rbp-$ ; stack alignment    
...which results in "error: invalid argument".
(shouldn't it be the same as "rb 0"?)

I'm just trying to better understand when expressions will work and when they won't.

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bitRAKE



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bitRAKE 07 Jun 2009, 15:52
Okay, I see my error now.

".frame" will be larger than "$" - making the result negative. Embarassed

"rb .frame+rbp-$" also works as expected.
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vid 07 Jun 2009, 16:46
why don't you just use "align" directive?
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bitRAKE 07 Jun 2009, 17:14
"error: section is not aligned enough"

...which seems odd, because: "section '$' code align 64 readable executable". Guess FASM doesn't know where RBP will be. "virtual at rbp-.frame" is the basis for the section, imho.
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revolution 07 Jun 2009, 17:18
Virtual with a register offset can be tricky to work with, aligns don't seem to work. Also address arithmetic needs to be done in such a way so as to not end up with an intermediate sum that has a negative register value.
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bitRAKE 07 Jun 2009, 19:00
Prior to figuring it out I was using two virtual blocks: the first one from RSP to determine the frame size, and the second one to reference from RBP. Prior to that I just put the offsets manually, but updating the code in half a dozen places every change gets rather old - especially, when FASM can do all the hard work.

Now I just update in one place, and the virtual block also serves as terse documentation for the interface. The syntax is still flexible enough to insure byte offsets, or changing to RSP - with no difference in the code which relies on it.
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