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caoyunbin001



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caoyunbin001 27 Jan 2012, 07:38
I'm a Chinese so forgive me about my poor English.
I'm running fasmw16935 on Microsoft Windows [版本 6.1.7601].
Here, I'll make it simple:
when assemble this:
;=============================
include "win64ax.inc"
.data
szContent db "lalala",0
.code
start:
push 0
push 0

; times 8 push 0
mov rcx,0
mov rdx,szContent
mov r8,0
mov r9,0
call [MessageBox]
invoke ExitProcess,0
.end start
;=============================
runs correctly,and MessageBox is shown.
but when assemble this:
;=============================
include "win64ax.inc"
.data
szContent db "lalala",0
.code
start:
push 0
; push 0

; times 8 push 0
mov rcx,0
mov rdx,szContent
mov r8,0
mov r9,0
call [MessageBox]
invoke ExitProcess,0
.end start
;=============================
I just removed one "push" at the beginning of my program,
it crashed without even a ErrorReport !
Just vanished! Like you didn't ever run it , nothing happens,
no error, no MessageBox, no nothing!
I debugged it, using FDBG, the only runtime-debug tool I can found,
but it's a little hard to use ...


Description: when done with two push, the bug just vanished!
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Win64BugFixed.png


Description: screenshot of what was happing when there is only one push
Filesize: 29.18 KB
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Win64Bug.png


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Post 27 Jan 2012, 07:38
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revolution
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revolution 27 Jan 2012, 08:38
For Windows 64-bit code you must align the stack to 0 mod 16 before calling any API. If you use only one push your stack becomes mis-aligned and the app will crash (as you saw). This is a property of the Windows API interface and is not a problem with fasm. If you need that behaviour changed then talk to Microsoft about it. Wink
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sinsi



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sinsi 27 Jan 2012, 09:03
Shouldn't one push align it? When Windows calls your entry is misaligns by 8 (return address). I think more likely you are not allocating stack space for 'spill', 4 slots on the stack for rcx/rdx/r8/r9 parameters
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caoyunbin001



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caoyunbin001 27 Jan 2012, 10:16
yeah, I figured it out later,
I know that it should be aligned,
but a got mislead by the debugger:
it tells me that it's a ACCESS_VIOLATION fault,
somehow not DATA_ALIGNMENT fault,
maybe windows was unable to tell the #AC fault?

there is a solution I found later:
at the beginning : invoke SetErrorMode,0x0004 (will ignore #AC fault)
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sinsi 27 Jan 2012, 10:48
Look at the macro .code in win64ax.inc, this aligns the stack for you.
So one push misaligns it again.
I would suggest that if you use the include file you should fully use it - invoke instead of mov/mov/call.
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caoyunbin001 27 Jan 2012, 10:57
yeah, I just use:
.code
proc start
invoke MessageBox,0,"ccc","ttt",0
endp
.end start

it wont work ,but it will work on win32,
so I simplified the problem to the push problems,
i.e., when using push ebp, the stack misaligned.
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