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Roman



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Roman 19 Jan 2024, 12:36
I read nice asm command. I test this and thinking do assert without jnz.
Code:
mov ebx,11
xor eax,eax
test eax,eax            ;zf = 1 
cmovnz eax,ebx    ; eax  = 0
    


I am happy, work.
Now i am write code for assert and ...

Code:
xor eax,eax
test eax,eax            ;zf = 1 
cmovnz eax,[eаx]    ;Get crash ! What a f..k ?
    

And not exist cmovnz [eax],register

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emiNHDgFUC4&t=2s


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macomics



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macomics 19 Jan 2024, 12:47
ne/nz = (zf=0)
Code:
mov ebx,11
xor eax,eax
cmp eax,1            ;zf = 0 
cmovnz eax,ebx    ; eax  = ebx    
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revolution
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revolution 19 Jan 2024, 13:30
The memory address is always read, no matter what the condition state is in.

You can't use cmovcc to avoid reading a null pointer. The address must always be valid (unless you like crashes Razz).
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revolution
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revolution 19 Jan 2024, 13:33
If we look at the pseudo-code for the operation (from the x86 manual) we see this:
Code:
temp := SRC
IF condition TRUE
    THEN DEST := temp;
ELSE IF (OperandSize = 32 and IA-32e mode active)
    THEN DEST[63:32] := 0;
FI;    
The very first line is to read the SRC operand. So if you have an invalid address then it crashes.
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Roman



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Roman 19 Jan 2024, 13:44
Its bad news.
Intel planned implement in avx10 instruction test memory.
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