[bug] Address overrides and wide variant with FXSAVE/FXRSTOR

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revolution
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revolution

I am having trouble with FXSAVE/FXRSTOR.

Problem 1) I am unable to force a byte offset:

Code:

use32
fxsave [byte eax+10h] ;error: invalid size of address value.
use64
fxsave [byte eax+10h] ;error: invalid size of address value.
fxsave [byte rax+10h] ;error: invalid size of address value.

Problem 2) I CAN use a qword override:

Code:

use32
fxsave [qword eax+10h] ;assembler says okay but this is wrong
use64
fxsave [qword eax+10h] ;assembler says okay but this is wrong
fxsave [qword rax+10h] ;assembler says okay but this is wrong

Problem 3) I need 'DB 48h' to get the "wide" version:

Code:

use64
fxsave [rax+10h] ;32bit operand version
db 48h ;REX.W=1
fxsave [rax+10h] ;64bit operand version

10 Sep 2006, 01:55

Tomasz Grysztar
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Tomasz Grysztar

1) The size operator inside square brackets applies to the effective address size, not only the size of displacement. Thus "byte" is not allowed, as there is no 8-bit addressing. The size operator in such context can be used just to force using the "full size" of displacement for the given address size (or to specify the address size when there is no register in addressing).

2) This one seems to be a bug.

3) According to this thread, we perhaps should introduce FXSAVEQ mnemonic?

10 Sep 2006, 09:15

revolution
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revolution

Tomasz Grysztar wrote:

The size operator inside square brackets applies to the effective address size

Oops, okay, my blunder there. But is there a way to assemble 'op reg,[reg+0]' and have a byte offset of zero? It would appear one has to use a non-zero value and then use 'store 0 at $-1' to get the desired effect.

Tomasz Grysztar wrote:

FXSAVEQ mnemonic?

Hmm, Intel/AMD need a kick up the bum here, they forgot about that. The Q variant would seem to fit the bill well. FXRSTORQ also.

10 Sep 2006, 12:09

revolution
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revolution

Also of note is this:

Code:

use32
mov eax,[qword ebx+1] ;Assembler says okay!

15 Sep 2006, 02:28

Tomasz Grysztar
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Tomasz Grysztar

Fixed in 1.67.8.

16 Sep 2006, 22:16

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