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+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
+ *
+ * Copyright 1996-2009 The NASM Authors - All Rights Reserved
+ * See the file AUTHORS included with the NASM distribution for
+ * the specific copyright holders.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following
+ * conditions are met:
+ *
+ * * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ * * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+ * disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+ * with the distribution.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND
+ * CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
+ * INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+ * DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR
+ * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
+ * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+ * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+ * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+ * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
+ * OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE,
+ * EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/*
+ * nasm.h main header file for the Netwide Assembler: inter-module interface
+ */
+
+#ifndef NASM_NASM_H
+#define NASM_NASM_H
+
+#include "compiler.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include "nasmlib.h"
+#include "preproc.h"
+#include "insnsi.h" /* For enum opcode */
+#include "directives.h" /* For enum directive */
+#include "opflags.h"
+
+#define NO_SEG -1L /* null segment value */
+#define SEG_ABS 0x40000000L /* mask for far-absolute segments */
+
+#ifndef FILENAME_MAX
+#define FILENAME_MAX 256
+#endif
+
+#ifndef PREFIX_MAX
+#define PREFIX_MAX 10
+#endif
+
+#ifndef POSTFIX_MAX
+#define POSTFIX_MAX 10
+#endif
+
+#define IDLEN_MAX 4096
+
+/*
+ * Name pollution problems: <time.h> on Digital UNIX pulls in some
+ * strange hardware header file which sees fit to define R_SP. We
+ * undefine it here so as not to break the enum below.
+ */
+#ifdef R_SP
+#undef R_SP
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * We must declare the existence of this structure type up here,
+ * since we have to reference it before we define it...
+ */
+struct ofmt;
+
+/*
+ * values for the `type' parameter to an output function.
+ *
+ * Exceptions are OUT_RELxADR, which denote an x-byte relocation
+ * which will be a relative jump. For this we need to know the
+ * distance in bytes from the start of the relocated record until
+ * the end of the containing instruction. _This_ is what is stored
+ * in the size part of the parameter, in this case.
+ *
+ * Also OUT_RESERVE denotes reservation of N bytes of BSS space,
+ * and the contents of the "data" parameter is irrelevant.
+ *
+ * The "data" parameter for the output function points to a "int32_t",
+ * containing the address in question, unless the type is
+ * OUT_RAWDATA, in which case it points to an "uint8_t"
+ * array.
+ */
+enum out_type {
+ OUT_RAWDATA, /* Plain bytes */
+ OUT_ADDRESS, /* An address (symbol value) */
+ OUT_RESERVE, /* Reserved bytes (RESB et al) */
+ OUT_REL2ADR, /* 2-byte relative address */
+ OUT_REL4ADR, /* 4-byte relative address */
+ OUT_REL8ADR, /* 8-byte relative address */
+};
+
+/*
+ * -----------------------
+ * Other function typedefs
+ * -----------------------
+ */
+
+/*
+ * A label-lookup function should look like this.
+ */
+typedef bool (*lfunc) (char *label, int32_t *segment, int64_t *offset);
+
+/*
+ * And a label-definition function like this. The boolean parameter
+ * `is_norm' states whether the label is a `normal' label (which
+ * should affect the local-label system), or something odder like
+ * an EQU or a segment-base symbol, which shouldn't.
+ */
+typedef void (*ldfunc)(char *label, int32_t segment, int64_t offset,
+ char *special, bool is_norm, bool isextrn);
+void define_label(char *label, int32_t segment, int64_t offset,
+ char *special, bool is_norm, bool isextrn);
+
+/*
+ * List-file generators should look like this:
+ */
+typedef struct {
+ /*
+ * Called to initialize the listing file generator. Before this
+ * is called, the other routines will silently do nothing when
+ * called. The `char *' parameter is the file name to write the
+ * listing to.
+ */
+ void (*init) (char *, efunc);
+
+ /*
+ * Called to clear stuff up and close the listing file.
+ */
+ void (*cleanup) (void);
+
+ /*
+ * Called to output binary data. Parameters are: the offset;
+ * the data; the data type. Data types are similar to the
+ * output-format interface, only OUT_ADDRESS will _always_ be
+ * displayed as if it's relocatable, so ensure that any non-
+ * relocatable address has been converted to OUT_RAWDATA by
+ * then. Note that OUT_RAWDATA,0 is a valid data type, and is a
+ * dummy call used to give the listing generator an offset to
+ * work with when doing things like uplevel(LIST_TIMES) or
+ * uplevel(LIST_INCBIN).
+ */
+ void (*output) (int32_t, const void *, enum out_type, uint64_t);
+
+ /*
+ * Called to send a text line to the listing generator. The
+ * `int' parameter is LIST_READ or LIST_MACRO depending on
+ * whether the line came directly from an input file or is the
+ * result of a multi-line macro expansion.
+ */
+ void (*line) (int, char *);
+
+ /*
+ * Called to change one of the various levelled mechanisms in
+ * the listing generator. LIST_INCLUDE and LIST_MACRO can be
+ * used to increase the nesting level of include files and
+ * macro expansions; LIST_TIMES and LIST_INCBIN switch on the
+ * two binary-output-suppression mechanisms for large-scale
+ * pseudo-instructions.
+ *
+ * LIST_MACRO_NOLIST is synonymous with LIST_MACRO except that
+ * it indicates the beginning of the expansion of a `nolist'
+ * macro, so anything under that level won't be expanded unless
+ * it includes another file.
+ */
+ void (*uplevel) (int);
+
+ /*
+ * Reverse the effects of uplevel.
+ */
+ void (*downlevel) (int);
+
+ /*
+ * Called on a warning or error, with the error message.
+ */
+ void (*error)(int severity, const char *pfx, const char *msg);
+} ListGen;
+
+/*
+ * Token types returned by the scanner, in addition to ordinary
+ * ASCII character values, and zero for end-of-string.
+ */
+enum token_type { /* token types, other than chars */
+ TOKEN_INVALID = -1, /* a placeholder value */
+ TOKEN_EOS = 0, /* end of string */
+ TOKEN_EQ = '=', TOKEN_GT = '>', TOKEN_LT = '<', /* aliases */
+ TOKEN_ID = 256, /* identifier */
+ TOKEN_NUM, /* numeric constant */
+ TOKEN_ERRNUM, /* malformed numeric constant */
+ TOKEN_STR, /* string constant */
+ TOKEN_ERRSTR, /* unterminated string constant */
+ TOKEN_FLOAT, /* floating-point constant */
+ TOKEN_REG, /* register name */
+ TOKEN_INSN, /* instruction name */
+ TOKEN_HERE, TOKEN_BASE, /* $ and $$ */
+ TOKEN_SPECIAL, /* BYTE, WORD, DWORD, QWORD, FAR, NEAR, etc */
+ TOKEN_PREFIX, /* A32, O16, LOCK, REPNZ, TIMES, etc */
+ TOKEN_SHL, TOKEN_SHR, /* << and >> */
+ TOKEN_SDIV, TOKEN_SMOD, /* // and %% */
+ TOKEN_GE, TOKEN_LE, TOKEN_NE, /* >=, <= and <> (!= is same as <>) */
+ TOKEN_DBL_AND, TOKEN_DBL_OR, TOKEN_DBL_XOR, /* &&, || and ^^ */
+ TOKEN_SEG, TOKEN_WRT, /* SEG and WRT */
+ TOKEN_FLOATIZE, /* __floatX__ */
+ TOKEN_STRFUNC, /* __utf16__, __utf32__ */
+};
+
+enum floatize {
+ FLOAT_8,
+ FLOAT_16,
+ FLOAT_32,
+ FLOAT_64,
+ FLOAT_80M,
+ FLOAT_80E,
+ FLOAT_128L,
+ FLOAT_128H,
+};
+
+/* Must match the list in string_transform(), in strfunc.c */
+enum strfunc {
+ STRFUNC_UTF16,
+ STRFUNC_UTF32,
+};
+
+size_t string_transform(char *, size_t, char **, enum strfunc);
+
+/*
+ * The expression evaluator must be passed a scanner function; a
+ * standard scanner is provided as part of nasmlib.c. The
+ * preprocessor will use a different one. Scanners, and the
+ * token-value structures they return, look like this.
+ *
+ * The return value from the scanner is always a copy of the
+ * `t_type' field in the structure.
+ */
+struct tokenval {
+ enum token_type t_type;
+ char *t_charptr;
+ int64_t t_integer, t_inttwo;
+};
+typedef int (*scanner) (void *private_data, struct tokenval * tv);
+
+struct location {
+ int64_t offset;
+ int32_t segment;
+ int known;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Expression-evaluator datatype. Expressions, within the
+ * evaluator, are stored as an array of these beasts, terminated by
+ * a record with type==0. Mostly, it's a vector type: each type
+ * denotes some kind of a component, and the value denotes the
+ * multiple of that component present in the expression. The
+ * exception is the WRT type, whose `value' field denotes the
+ * segment to which the expression is relative. These segments will
+ * be segment-base types, i.e. either odd segment values or SEG_ABS
+ * types. So it is still valid to assume that anything with a
+ * `value' field of zero is insignificant.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+ int32_t type; /* a register, or EXPR_xxx */
+ int64_t value; /* must be >= 32 bits */
+} expr;
+
+/*
+ * Library routines to manipulate expression data types.
+ */
+int is_reloc(expr *);
+int is_simple(expr *);
+int is_really_simple(expr *);
+int is_unknown(expr *);
+int is_just_unknown(expr *);
+int64_t reloc_value(expr *);
+int32_t reloc_seg(expr *);
+int32_t reloc_wrt(expr *);
+
+/*
+ * The evaluator can also return hints about which of two registers
+ * used in an expression should be the base register. See also the
+ * `operand' structure.
+ */
+struct eval_hints {
+ int64_t base;
+ int type;
+};
+
+/*
+ * The actual expression evaluator function looks like this. When
+ * called, it expects the first token of its expression to already
+ * be in `*tv'; if it is not, set tv->t_type to TOKEN_INVALID and
+ * it will start by calling the scanner.
+ *
+ * If a forward reference happens during evaluation, the evaluator
+ * must set `*fwref' to true if `fwref' is non-NULL.
+ *
+ * `critical' is non-zero if the expression may not contain forward
+ * references. The evaluator will report its own error if this
+ * occurs; if `critical' is 1, the error will be "symbol not
+ * defined before use", whereas if `critical' is 2, the error will
+ * be "symbol undefined".
+ *
+ * If `critical' has bit 8 set (in addition to its main value: 0x101
+ * and 0x102 correspond to 1 and 2) then an extended expression
+ * syntax is recognised, in which relational operators such as =, <
+ * and >= are accepted, as well as low-precedence logical operators
+ * &&, ^^ and ||.
+ *
+ * If `hints' is non-NULL, it gets filled in with some hints as to
+ * the base register in complex effective addresses.
+ */
+#define CRITICAL 0x100
+typedef expr *(*evalfunc) (scanner sc, void *scprivate,
+ struct tokenval * tv, int *fwref, int critical,
+ efunc error, struct eval_hints * hints);
+
+/*
+ * Special values for expr->type. These come after EXPR_REG_END
+ * as defined in regs.h.
+ */
+
+#define EXPR_UNKNOWN (EXPR_REG_END+1) /* forward references */
+#define EXPR_SIMPLE (EXPR_REG_END+2)
+#define EXPR_WRT (EXPR_REG_END+3)
+#define EXPR_SEGBASE (EXPR_REG_END+4)
+
+/*
+ * Linked list of strings...
+ */
+typedef struct string_list {
+ struct string_list *next;
+ char str[1];
+} StrList;
+
+/*
+ * preprocessors ought to look like this:
+ */
+typedef struct preproc_ops {
+ /*
+ * Called at the start of a pass; given a file name, the number
+ * of the pass, an error reporting function, an evaluator
+ * function, and a listing generator to talk to.
+ */
+ void (*reset) (char *, int, ListGen *, StrList **);
+
+ /*
+ * Called to fetch a line of preprocessed source. The line
+ * returned has been malloc'ed, and so should be freed after
+ * use.
+ */
+ char *(*getline) (void);
+
+ /*
+ * Called at the end of a pass.
+ */
+ void (*cleanup) (int);
+} Preproc;
+
+extern Preproc nasmpp;
+
+/*
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Some lexical properties of the NASM source language, included
+ * here because they are shared between the parser and preprocessor
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+/*
+ * isidstart matches any character that may start an identifier, and isidchar
+ * matches any character that may appear at places other than the start of an
+ * identifier. E.g. a period may only appear at the start of an identifier
+ * (for local labels), whereas a number may appear anywhere *but* at the
+ * start.
+ */
+
+#define isidstart(c) ( nasm_isalpha(c) || (c)=='_' || (c)=='.' || (c)=='?' \
+ || (c)=='@' )
+#define isidchar(c) ( isidstart(c) || nasm_isdigit(c) || \
+ (c)=='$' || (c)=='#' || (c)=='~' )
+
+/* Ditto for numeric constants. */
+
+#define isnumstart(c) ( nasm_isdigit(c) || (c)=='$' )
+#define isnumchar(c) ( nasm_isalnum(c) || (c)=='_' )
+
+/* This returns the numeric value of a given 'digit'. */
+
+#define numvalue(c) ((c)>='a' ? (c)-'a'+10 : (c)>='A' ? (c)-'A'+10 : (c)-'0')
+
+/*
+ * Data-type flags that get passed to listing-file routines.
+ */
+enum {
+ LIST_READ, LIST_MACRO, LIST_MACRO_NOLIST, LIST_INCLUDE,
+ LIST_INCBIN, LIST_TIMES
+};
+
+/*
+ * -----------------------------------------------------------
+ * Format of the `insn' structure returned from `parser.c' and
+ * passed into `assemble.c'
+ * -----------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+/* Register names automatically generated from regs.dat */
+#include "regs.h"
+
+enum ccode { /* condition code names */
+ C_A, C_AE, C_B, C_BE, C_C, C_E, C_G, C_GE, C_L, C_LE, C_NA, C_NAE,
+ C_NB, C_NBE, C_NC, C_NE, C_NG, C_NGE, C_NL, C_NLE, C_NO, C_NP,
+ C_NS, C_NZ, C_O, C_P, C_PE, C_PO, C_S, C_Z,
+ C_none = -1
+};
+
+/*
+ * REX flags
+ */
+#define REX_REAL 0x4f /* Actual REX prefix bits */
+#define REX_B 0x01 /* ModRM r/m extension */
+#define REX_X 0x02 /* SIB index extension */
+#define REX_R 0x04 /* ModRM reg extension */
+#define REX_W 0x08 /* 64-bit operand size */
+#define REX_L 0x20 /* Use LOCK prefix instead of REX.R */
+#define REX_P 0x40 /* REX prefix present/required */
+#define REX_H 0x80 /* High register present, REX forbidden */
+#define REX_D 0x0100 /* Instruction uses DREX instead of REX */
+#define REX_OC 0x0200 /* DREX suffix has the OC0 bit set */
+#define REX_V 0x0400 /* Instruction uses VEX/XOP instead of REX */
+#define REX_NH 0x0800 /* Instruction which doesn't use high regs */
+
+/*
+ * REX_V "classes" (prefixes which behave like VEX)
+ */
+enum vex_class {
+ RV_VEX = 0, /* C4/C5 */
+ RV_XOP = 1 /* 8F */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Note that because segment registers may be used as instruction
+ * prefixes, we must ensure the enumerations for prefixes and
+ * register names do not overlap.
+ */
+enum prefixes { /* instruction prefixes */
+ P_none = 0,
+ PREFIX_ENUM_START = REG_ENUM_LIMIT,
+ P_A16 = PREFIX_ENUM_START, P_A32, P_A64, P_ASP,
+ P_LOCK, P_O16, P_O32, P_O64, P_OSP,
+ P_REP, P_REPE, P_REPNE, P_REPNZ, P_REPZ, P_TIMES,
+ P_WAIT,
+ PREFIX_ENUM_LIMIT
+};
+
+enum extop_type { /* extended operand types */
+ EOT_NOTHING,
+ EOT_DB_STRING, /* Byte string */
+ EOT_DB_STRING_FREE, /* Byte string which should be nasm_free'd*/
+ EOT_DB_NUMBER, /* Integer */
+};
+
+enum ea_flags { /* special EA flags */
+ EAF_BYTEOFFS = 1, /* force offset part to byte size */
+ EAF_WORDOFFS = 2, /* force offset part to [d]word size */
+ EAF_TIMESTWO = 4, /* really do EAX*2 not EAX+EAX */
+ EAF_REL = 8, /* IP-relative addressing */
+ EAF_ABS = 16, /* non-IP-relative addressing */
+ EAF_FSGS = 32 /* fs/gs segment override present */
+};
+
+enum eval_hint { /* values for `hinttype' */
+ EAH_NOHINT = 0, /* no hint at all - our discretion */
+ EAH_MAKEBASE = 1, /* try to make given reg the base */
+ EAH_NOTBASE = 2 /* try _not_ to make reg the base */
+};
+
+typedef struct operand { /* operand to an instruction */
+ opflags_t type; /* type of operand */
+ int disp_size; /* 0 means default; 16; 32; 64 */
+ enum reg_enum basereg, indexreg; /* address registers */
+ int scale; /* index scale */
+ int hintbase;
+ enum eval_hint hinttype; /* hint as to real base register */
+ int32_t segment; /* immediate segment, if needed */
+ int64_t offset; /* any immediate number */
+ int32_t wrt; /* segment base it's relative to */
+ int eaflags; /* special EA flags */
+ int opflags; /* see OPFLAG_* defines below */
+} operand;
+
+#define OPFLAG_FORWARD 1 /* operand is a forward reference */
+#define OPFLAG_EXTERN 2 /* operand is an external reference */
+#define OPFLAG_UNKNOWN 4 /* operand is an unknown reference */
+ /* (always a forward reference also) */
+
+typedef struct extop { /* extended operand */
+ struct extop *next; /* linked list */
+ char *stringval; /* if it's a string, then here it is */
+ size_t stringlen; /* ... and here's how long it is */
+ int64_t offset; /* ... it's given here ... */
+ int32_t segment; /* if it's a number/address, then... */
+ int32_t wrt; /* ... and here */
+ enum extop_type type; /* defined above */
+} extop;
+
+/* Prefix positions: each type of prefix goes in a specific slot.
+ This affects the final ordering of the assembled output, which
+ shouldn't matter to the processor, but if you have stylistic
+ preferences, you can change this. REX prefixes are handled
+ differently for the time being.
+
+ Note that LOCK and REP are in the same slot. This is
+ an x86 architectural constraint. */
+enum prefix_pos {
+ PPS_WAIT, /* WAIT (technically not a prefix!) */
+ PPS_LREP, /* Lock or REP prefix */
+ PPS_SEG, /* Segment override prefix */
+ PPS_OSIZE, /* Operand size prefix */
+ PPS_ASIZE, /* Address size prefix */
+ MAXPREFIX /* Total number of prefix slots */
+};
+
+/* If you need to change this, also change it in insns.pl */
+#define MAX_OPERANDS 5
+
+typedef struct insn { /* an instruction itself */
+ char *label; /* the label defined, or NULL */
+ enum prefixes prefixes[MAXPREFIX]; /* instruction prefixes, if any */
+ enum opcode opcode; /* the opcode - not just the string */
+ enum ccode condition; /* the condition code, if Jcc/SETcc */
+ int operands; /* how many operands? 0-3
+ * (more if db et al) */
+ int addr_size; /* address size */
+ operand oprs[MAX_OPERANDS]; /* the operands, defined as above */
+ extop *eops; /* extended operands */
+ int eops_float; /* true if DD and floating */
+ int32_t times; /* repeat count (TIMES prefix) */
+ bool forw_ref; /* is there a forward reference? */
+ int rex; /* Special REX Prefix */
+ int drexdst; /* Destination register for DREX/VEX suffix */
+ int vex_cm; /* Class and M field for VEX prefix */
+ int vex_wlp; /* W, P and L information for VEX prefix */
+} insn;
+
+enum geninfo { GI_SWITCH };
+/*
+ * ------------------------------------------------------------
+ * The data structure defining an output format driver, and the
+ * interfaces to the functions therein.
+ * ------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+struct ofmt {
+ /*
+ * This is a short (one-liner) description of the type of
+ * output generated by the driver.
+ */
+ const char *fullname;
+
+ /*
+ * This is a single keyword used to select the driver.
+ */
+ const char *shortname;
+
+ /*
+ * Output format flags.
+ */
+#define OFMT_TEXT 1 /* Text file format */
+ unsigned int flags;
+
+ /*
+ * this is a pointer to the first element of the debug information
+ */
+ struct dfmt **debug_formats;
+
+ /*
+ * and a pointer to the element that is being used
+ * note: this is set to the default at compile time and changed if the
+ * -F option is selected. If developing a set of new debug formats for
+ * an output format, be sure to set this to whatever default you want
+ *
+ */
+ const struct dfmt *current_dfmt;
+
+ /*
+ * This, if non-NULL, is a NULL-terminated list of `char *'s
+ * pointing to extra standard macros supplied by the object
+ * format (e.g. a sensible initial default value of __SECT__,
+ * and user-level equivalents for any format-specific
+ * directives).
+ */
+ macros_t *stdmac;
+
+ /*
+ * This procedure is called at the start of an output session to set
+ * up internal parameters.
+ */
+ void (*init)(void);
+
+ /*
+ * This procedure is called to pass generic information to the
+ * object file. The first parameter gives the information type
+ * (currently only command line switches)
+ * and the second parameter gives the value. This function returns
+ * 1 if recognized, 0 if unrecognized
+ */
+ int (*setinfo) (enum geninfo type, char **string);
+
+ /*
+ * This procedure is called by assemble() to write actual
+ * generated code or data to the object file. Typically it
+ * doesn't have to actually _write_ it, just store it for
+ * later.
+ *
+ * The `type' argument specifies the type of output data, and
+ * usually the size as well: its contents are described below.
+ */
+ void (*output) (int32_t segto, const void *data,
+ enum out_type type, uint64_t size,
+ int32_t segment, int32_t wrt);
+
+ /*
+ * This procedure is called once for every symbol defined in
+ * the module being assembled. It gives the name and value of
+ * the symbol, in NASM's terms, and indicates whether it has
+ * been declared to be global. Note that the parameter "name",
+ * when passed, will point to a piece of static storage
+ * allocated inside the label manager - it's safe to keep using
+ * that pointer, because the label manager doesn't clean up
+ * until after the output driver has.
+ *
+ * Values of `is_global' are: 0 means the symbol is local; 1
+ * means the symbol is global; 2 means the symbol is common (in
+ * which case `offset' holds the _size_ of the variable).
+ * Anything else is available for the output driver to use
+ * internally.
+ *
+ * This routine explicitly _is_ allowed to call the label
+ * manager to define further symbols, if it wants to, even
+ * though it's been called _from_ the label manager. That much
+ * re-entrancy is guaranteed in the label manager. However, the
+ * label manager will in turn call this routine, so it should
+ * be prepared to be re-entrant itself.
+ *
+ * The `special' parameter contains special information passed
+ * through from the command that defined the label: it may have
+ * been an EXTERN, a COMMON or a GLOBAL. The distinction should
+ * be obvious to the output format from the other parameters.
+ */
+ void (*symdef) (char *name, int32_t segment, int64_t offset,
+ int is_global, char *special);
+
+ /*
+ * This procedure is called when the source code requests a
+ * segment change. It should return the corresponding segment
+ * _number_ for the name, or NO_SEG if the name is not a valid
+ * segment name.
+ *
+ * It may also be called with NULL, in which case it is to
+ * return the _default_ section number for starting assembly in.
+ *
+ * It is allowed to modify the string it is given a pointer to.
+ *
+ * It is also allowed to specify a default instruction size for
+ * the segment, by setting `*bits' to 16 or 32. Or, if it
+ * doesn't wish to define a default, it can leave `bits' alone.
+ */
+ int32_t (*section) (char *name, int pass, int *bits);
+
+ /*
+ * This procedure is called to modify the segment base values
+ * returned from the SEG operator. It is given a segment base
+ * value (i.e. a segment value with the low bit set), and is
+ * required to produce in return a segment value which may be
+ * different. It can map segment bases to absolute numbers by
+ * means of returning SEG_ABS types.
+ *
+ * It should return NO_SEG if the segment base cannot be
+ * determined; the evaluator (which calls this routine) is
+ * responsible for throwing an error condition if that occurs
+ * in pass two or in a critical expression.
+ */
+ int32_t (*segbase) (int32_t segment);
+
+ /*
+ * This procedure is called to allow the output driver to
+ * process its own specific directives. When called, it has the
+ * directive word in `directive' and the parameter string in
+ * `value'. It is called in both assembly passes, and `pass'
+ * will be either 1 or 2.
+ *
+ * This procedure should return zero if it does not _recognise_
+ * the directive, so that the main program can report an error.
+ * If it recognises the directive but then has its own errors,
+ * it should report them itself and then return non-zero. It
+ * should also return non-zero if it correctly processes the
+ * directive.
+ */
+ int (*directive)(enum directives directive, char *value, int pass);
+
+ /*
+ * This procedure is called before anything else - even before
+ * the "init" routine - and is passed the name of the input
+ * file from which this output file is being generated. It
+ * should return its preferred name for the output file in
+ * `outname', if outname[0] is not '\0', and do nothing to
+ * `outname' otherwise. Since it is called before the driver is
+ * properly initialized, it has to be passed its error handler
+ * separately.
+ *
+ * This procedure may also take its own copy of the input file
+ * name for use in writing the output file: it is _guaranteed_
+ * that it will be called before the "init" routine.
+ *
+ * The parameter `outname' points to an area of storage
+ * guaranteed to be at least FILENAME_MAX in size.
+ */
+ void (*filename) (char *inname, char *outname);
+
+ /*
+ * This procedure is called after assembly finishes, to allow
+ * the output driver to clean itself up and free its memory.
+ * Typically, it will also be the point at which the object
+ * file actually gets _written_.
+ *
+ * One thing the cleanup routine should always do is to close
+ * the output file pointer.
+ */
+ void (*cleanup) (int debuginfo);
+};
+
+extern struct ofmt *ofmt;
+extern FILE *ofile;
+
+/*
+ * ------------------------------------------------------------
+ * The data structure defining a debug format driver, and the
+ * interfaces to the functions therein.
+ * ------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+struct dfmt {
+ /*
+ * This is a short (one-liner) description of the type of
+ * output generated by the driver.
+ */
+ const char *fullname;
+
+ /*
+ * This is a single keyword used to select the driver.
+ */
+ const char *shortname;
+
+ /*
+ * init - called initially to set up local pointer to object format.
+ */
+ void (*init)(void);
+
+ /*
+ * linenum - called any time there is output with a change of
+ * line number or file.
+ */
+ void (*linenum)(const char *filename, int32_t linenumber, int32_t segto);
+
+ /*
+ * debug_deflabel - called whenever a label is defined. Parameters
+ * are the same as to 'symdef()' in the output format. This function
+ * would be called before the output format version.
+ */
+
+ void (*debug_deflabel)(char *name, int32_t segment, int64_t offset,
+ int is_global, char *special);
+ /*
+ * debug_directive - called whenever a DEBUG directive other than 'LINE'
+ * is encountered. 'directive' contains the first parameter to the
+ * DEBUG directive, and params contains the rest. For example,
+ * 'DEBUG VAR _somevar:int' would translate to a call to this
+ * function with 'directive' equal to "VAR" and 'params' equal to
+ * "_somevar:int".
+ */
+ void (*debug_directive)(const char *directive, const char *params);
+
+ /*
+ * typevalue - called whenever the assembler wishes to register a type
+ * for the last defined label. This routine MUST detect if a type was
+ * already registered and not re-register it.
+ */
+ void (*debug_typevalue)(int32_t type);
+
+ /*
+ * debug_output - called whenever output is required
+ * 'type' is the type of info required, and this is format-specific
+ */
+ void (*debug_output)(int type, void *param);
+
+ /*
+ * cleanup - called after processing of file is complete
+ */
+ void (*cleanup)(void);
+};
+
+extern const struct dfmt *dfmt;
+
+/*
+ * The type definition macros
+ * for debugging
+ *
+ * low 3 bits: reserved
+ * next 5 bits: type
+ * next 24 bits: number of elements for arrays (0 for labels)
+ */
+
+#define TY_UNKNOWN 0x00
+#define TY_LABEL 0x08
+#define TY_BYTE 0x10
+#define TY_WORD 0x18
+#define TY_DWORD 0x20
+#define TY_FLOAT 0x28
+#define TY_QWORD 0x30
+#define TY_TBYTE 0x38
+#define TY_OWORD 0x40
+#define TY_YWORD 0x48
+#define TY_COMMON 0xE0
+#define TY_SEG 0xE8
+#define TY_EXTERN 0xF0
+#define TY_EQU 0xF8
+
+#define TYM_TYPE(x) ((x) & 0xF8)
+#define TYM_ELEMENTS(x) (((x) & 0xFFFFFF00) >> 8)
+
+#define TYS_ELEMENTS(x) ((x) << 8)
+
+/*
+ * -----
+ * Special tokens
+ * -----
+ */
+
+enum special_tokens {
+ SPECIAL_ENUM_START = PREFIX_ENUM_LIMIT,
+ S_ABS = SPECIAL_ENUM_START,
+ S_BYTE, S_DWORD, S_FAR, S_LONG, S_NEAR, S_NOSPLIT,
+ S_OWORD, S_QWORD, S_REL, S_SHORT, S_STRICT, S_TO, S_TWORD, S_WORD, S_YWORD,
+ SPECIAL_ENUM_LIMIT
+};
+
+/*
+ * -----
+ * Global modes
+ * -----
+ */
+
+/*
+ * This declaration passes the "pass" number to all other modules
+ * "pass0" assumes the values: 0, 0, ..., 0, 1, 2
+ * where 0 = optimizing pass
+ * 1 = pass 1
+ * 2 = pass 2
+ */
+
+extern int pass0;
+extern int passn; /* Actual pass number */
+
+extern bool tasm_compatible_mode;
+extern int optimizing;
+extern int globalbits; /* 16, 32 or 64-bit mode */
+extern int globalrel; /* default to relative addressing? */
+extern int maxbits; /* max bits supported by output */
+
+/*
+ * NASM version strings, defined in ver.c
+ */
+extern const char nasm_version[];
+extern const char nasm_date[];
+extern const char nasm_compile_options[];
+extern const char nasm_comment[];
+extern const char nasm_signature[];
+
+#endif