Code Generation/Example 3

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The Original Code

Consider the following C function:

int *click(int *x, int dim) {
  int *res, i;
  for (i = dim-2, res = x+dim-1; i >= 0; i--)
    if (x[i] > *res) res = &x[i];
  return res;
}

Postfix Code

The Postfix code for the above function is as follows:

Postfix code
TEXT
ALIGN
GLOBL click, FUNC
LABEL click
ENTER 8  ;-- x@+8 dim@+12 res@-4 i@-8

;; for init

;; i = dim-2
LOCAL 12
LDINT
INT 2
SUB
DUP32
LOCAL -8
STINT
TRASH 4

;; res = x + dim - 1
LOCAL 8
LDINT
LOCAL 12
LDINT
INT 4
MUL
ADD
INT 1
INT 4
MUL
SUB
DUP32
LOCAL -4
STINT
TRASH 4

;; for test
ALIGN
LABEL for
LOCAL -8
LDINT
INT 0
GE
JZ forend

;; for block

;; if test
LOCAL 8
LDINT ; x
LOCAL -8
LDINT; i
INT 4
MUL
ADD ; x+i
LDINT ; x[i] = *(x+i)

LOCAL -4
LDINT ; res
LDINT ; *res

GT
JZ ifend

;; if block
LOCAL 8
LDINT ; x
LOCAL -8
LDINT ; i
INT 4
MUL
ADD ; x+i = &x[i]
DUP32
LOCAL -4
STINT ; res = &x[i]
TRASH 4

ALIGN
LABEL ifend

;; for increment
ALIGN
LABEL forincr
LOCAL -8
LDINT ; i
DUP32
INT 1
SUB
LOCAL -8
STINT
TRASH 4

;; for jump to cycle
JMP for

ALIGN
LABEL forend

;; return
LOCAL -4
LDINT ; res

STFVAL32
LEAVE
RET

Compiling and Running

To compile the Postfix code directly, pf2asm can be used:

pf2asm click.pf
yasm -felf click.asm