I am just trying to compile some simple example code I typed in from a book, and GCC gives me the above error. Here’s my code:
$ cat -n test.cpp 1 #define READ_COMMAND 3 2 3 #define MSG_LENGTH 128 4 5 #include <stdlib.h> 6 #include <stdio.h> 7 8 int main(int argc, char *arg[]) 9 { 10 int syslog_command = READ_COMMAND; 11 int bytes_to_read = MSG_LENGTH; 12 int retval; 13 char buffer[MSG_LENGTH]; 14 15 asm volatile( 16 "movl %1, %%ebxnt" 17 "movl %2, %%ecxnt" 18 "movl %3, %%edxnt" 19 "movl $103, %%eaxnt" 20 "int $128nt" 21 "movl %%eax, %0" 22 :"=r" (retval) 23 :"m"(syslog_command),"r"(buffer),"m"(bytes_to_read) 24 :"%eax","%ebx","%ecx","%edx"); 25 if (retval > 0) printf("%sn", buffer); 26 27 } 28 29
The code is supposed to invoke the syslog()
system call to read the last 128 bytes from the kernel printk()
ring buffer. Here is some information about my OS and system configuration:
uname -a
:
Linux 3.2.0-26-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 14 17:49:24 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
gcc -v
:
Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v –with-pkgversion=’Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5′ –with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.6/README.Bugs –enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ –prefix=/usr –program-suffix=-4.6 –enable-shared –enable-linker-build-id –with-system-zlib –libexecdir=/usr/lib –without-included-gettext –enable-threads=posix –with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.6 –libdir=/usr/lib –enable-nls –with-sysroot=/ –enable-clocale=gnu –enable-libstdcxx-debug –enable-libstdcxx-time=yes –enable-gnu-unique-object –enable-plugin –enable-objc-gc –disable-werror –with-arch-32=i686 –with-tune=generic –enable-checking=release –build=x86_64-linux-gnu –host=x86_64-linux-gnu –target=x86_64-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5)
Heres the full error:
$ gcc test.cpp test.cpp: Assembler messages: test.cpp:25: Error: unsupported for `mov'
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Answer
You are attempting to compile 32-bit assembly code on a 64-bit machine. The inline assembly you list compiles to:
movl -24(%rbp), %ebx movl %rsi, %ecx <--- error here movl -28(%rbp), %edx movl $103, %eax int $128 movl %eax, %r12d
As you can see, you’re attempting to store a 64-bit register in a 32-bit register, which is illegal. More importantly, this isn’t the 64-bit ABI system call protocol either.
Try compiling with -m32
to force 32-bit ABI.