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diff --git a/projects/08/FunctionCalls/NestedCall/NestedCall.html b/projects/08/FunctionCalls/NestedCall/NestedCall.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0821f9c --- /dev/null +++ b/projects/08/FunctionCalls/NestedCall/NestedCall.html @@ -0,0 +1,196 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html> +<head> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> + <title>NestedCall.tst — Nand2Tetris Calling Convention Test</title> + <style type="text/css"> + .code {font-family:"Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size:90%;} + pre {margin-left:2em;} + </style> +</head> +<body> +<!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --> +<h3>Synopsis</h3> +<b>NestedCall.tst</b> is an intermediate test (in terms of complexity) intended to be used between the SimpleFunction and +FibonacciElement tests. It may be useful when SimpleFunction passes but FibonacciElement fails or crashes. NestedCall also +tests several requirements of the Function Calling Protocol that are not verified by the other +supplied tests. NestedCall can be used with or without the VM bootstrap code. +<p> +<b>NestedCallVME.tst</b> runs the same test on the VM Emulator. +<p> +<b>The NestedCall</b> tests and supporting documentation were written by Mark Armbrust. + +<!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --> +<h3>Test Structure</h3> +<h4>Startup</h4> +NestedCall is implemented entirely within the Sys.vm file. The first function in Sys.vm is +Sys.init(). This allows it to be used before the bootstrap code has been added to the VM Translator +since there will be no file processing order issues. +<p> +NestedCall loads Sys.asm, sets up the stack to simulate the bootstrap's call to Sys.init(), then +begins execution at the beginning of Sys.asm. If the bootstrap is not present, the program begins +running with Sys.init() since it is the first function in Sys.vm. +<p> +If Sys.asm includes the bootstrap, the bootstrap will (re)initialize the stack and call Sys.init(), +so the test should see the same environment either way it gets to Sys.init(). +<p> +The test setup also initializes the + +<h4>Sys.init()</h4> + +<span class="code">THIS</span> and <span class="code">THAT</span> are set to known values so that context save and restore can be tested. +<p> +Sys.init() calls Sys.main() and stores the return value in <span class="code">temp 1</span>. This tests call to and +return from a function with no arguments. + +<h4>Sys.main()</h4> +Sys.init() allocates 5 local variables. It sets <span class="code">local 1</span>, <span class="code">local 2</span> and +<span class="code">local 3</span>. <span class="code">local 0</span> and <span class="code">local 4</span> are intentionally not set. +<p> +<span class="code">THIS</span> and <span class="code">THAT</span> are changed so that context save and restore can be tested. +<p> +Sys.main() calls Sys.add12(123) and stores the return value in <span class="code">temp 0</span>. This tests call to and +return from a function with arguments. +<p> +After Sys.add12() returns, Sys.main() sums <span class="code">local 0</span> through <span class="code">local 4</span> and returns the +result. This tests that the local segment was properly allocated on the stack and that the local +variables were not overwritten by the call to Sys.main(). It also tests that <span class="code">local 0</span> and +<span class="code">local 4</span> were properly initialized to 0. + +<h4>Sys.add12()</h4> + +<span class="code">THIS</span> and <span class="code">THAT</span> are set to known values so that context save and restore can be tested. +<p> +Returns <span class="code">argument 0</span> plus 12. + +<!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --> +<h3>Test Coverage</h3> + +<p style="margin-left:1em; text-indent:-1em;"> +Functions with no arguments return to correct RIP (Return Instruction Point) with correct return value on stack.<br> +This can fail if the RIP is not correctly pushed on the stack by the calling code, or if the returning +code does not store the RIP in a temporary register before overwriting it with the return value. + +<p style="margin-left:1em; text-indent:-1em;"> +Functions with arguments return to correct RIP with correct return value on stack.<br> +This can fail if it is assumed that <span class="code">ARG</span> points to the RIP. + +<p style="margin-left:1em; text-indent:-1em;"> +Functions with local variables allocate space on the stack for the local variables.<br> +This can fail if the function prologue is not written or if the SP is not updated after zeroing +the local variables. + +<p style="margin-left:1em; text-indent:-1em;"> +All local variables are initialized to 0.<br> +Common errors are to forget this completely, or for the zeroing loop to be off by one. + +<p style="margin-left:1em; text-indent:-1em;"> +<span class="code">THIS</span> and <span class="code">THAT</span> are correctly retained across function calls. Looking ahead, in Project 9 you will be asked to write a simple computer game in the high-level Jack language. You can run your game (following compilation) on the supplied VM Emulator. But, if you choose to translate the VM code that the compiler generates using <em>your</em> VM Translator, then code like +"<span class="code">push THIS</span>, <span class="code">push THAT</span> ... <span class="code">pop THIS</span>, <span class="code">pop THAT</span>" can cause some interesting failures! + +<!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --> +<h3>Debugging</h3> +These comments assume that your VM translator has passed the SimpleFunction test. +<p> +If <span class="code">RAM[0]</span> is incorrect, you have a stack skew. More data was pushed onto the stack by +<span class="code">call</span> than was popped by <span class="code">return</span>, or vice versa. See <i>debugging with +breakpoints</i> later in this section. +<p> +If one or more of <span class="code">RAM[1]</span> through <span class="code">RAM[4]</span> is incorrect, the <span class="code">LCL</span>, +<span class="code">ARG</span>, <span class="code">THIS</span> and <span class="code">THAT</span> pointers are not being correctly saved or restored. +Most likely problem is when they are being saved; the SimpleFunction test verified that +<span class="code">return</span> restored them correctly. +<p> +If <span class="code">RAM[5]</span> is incorrect there may be a problem with setting up the <span class="code">ARG</span> pointer. +<p> +If <span class="code">RAM[4]</span> is incorrect and <span class="code">RAM[5]</span> is correct, there may be a problem with +allocation or initialization of local variables. + +<h4>Debugging with breakpoints</h4> + +To find tough bugs you can use the "breakpoint" facility in the CPU Emulator (red flag button). +You can use breakpoints to have you program stop when it gets to a particular RAM address. For +example:<br> + • load the NestedCall.tst file,<br> + • set a PC breakpoint at the ROM address for <span class="code">(Sys.main)</span>,<br> + • hit the run button.<br> +When the CPU Emulator stops at the breakpoint you can inspect the RAM to check the stack and pointers values. +(If the breakpoint isn't hit, you will need to to single-step debug through +your calling code to see why it didn't get there.) +<p> +Other useful places to set breakpoints are the entry points to the other functions and at the +first and final instructions generated for <span class="code">return</span> commands. +<p> +<a href="NestedCallStack.html">NestedCallStack.html</a> shows the expected stack values at various points +during the test. + +<h4>Finding ROM address in your ASM code</h4> +It is not easy to find the ROM locations where you want to set breakpoints, because there is no +one-to-one correspondence between the ASM file line numbers and the ROM addresses. This is made even more +difficult because the supplied CPU Emulator does not display the (LABELS) in its ROM panel. +<p> +There are two things that you can do to make this easier. +<p> +<h5>Modify your assembler to generate a listing file.</h5> +A listing file shows all the ASM source lines, including comments, as well as the ROM addresses and +the values of the labels and the instructions. For example, here is a snippet of a listing file generated by an assembler written by Mark Armbrust: +<pre> + 20 16 @i // i -= 1 + 21 FC88 M=M-1 + + 22 FC10 D=M // if i > 0 + 23 6 @LOOP + 24 E301 D;JGT // goto LOOP + + 25 (STOP) + 25 25 @STOP + 26 EA87 0;JMP + +Data Symbols + + 16 D i + +Code Symbols + + 6 C LOOP + 17 C SKIP + 25 C STOP +</pre> +For the Nand2Tetris environment, it is most useful to list the ROM addresses and A-instruction +values in decimal. In the above snippet, the C-instruction values are +listed in hexadecimal. +<p> +The list file is generated during pass 2 of the Assembler, parallel to generating the .hack file. To +make it easier to handle blank and comment only lines, Mark has Parser.commandType() return +NO_COMMAND for source lines with no command. Mark also added Parser.sourceLine() that returns the +unmodified source line. +<p> +<h5>Have your VM Translator write the VM source lines as comments in the ASM output.</h5> +For example: +<pre> + // label LOOP +(Sys.init$LOOP) + // goto LOOP +@Sys.init$LOOP +0;JMP + // + // // Sys.main() + // + // // Sets locals 1, 2 and 3, leaving locals 0 and 4 unchanged to test + // // default local initialization to 0. (RAM set to -1 by test setup.) + // // Calls Sys.add12(123) and stores return value (135) in temp 0. + // // Returns local 0 + local 1 + local 2 + local 3 + local 4 (456) to confirm + // // that locals were not mangled by function call. + // + // function Sys.main 5 +(Sys.main) +@5 +D=-A +($3) +@SP +</pre> +Note that comments in the VM source become double comments. Looking ahead, in Project 11 you will be asked to write a compiler for the Jack language. If your compiler will write the Jack source lines as comments in the +generated VM files, this convention will be quite useful. + +</body> +</html>
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