Q66923: _fastcall Code Generation Error with Shifted Operands

Article: Q66923
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 6.00 6.00a  | 6.00 6.00a
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | buglist6.00 buglist6.00a fastcall | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 18-NOV-1990

When using _fastcall, shifted immediate operands may be passed
incorrectly. In the example below, the two parameters to be passed to
the sub1() function are stored in ax and dx (per _fastcall
convention). Because of a problem in the compiler, the correct values
are not used in this case. As a workaround, either use the /Os
optimization or assign the value to a temporary variable and pass that
variable instead.

Sample Code
-----------

#include <stdio.h>

int _fastcall sub1(int i, int j);

long a=0x12345678;

void main(void)
{
   int llama;

   printf("%x\n",(int)(a>>15));
   llama = sub1( (int)(a>>15), (int)(a>>15) );
   printf("%x\n",llama);
}

int _fastcall sub1(int i, int j)
{
   printf("%x \t %x\n",i,j);
   return(i);
}

In all optimizations except /Os and /Od, the compiler calculates the
right-shift value correctly but passes the high-order two bytes of the
result instead of the low-order two bytes. When compiled with /Od, the
generated code correctly passes one variable but not the other.
Finally, with the /Os optimization, a helper function performs the
shift calculation and the correct values are passed in both cases.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in C versions 6.00 and
6.00a. We are researching this problem and will post new information
here as it becomes available.

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