Article: Q78627
Product(s): Microsoft Programming Utilities
Version(s): MS-DOS:3.x,4.x,5.0x,5.1x,5.2; OS/2:5.0x,5.1,5.11,5.13,5.15
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kb16bitonly
Last Modified: 30-OCT-1999
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS, versions 3.x, 4.x, 5.0x, 5.1x, 5.2
- Microsoft LINK for OS/2, versions 5.0x, 5.1, 5.11, 5.13, 5.15
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SYMPTOMS
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When a label corresponds to an absolute address and the label is defined in a
USE32 data segment, LINK generates the incorrect offset for the label. As a
result, the application accesses incorrect data through the label.
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in LINK versions 3.6, 3.61, 3.64,
3.65, 3.69, 5.01, 5.1, 5.11, 5.13, 5.15 and 5.2 for MS-DOS and versions 5.01,
5.11, 5.13, and 5.15 for OS/2. This problem was corrected in LINK version 5.3
for MS-DOS.
MORE INFORMATION
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A label can represent an absolute address XXXX:YYYY by placing the label in a
segment with the type "at XXXX" and after an org directive "org YYYY."
The following code example demonstrates this problem. The Microsoft Macro
Assembler (MASM) generated the first listing. Note that the offset of Vector is
20h, as it should be. The CodeView debugger generated the second listing. Note
that the offset of Vector is 28h, which is incorrect.
Sample Code
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; Assemble options needed: none
.model small,c
.386
0000 Zero segment use32 at 0
org 32
0020 Vector label dword
0020 Zero ends
0000 .code
assume es:Zero
0000 start:
0000 67& 66| 26: A3 mov [Vector], eax
00000020 R
end start
; CodeView listing
1: .model small,c
2: .386
3:
4: Zero segment use32 at 0
5: org 32
6:
7: Vector label dword
8:
9: Zero ends
10:
11: .code
12:
13: assume es:Zero
14:
15: start:
16:
17: mov [Vector], eax
6A8F:0000 676626A32800000MOV DWord Ptr ES:[00000028],EAX
18:
19: end start
Additional query words: 3.60 3.61 3.64 3.65 3.69 5.01.20 5.01.21 buglist5.11 buglist5.13 buglist5.15 buglist5.20 fixlist5.30 5.02 5.03 5.05 5.10 5.20
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Keywords : kb16bitonly
Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword3 kbLINKSearch kbLINK3xDOSSearch kbLINK4xDOSSearch kbLINK50xDOSSearch kbLINK510xDOSSearch kbLINK50xOS2Search kbLINK520DOS kbLINK510OS2 kbLINK511OS2 kbLINK513OS2 kbLINK515OS2
Version : MS-DOS:3.x,4.x,5.0x,5.1x,5.2; OS/2:5.0x,5.1,5.11,5.13,5.15
Solution Type : kbfix
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