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6/15/24, 3:47 PM Assembly - Memory Segments

Assembly - Memory Segments


We have already discussed the three sections of an assembly program. These
sections represent various memory segments as well.

Interestingly, if you replace the section keyword with segment, you will get the same
result. Try the following code −

segment .text ;code segment Live Demo


global _start ;must be declared for linker

_start: ;tell linker entry point


mov edx,len ;message length
mov ecx,msg ;message to write
mov ebx,1 ;file descriptor (stdout)
mov eax,4 ;system call number (sys_write)
int 0x80 ;call kernel

mov eax,1 ;system call number (sys_exit)


int 0x80 ;call kernel

segment .data ;data segment


msg db 'Hello, world!',0xa ;our dear string
len equ $ - msg ;length of our dear string

When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result −

Hello, world!

Memory Segments
A segmented memory model divides the system memory into groups of independent
segments referenced by pointers located in the segment registers. Each segment is
used to contain a specific type of data. One segment is used to contain instruction
codes, another segment stores the data elements, and a third segment keeps the
program stack.

In the light of the above discussion, we can specify various memory segments as −

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Data segment − It is represented by .data section and the .bss. The .data
section is used to declare the memory region, where data elements are stored
for the program. This section cannot be expanded after the data elements are
declared, and it remains static throughout the program.
The .bss section is also a static memory section that contains buffers for data
to be declared later in the program. This buffer memory is zero-filled.
Code segment − It is represented by .text section. This defines an area in
memory that stores the instruction codes. This is also a fixed area.
Stack − This segment contains data values passed to functions and
procedures within the program.

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