C166: CASTING A VARIABLE ON THE STACK TO A CODE POINTER

Information in this article applies to:

• C166 All Versions

SYMPTOMS

I have the following function declared:

void testcode (void)
{
unsigned int buf [100]; void (far *func) (void);

xmemcpy (mycode, buf, 100);
func = (void *) buf;
(*func) ();
}

I want to get a far function pointer to buf and then to call it. The following code doesn't convert the variable address to a function pointer correctly. It appears that the lower 14 bits of the address are loaded into the lower word of the address and the contents of the DPP register are loaded into the upper 16 bits.

CAUSE

That is exactly correct. The reason is because far pointers to variables are treated differently than far pointers to program code.

RESOLUTION

Change the assignment of buf to func to the following:

(unsigned long) func = (unsigned long) buf;

and the above program will work correctly.

MORE INFORMATION

• Refer to far Pointers in the C166 User's Guide.

Last Reviewed: Friday, July 15, 2005