NASM x86_64 scanf segmentation fault

Question

I am new to nasm and I really want to learn how to store a number with user input. I can\'t get rid of getting segmentation fault when using scanf. I have searched the web,

Answer 1

The x86-64 calling convention doesn't push the arguments generally. Additionally you have to tell a function with variable count of arguments, how many floating point arguments you provide.

This works:

global main
extern printf, scanf

section .data
   msg: db "Enter a number: ",10,0
   format:db "%d",0

section .bss
   number resb 4

section .text
main:
   sub  rsp, 8       ; align the stack to a 16B boundary before function calls

   mov rdi, msg
   mov al, 0
   call printf

   mov rsi, number
   mov rdi, format
   mov al, 0
   call scanf

   add   rsp, 8      ; restore the stack
   ret

BTW: If you want to work with floating point numbers, you have to align the stack to a 16 byte boundary before calling the function.