Insertion sort in Motorola 68000 assembly

I had to manually compile an insertion algorithm from C to Motorola 68K assembly for class. The * symbol denotes a comment in assembly. I kept the C code as comments and wrote the corresponding assembly beneath.

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* Compiled by Kanwei Li - 11/29/05

* isort - insertion sort

* This program uses the insertionsort algorithm to sort an array
* of structures containing integer, character and short fields.
* The integer field of each structure is the primary sort key.
* Array elements with equal integer keys are further sorted by
* the character field. The short field is not used for sorting.

* CS255 Assembly Language
* Emory Math/CS

  xdef    start, end
  xdef    for_start, for_exit, while_start, while_exit, while_pass
  xdef    i, j, v, a

*#define N 7
N:        equ 7

********************
* TYPE DEFINITIONS *
********************

mys_i_off:    equ 0
mys_c_off:    equ 4
mys_s_off:    equ 6
mys_size: equ 8

*struct mystruct {
*  int i;
*  char c;
*  short s;
*};

********
* CODE *
********

*void main()
*

start:
  
  move.l  #1, i

for_start:
  nop        * nop after non-breakpoint labels as a temporary fix
  
*  for (i=1; i<N; i++) = while(i<N) {
  move.l  i, d0
  cmp.l   #N, d0
  bge     for_exit
  
*      v = a[i];
  lea     a, a0
  muls.w  #mys_size, d0
  adda.l  d0, a0
  move.l  a0, v

*      We store v in registers to prevent clobbering
  move.l  (mys_i_off, a0), d3    * d3 = v.i
  move.b  (mys_c_off, a0), d4    * d4 = v.c
  move.w  (mys_s_off, a0), d5    * d5 = v.s

  
*      j = i-1;
  move.l  i, d0
  sub.l   #1, d0
  move.l  d0, j

while_start:
  nop
  
*      while (a && (b || (c && d)))
*      while ((j >= 0)
  move.l  j, d0
  cmp.l   #0, d0
  blt     while_exit

*              && ((a[j].i > v.i)
  lea     a, a0
  move.l  j, d1    *d1 = j offset
  muls.w  #mys_size, d1
  move.l  (mys_i_off, a0, d1.l), d0
  cmp.l   d3, d0               * d3 = v.i
  bgt     while_pass
  
*                  || ((a[j].i == v.i)
  bne     while_exit

*                      && (a[j].c > v.c)))) {
  move.b  (mys_c_off, a0, d1.l), d0
  cmp.b   d4, d0               * d4 = v.c
  ble     while_exit

while_pass:
  nop
  
*          a[j+1] = a[j];
  lea     a, a0
  move.l  j, d1    *d1 = j offset
  muls.w  #mys_size, d1
  
  move.l  d1, d2   *d2 = j+1
  add.l   #mys_size, d2

  move.l  (mys_i_off, a0, d1.l), d0
  move.l  d0, (mys_i_off, a0, d2.l)
  
  move.b  (mys_c_off, a0, d1.l), d0
  move.b  d0, (mys_c_off, a0, d2.l)
  
  
  move.w  (mys_s_off, a0, d1.l), d0
  move.w  d0, (mys_s_off, a0, d2.l)
  
  
*          j--;
  move.l  j, d0
  sub.l   #1, d0
  move.l  d0, j
  bra     while_start

*      }
while_exit:
  nop

*      a[j+1] = v;


  lea     a, a0
  move.l  j, d1
  muls.w  #mys_size, d1
  add.l   #mys_size, d1
  
  move.l  d3, (mys_i_off, a0, d1.l)
  move.b  d4, (mys_c_off, a0, d1.l)
  move.w  d5, (mys_s_off, a0, d1.l)

* i++
  move.l  i, d0
  add.l   #1, d0
  move.l  d0, i
  bra     for_start
  
*  }

for_exit:

end:
  nop
  nop
  
  org $4000
  
***************
* GLOBAL DATA *
***************

*struct mystruct a[N] = {
*  {100, 'Z', 19},
*  {12, 'Z', 7},
*  {12, 'Y', 201},
*  {-7, 'A', 101},
*  {12, 'L', -7},
*  {12, 'M', 20},
*  {87, 'X', -87}
*};
  
a:
  dc.l    100
  dc.w    'Z'
  dc.w    19
  
  dc.l    12
  dc.w    'Z'
  dc.w    7
  
  dc.l    12
  dc.w    'Y'
  dc.w    201
  
  dc.l    -7
  dc.w    'A'
  dc.w    101
  
  dc.l    12
  dc.w    'L'
  dc.w    -7
  
  dc.l    12
  dc.w    'M'
  dc.w    20
  
  dc.l    87
  dc.w    'X'
  dc.w    -87
  
  
*struct mystruct v;
v:    ds.l    2

*int i, j;
i:    ds.l    1
j:    ds.l    1


  end

* This is the expected output.
* i=-7 c='A' s=101   1090519141
* i=12 c='L' s=-7    1275133945
* i=12 c='M' s=20    1291845652
* i=12 c='Y' s=201   1493172425
* i=12 c='Z' s=7 1509949447
* i=87 c='X' s=-87   1476460457
* i=100 c='Z' s=19   1509949459
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