The stack and calls
call pushes a return address, and ret returns to it.
What you will be able to do
- push and pop move values.
- Arguments follow the ABI.
- Keep the stack aligned.
In plain English
call pushes a return address, and ret returns to it.
- push and pop move values.
- Arguments follow the ABI.
- Keep the stack aligned.
square:
imul %rdi, %rdi
mov %rdi, %rax
retYour turn
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Answer from memory: Which instruction returns from a function?
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