Assembly Language Calling Sequences Quiz

In global memory, in registers, on the stack

Arguments, return address, previous frame's %ebp value, automatic variables, saved values for other compiler used registers

The C compiler return value convention is to store the return value in the %eax register

<p>The 'pushl' instruction is used to push a value onto the stack.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The 'call' instruction is used to call a function or subroutine.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The 'movl' instruction is used to move data from one location to another.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The 'ret' instruction is used to return from a function or subroutine.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Linux system calls and returns int $0x80 and iret (hardware saves eip, eflags) C library style function calls and returns call and ret (hardware saves eip)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Leaving all data in 'global memory'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>extern int mycode(int x, int y); int main(void){ ... z = mycode(x, y); ... }</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To handle the code for calling a function and the code in the function itself.</p> Signup and view all the answers