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gnu inline assembly constraint `i` for memory address
Recetly, this function rip_rel_ptr has been added to Linux kernel.
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h#L118.
I can compile the kernel, but when I copy this ...
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Assembling with gcc gives error operand type mismatch for `cmp' for some integers, not others
This is a weird one. I'm using gcc to assemble a program and I want to know if the value in register rsi fits in 32 bits, so I use this instruction:
cmpq $0xffffffff, %rsi
I get back an error that ...
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Why is the assembly code generated with gcc under windows unable to be assembled under WSL?
I learned that assembly code doesn't depend on the OS. For verification, I generate the assembly code of the following code snippet (named test.c) under windows and try assembling it under WSL.
int ...
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what does .LC* and .L* mean and what is its purpose in assembly?
(the asterixes in the title count as an incrementing number)
It looks like ".LC0" always has something to do with the main method and that ".LC*" always have something to do with ...
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How to turn C Code into Assembly Code that a dissasembler would produce, using GCC?
I want to learn Assembly so I can reverse engineer disassembled Programs eventualy. I figured it would be best to learn C with Assembly side by side.
I know now that there are different stages ...
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How is this function's assembly implementing the conditional?
The following code,
int foo(int);
int bar(int);
int foobar(int i) {
int a = foo(i);
int b = bar(i);
return a == b ? a : b;
};
with GCC trunk is compiling to this assembly:
foobar(int):
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Question about String Reversal in C Code: Why does the string appear reversed at the end?
I have this C code where I am trying to reverse a string using inline assembly. However, I am curious to know how the reversed string is displayed at the end:
printf("Reversed string: %s\n", ...
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Assembly error when compiling C code with ASM instructions
I'm new to assembly language programming and I'm having a problem with a C program that incorporates assembly instructions (ASM) to reverse a string. The code works without errors on my Debian virtual ...
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Issue with string length validation in assembly and C
I'm new to assembly language and I'm working on a program that combines assembly language with parts written in C. My goal is to prompt the user to input a string of characters and ensure that it does ...
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GCC output Arm64 assembly instructions
I have a c program on a raspberry pi. I am trying to get the assembly of the code I have written. As the Raspberry Pi is an ARM64 processor I was expecting the assembly to be in ARM64.
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What is the reasoning behind this boilerplate start-up code?
Here's a snippet from disassembled output of a simple program with gcc on Linux:
400478: ff 15 6a 0b 20 00 callq *0x200b6a(%rip) # 600fe8 <__libc_start_main@GLIBC_2.2.5>
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How to compile to RISC-V?
I'm writing the final stage for my compiler to riscv; however, I have run into a minor issue of figuring out what the start point of the program is. Are we guaranteed that the PC starts execution with ...
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GCC ignores already stored constant in FPU register on -O2
I got simple function that calculates sin cos :
https://godbolt.org/z/v61GP9qvj
Compiler flags set for cortex m4 MCU with FPU
question is why in disassembly at line 34:
vldr.32 s13, .L35+20
it loads 0....
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Using vscode's cmake plug-in, .asm files and .S files cannot be loaded
I'm encountering an issue while using the CMake plugin in VSCode. It seems unable to load .asm and .S files. I've tried several approaches, including configuring CMAKE_ASM_SOURCE_FILE_EXTENSIONS in ...
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Accessing a pointer stored in memory without loading it into a register
arch i386; syntax GAS
I have a pointer variable called active, to which I have tried to copy a register value in assembly. I have found out pretty quickly that movl %esp, (active) did not set the ...
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