From: Jack Dennon <jdd@seasurf.net>
To: linux-assembly@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Local Symbol Names
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 17:14:36 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <03062517120000.00355@linux24> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16121.64387.51274.655658@eidolon.muppetlabs.com>
On Wednesday 25 June 2003 12:44, Brian Raiter wrote:
> > The call instruction probably was used to empty the
> > the Execution Unit's instruction cache; thereby
> > forcing it to be reloaded from memory. Or, it could
> > be used just to force a time delay.
>
> The pop %eax instruction, however, makes it clear that the purpose of
> the code is to get the current PC address into eax. As hpr suggested,
> almost certainly for use in writing position-independent code.
>
Hmm, yes you have a point.
But then, why not just push and pop?
jdennon@seasurf.com
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-26 0:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-25 8:23 Local Symbol Names S kris
2003-06-25 16:09 ` Slack Traq
2003-06-25 18:06 ` hpr
2003-06-25 18:50 ` Jack Dennon
2003-06-25 19:44 ` Brian Raiter
2003-06-26 0:14 ` Jack Dennon [this message]
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