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Intel/AMD x86 Specific Information Calling Conventions

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3.2: Calling Conventions

  • Intel/AMD x86 Specific Information Processor Background
  • Intel/AMD x86 Specific Information Calling Mechanism
  • Intel/AMD x86 Specific Information Register Usage
  • Intel/AMD x86 Specific Information Parameter Passing
  • Intel/AMD x86 Specific Information User-Provided Routines
  • Each high-level language compiler generates subroutine entry and exit code based upon a set of rules known as the compiler's calling convention. These rules address the following issues:

    A compiler's calling convention is of importance when interfacing to subroutines written in another language either assembly or high-level. Even when the high-level language and target processor are the same, different compilers may use different calling conventions. As a result, calling conventions are both processor and compiler dependent.


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