Chapter 10. Branching
The processor's instruction pointer is just that — a pointer to the instruction that is about to be executed. This register is the RIP in 64-bit, EIP in Protected Mode, and IP in Real Mode. It behaves very similarly to that of a CD player. You can only read one data stream at a time. To read elsewhere, you have to move the pointer to the new location to read. (A better visualization would be a record player with its needle that cannot skip around.)
The only way to read the value of the instruction pointer is to call a function with the CALL instruction and then read the value on the stack where you had been. There is no MOV EAX,EIP instruction.
There are four primary methods that can be used to change the position of the processor's ...
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