Modern X86 Assembly Language Programming: Covers X86 64-bit, AVX, AVX2, and AVX-512

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D. KusswurmModern X86 Assembly Language Programminghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9603-5_6

6. Run-Time Calling Conventions

Daniel Kusswurm¹  

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Geneva, IL, USA

 

In the previous five chapters, you studied numerous code examples that informally discussed various aspects of the Visual C++ (Windows) and GNU C++ (Linux) run-time calling conventions. In this chapter, the calling conventions are formally explained. The discussions reiterate some earlier elucidations and introduce new requirements not already examined. A solid understanding of these calling conventions is essential since they’re used extensively in subsequent chapters that explain x86-AVX SIMD ...