I am trying to understand the assembler code of function C. I could not understand why it andl -16was mostly executed. This is for space allocation for local variables. If so, why subl 32is it done for the main one.
I could not understand the disassembly func1. As you read, the stack grows from a higher order address to a lower order address for 8086 processors. So, that’s why there is access on the positive side of ebp (to offset parameters) and why not on the negative side of ebp. Local variables inside func1 are 3 + return address + saved registers. So it should be 20, but why is it 24? ( subl $24,esp)
#include<stdio.h>
int add(int a, int b){
int res = 0;
res = a + b;
return res;
}
int func1(int a){
int s1,s2,s3;
s1 = add(a,a);
s2 = add(s1,a);
s3 = add(s1,s2);
return s3;
}
int main(){
int a,b;
a = 1;b = 2;
b = func1(a);
printf("\n a : %d b : %d \n",a,b);
return 0;
}
build code:
.file "sample.c"
.text
.globl add
.type add, @function
add:
pushl %ebp
movl %esp, %ebp
subl $16, %esp
movl $0, -4(%ebp)
movl 12(%ebp), %eax
movl 8(%ebp), %edx
leal (%edx,%eax), %eax
movl %eax, -4(%ebp)
movl -4(%ebp), %eax
leave
ret
.size add, .-add
.globl func1
.type func1, @function
func1:
pushl %ebp
movl %esp, %ebp
subl $24, %esp
movl 8(%ebp), %eax
movl %eax, 4(%esp)
movl 8(%ebp), %eax
movl %eax, (%esp)
call add
movl %eax, -4(%ebp)
movl 8(%ebp), %eax
movl %eax, 4(%esp)
movl -4(%ebp), %eax
movl %eax, (%esp)
call add
movl %eax, -8(%ebp)
movl -8(%ebp), %eax
movl %eax, 4(%esp)
movl -4(%ebp), %eax
movl %eax, (%esp)
call add
movl %eax, -12(%ebp)
movl -12(%ebp), %eax
leave
ret
.size func1, .-func1
.section .rodata
.LC0:
.string "\n a : %d b : %d \n"
.text
.globl main
.type main, @function
main:
pushl %ebp
movl %esp, %ebp
andl $-16, %esp
subl $32, %esp
movl $1, 28(%esp)
movl $2, 24(%esp)
movl 28(%esp), %eax
movl %eax, (%esp)
call func1
movl %eax, 24(%esp)
movl $.LC0, %eax
movl 24(%esp), %edx
movl %edx, 8(%esp)
movl 28(%esp), %edx
movl %edx, 4(%esp)
movl %eax, (%esp)
call printf
movl $0, %eax
leave
ret
.size main, .-main
.ident "GCC: (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.4-14ubuntu5) 4.4.5"
.section .note.GNU-stack,"",@progbits