Assembly language: The coordination of the ESP and EBP registers for procedures is perhaps one of the most ingenious ideas covered in the course. I remember, when I first learned this, I absolutely...

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The coordination of the ESP and EBP registers for procedures is perhaps one of the most ingenious ideas covered in the course. I remember, when I first learned this, I absolutely fell in love with this technique. BTW, in later courses (like CS 510, CS 715, etc.), you will revisit this technique, under the name ofactivation records.


Briefly explain in your own words, exactly what is accomplished by performing PUSH EBP and MOV EBP, ESP at the beginning of procedures, and POP EBP at the end. Also, why is it necessary?

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Deepti answered on Nov 19 2021
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Push ebp;
Mov ebp, esp;
Pop ebp;
EBP is call-preserved calling convention which if modified, need
s caller value to be restored. By performing PUSH EBP, value for calling function is saved. EBP is the base pointer for this purpose. The stack pointer ESP is then copied in order to point EBP to the function’s stack frame. The PUSH puts the value from EBP onto the stack and decrements the stack pointer by proper amount. At the end...
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