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what does cmp do in assembly language

I was just wondering what this does. As of now I just think that it compares %rsp with %eax but Im not really sure what the 0x10 there for

cmp    0x10(%rsp),%eax

thanks for the help

Solution

  • That is AT&T syntax for comparing the DWORD at memory location (rsp+10h) to the value in eax. The Intel syntax equivalent is:

    cmp eax,[rsp+10h]

    If the syntax difference is what is confusing you, check out this site which gives a good basic comparison between the two.

    BTW, comparing the value of rsp with eax would be (AT&T):

    cmp %rsp,%eax

    or (Intel):

    cmp eax,rsp