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The document contains explanations of various x86 assembly instructions related to pushing and popping registers onto and from the stack. It defines instructions like PUSHA, PUSHAD, PUSH, POP, LDS, and REP and describes what registers they affect and how they manipulate the stack pointer and values. Key details provided include that CS cannot be the destination of MOV, PUSHA pushes registers in order of AX, CX, DX, BX, SP, BP, SI, DI, and PUSHAD pushes 32-bit registers EAX, ECX, EDX, EBX, ESP, EBP, ESI, EDI.

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The document contains explanations of various x86 assembly instructions related to pushing and popping registers onto and from the stack. It defines instructions like PUSHA, PUSHAD, PUSH, POP, LDS, and REP and describes what registers they affect and how they manipulate the stack pointer and values. Key details provided include that CS cannot be the destination of MOV, PUSHA pushes registers in order of AX, CX, DX, BX, SP, BP, SI, DI, and PUSHAD pushes 32-bit registers EAX, ECX, EDX, EBX, ESP, EBP, ESI, EDI.

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Sheet 4 Solution

[9] What is wrong with a MOV CS, AX instruction?

CS cannot be a destination for a move statement, if the value of CS changed,


the program flow changed.
[10] Which registers move onto the stack with the PUSHA instruction?

PUSHA (push all) instruction: copies the registers to the stack in the following
order: AX, CX, DX, BX, SP, BP, SI and DI.
[11] Which registers move onto the stack for a PUSHAD instruction?

PUSHAD: push the contents of the 32-bit register set found in 80386 through
the pentium4 in the following: EAX, ECX, EDX, EBX, ESP, EBP, ESI and EDI.
[12] Describe the operation of each of the following instructions :
(a)
(b)

PUSH AX
POP EAX

PUSH AX: copy the AX register to the stack.


POP EAX: remove a doubleword from the stack and
places it into the EAX register.
[13] Explain how the PUSH [DI] instruction functions.

PUSH [DI] instruction: copy the content of memory location identified by


the offset value stored in DI register into the stack.

[14] What registers are placed on the stack by the PUSHA instruction? In
what order?

PUSHA (push all) instruction: copies the registers to the stack in the
following order: AX, CX, DX, BX, SP, BP, SI and DI into the stack.

[15] What does the PUSHAD instruction accomplish?

PUSHAD: copy the contents of the 32-bit register in the following: EAX, ECX,
EDX, EBX, ESP, EBP, ESI and EDI into the stack.
[16] Which instruction places the EFLAGS on the stack in the Pentium 4
microprocessor?

PUSHFD
[17] Explain what happens when the PUSH BX instruction executes.
Make sure to show where BH and BL are stored. (Assume that SP =
0100H and SS = 0200H.)

The instruction copies the contents of BX onto the stack where address SS:
[SP-1] =BH, SS: [SP-2] =BL and after instruction execution SP=SP -2.
Stack location= SS*10H+SP=02100H
BH stored at location 020FFH
BL stored at location 020FEH
SP becomes FEH
[18] Repeat above question for the PUSH EAX instruction.

PUSH EAX: copy the EAX register to the stack.


In the same manner, except that after instruction execution SP=SP -4.

[19] Describe how the LDS BX, NUMB instruction operates.

LDS BX, NUMB: Load DS and BX with the address of NUMB.

[21] What does the REP prefix accomplish and what type of instruction is
it used with?

REP Prefix: repeats instructions CX times, it is used with string instruction


except LODS instruction. The REP prefix causes CX to decrement by 1
each time the string instruction executes.

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