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function_call_stack_layout
Before call to Function1:
Register Value on stack Memory Address Notes
-----------------------
| saved %eip | 0xbfffffd0
----------------------- ----
%ebp -> | saved %ebp | 0xbfffffcc |
----------------------- | Main's stack frame
| local variables | 0xbfffffc8 |
%esp -> | .......... | 0xbfffffc4 |
----------------------- ----
After call to Function1:
-----------------------
| saved %eip | 0xbfffffd0
----------------------- ----
| saved %ebp | 0xbfffffcc |
----------------------- | Main's stack frame
| local variables | 0xbfffffc8 |
| .......... | 0xbfffffc4 |
----------------------- ----
| saved %eip | 0xbfffffc0
----------------------- ----
%ebp -> | saved %ebp | 0xbfffffbc |
----------------------- |
| local variables | 0xbfffffb8 | Function1's stack frame
| .......... | 0xbfffffb4 |
%esp -> | .......... | 0xbfffffb0 |
----------------------- ----
After Function1 returns:
-----------------------
| saved %eip | 0xbfffffd0
----------------------- ----
%ebp -> | saved %ebp | 0xbfffffcc |
----------------------- | Main's stack frame
| local variables | 0xbfffffc8 |
%esp -> | .......... | 0xbfffffc4 |
----------------------- ----
| saved %eip | 0xbfffffc0
-----------------------
| saved %ebp | 0xbfffffbc
-----------------------
| local variables | 0xbfffffb8
| .......... | 0xbfffffb4
| .......... | 0xbfffffb0
-----------------------
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