I did gcc -S on the very complex program below on x86_64:
int main() { int x = 3; x = 5; return 0;}
And what I got was:
.file "main.c" .text.globl main .type main, @functionmain:.LFB0: .cfi_startproc pushq %rbp .cfi_def_cfa_offset 16 .cfi_offset 6, -16 movq %rsp, %rbp .cfi_def_cfa_register 6 movl $3, -4(%rbp) movl $5, -4(%rbp) movl $0, %eax leave .cfi_def_cfa 7, 8 ret .cfi_endproc.LFE0: .size main, .-main .ident "GCC: (GNU) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-3)" .section .note.GNU-stack,"",@progbits
I was wondering if someone could help me understand the output or refer me to some link explaining. Specifically, What does cfi ,LFB0,LFE0 , leave
mean? All I could find regarding these is this post but couldn't fully understand what it was for. Also, what does ret
do in this case? I'm guessing it's returning to __libc_start_main()
which in turn would call do_exit()
, is that correct?