x64 Assembly Language Step-by-Step: Programming with Linux. 4 Ed

Title PageCopyright PageAbout the AuthorAcknowledgmentsContents at a GlanceContentsIntroductionChapter 1: It’s All in the Plan: Understanding What Computers Really DoAnother Pleasant Valley SaturdaySteps and TestsMore Than Two Ways?Computers Think Like UsHad This Been the Real Thing...Assembly Language Programming As a Square DanceAssembly Language Programming As a Board GameCode and DataAddressesMetaphor Check!Chapter 2: Alien Bases: Getting Your Arms Around Binary and HexadecimalThe Return of the New Math MonsterCounting in MartianDissecting a Martian NumberThe Essence of a Number BaseOctal: How the Grinch Stole Eight and NineWho Stole Eight and Nine?Hexadecimal: Solving the Digit ShortageFrom Hex to Decimal and from Decimal to HexPractice. Practice! PRACTICE!Arithmetic in HexBinaryWhy Binary?Hexadecimal as Shorthand for BinaryPrepare to ComputeChapter 3: Lifting the Hood: Discovering What Computers Actually AreRAXie, We Hardly Knew YeSwitches, Transistors, and MemoryRandom AccessThe Shop Supervisor and the Assembly LineFetch and ExecuteWhat vs. How: Architecture and MicroarchitectureOperating Systems: The Corner OfficeMultitasking MagicThe PlanChapter 4: Location, Location, Location: Registers, Memory Addressing, and Knowing Where Things AreThe Joy of Memory ModelsBackward Compatibility and Virtual 86 ModeSegment Registers and x64General-Purpose RegistersThe Instruction PointerThe Flags RegisterMath Coprocessors and Their RegistersThe Four Major Assembly Programming ModelsChapter 5: The Right to Assemble: The Process of Creating Assembly Language ProgramsFiles and What’s Inside ThemBinary vs. Text FilesEndiannessAssembly LanguageCommentsObject Code, Linkers, and LibrariesThe Assembly Language Development ProcessDebuggers and DebuggingInstalling the SoftwareStep-by-Step Compilation ProcessChapter 6: A Place to Stand, with Access to Tools: Linux and the Tools That Shape the Way You WorkIntegrated Development EnvironmentsIntroducing SASMLinux and TerminalsThe Three Standard Unix FilesI/O RedirectionTerminal ControlUsing Linux MakeDebugging with SASMChapter 7: Following Your Instructions: Meeting Machine Instructions Up Close and PersonalInstructions and OperandsSource and Destination OperandsImmediate, Register, and Memory DataWatching FlagsArithmetic InstructionsSigned vs. UnsignedDivisionReading Assembly Language ReferencesChapter 8: Our Object All Sublime: Creating Programs That WorkSections of an Assembly ProgramLabels and VariablesThe StackLinux Kernel Services via SyscallThe ABI’s Register SchemeDesigning Nontrivial ProgramsFrom Pseudocode to AssemblyChapter 9: Bits, Flags, Branches, and Tables: Easing Into Mainstream Assembly CodingBitwise Operations (AND, OR, XOR, NOT)Shifts and RotatesLookup TablesConditional and Unconditional JumpsCMP, TEST, BT Instructionsx64 Memory AddressingLEA InstructionTable Translation TechniquesChapter 10: Dividing and Conquering: Using Procedures and Macros to Battle Program ComplexityProcedures and the StackLocal Labels and DataInclude Files and LibrariesCreating and Using MacrosMacros vs. ProceduresConsole Control ExamplesChapter 11: Strings and Things: Those Amazing String InstructionsUnderstanding Strings in AssemblyREP STOSB and Other String InstructionsVirtual ScreensThe LOOP FamilyString SearchesCommand-Line ArgumentsStack Structure and AccessProgram Prologs and EpilogsChapter 12: Heading Out to C: Calling External Functions Written in the C LanguageUsing GCC and libc FunctionsCalling ConventionsStack Frame Setupprintf, scanf, puts, fgetsTime FunctionsRandom NumbersFile I/O in C from AssemblyAT&T Syntax OverviewPassing More Than Six ParametersWorking with Command-Line ArgumentsConclusion: Not the End, But Only the BeginningAppendix A: The Return of the Insight DebuggerUsing InsightStack and Memory ViewsLearn gdb!Appendix B: Partial x64 Instruction ReferenceWhat’s Removed from x64Flag Results and Instruction SyntaxInstruction Index (e.g., ADD, AND, CMP, JMP, MOV, MUL, RET, etc.)Appendix C: Character Set ChartsIndexEULA