Procedure Call Sequence in C

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In this article, I discuss the steps involved in the execution of a function call. For the sake of brevity, I have limited the discussion to Intel x86 platform.

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  1. Anonymous18/6/05 4:35 AM

    nice overview. perhaps if you get the chance, you could detail how function calls (and system calls) occur on Intel and AMD 64-bit hardware.

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  2. Anonymous4/5/11 5:21 PM

    Hello Manu,
    Do you have any idea how can we capture function call sequence during execution of a test case?

    regds

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