I’m wondering if it makes sense to push the return value of a function in its the stack-frame.
I know return values are mostly stored in registers (eax for gcc), but is it for performance only?
Thanks!
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I’m wondering if it makes sense to push the return value of a function in its the stack-frame.
I know return values are mostly stored in registers (eax for gcc), but is it for performance only?
Thanks!
it makes sense, but it must be manually inserted (and not a simple push). the ‘space’ for it should be ‘allocated’ by the caller (it must decrease sp before calling the function) because when you return from the function – the return address must be at the top of the stack, so the return value should be below the return address. [same principle as passing arguments on stack]