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Asked: May 31, 20262026-05-31T19:40:40+00:00 2026-05-31T19:40:40+00:00

When the ebp register is pushed onto the stack (this is on IA-32 architecture)

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When the ebp register is pushed onto the stack (this is on IA-32 architecture) how many bytes does it occupy?

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    2026-05-31T19:40:41+00:00Added an answer on May 31, 2026 at 7:40 pm

    In x86-32, all of the main registers (including EBP) are 32 bits in size, and take up 4 bytes on the stack. The only exception that pops out at me are CS, DS, ES, etc — and even those, IIRC, are pushed onto the stack as 32-bit values in order to keep the stack dword-aligned.

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