Instructions I
Learn about the different modes such as flags, TEST, and CMP instructions.
CPU flags register
In addition to registers, the CPU also contains a –bit %RFLAGS
register where individual bits are set or cleared in response to arithmetic and other operations. Separate machine instructions can manipulate some bit values, and their values affect code execution.
For example, the DF
(Direction Flag) bit determines the direction of memory copy operations. It can be set by STD
and cleared by CLD
instructions. It has the default value of 0, and its location is shown in the figure below, where only the first 32 bits of 64-bit %RFLAGS
are shown.
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