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* Possible redundant `mov` in i386/x86_64 longjmp()?
@ 2016-01-12 22:49 Mark Mossberg
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From: Mark Mossberg @ 2016-01-12 22:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi all,

I was recently perusing musl’s implementation of longjmp() for i386 and I saw that esp was restored via:

	mov 16(%edx),%ecx
	mov     %ecx,%esp

To me, it seems like the intermediary mov to %ecx is unnecessary. Could the code instead be the following?

	mov 16(%edx), %esp

Thanks,
Mark

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