Chapter 1 What Is Assembly Language? 1 --
Processor Instructions 1 --
High-Level Languages 6 --
Chapter 2 IA-32 Platform 17 --
Core Parts of an IA-32 Processor 17 --
Advanced IA-32 Features 32 --
IA-32 Processor Family 34 --
Chapter 3 Tools of the Trade 39 --
GNU Debugger Program 56 --
GNU Objdump Program 62 --
GNU Profiler Program 65 --
A Complete Assembly Development System 69 --
Chapter 4 A Sample Assembly Language Program 73 --
Creating a Simple Program 75 --
Debugging the Program 81 --
Using C Library Functions in Assembly 86 --
Chapter 5 Moving Data 91 --
Defining Data Elements 91 --
Moving Data Elements 97 --
Conditional Move Instructions 106 --
Optimizing Memory Access 123 --
Chapter 6 Controlling Execution Flow 127 --
Instruction Pointer 127 --
Unconditional Branches 129 --
Conditional Branches 136 --
Duplicating High-Level Conditional Branches 146 --
Optimizing Branch Instructions 153 --
Chapter 7 Using Numbers 161 --
Numeric Data Types 161 --
Binary Coded Decimal 178 --
Floating-Point Numbers 182 --
Chapter 8 Basic Math Functions 201 --
Integer Arithmetic 201 --
Shift Instructions 223 --
Decimal Arithmetic 227 --
Logical Operations 231 --
Chapter 9 Advanced Math Functions 235 --
Basic Floating-Point Math 245 --
Advanced Floating-Point Math 249 --
Floating-Point Conditional Branches 259 --
Saving and Restoring the FPU State 265 --
Waiting versus Nonwaiting Instructions 269 --
Optimizing Floating-Point Calculations 270 --
Chapter 10 Working with Strings 273 --
Storing and Loading Strings 283 --
Chapter 11 Using Functions 297 --
Defining Functions 297 --
Assembly Functions 299 --
Passing Data Values in C Style 306 --
Using Separate Function Files 317 --
Using Command-Line Parameters 320 --
Chapter 12 Using Linux System Calls 329 --
Using System Calls 341 --
Advanced System Call Return Values 346 --
Tracing System Calls 349 --
System Calls versus C Libraries 355 --
Chapter 13 Using Inline Assembly 361 --
What Is Inline Assembly? 361 --
Basic Inline Assembly Code 365 --
Using Inline Assembly Code 384 --
Chapter 14 Calling Assembly Libraries 389 --
Creating Assembly Functions 389 --
Compiling the C and Assembly Programs 391 --
Using Assembly Functions in C Programs 395 --
Using Assembly Functions in C++ Programs 407 --
Creating Static Libraries 408 --
Using Shared Libraries 412 --
Debugging Assembly Functions 417 --
Chapter 15 Optimizing Routines 421 --
Optimized Compiler Code 421 --
Creating Optimized Code 425 --
Optimization Tricks 430 --
Chapter 16 Using Files 453 --
File-Handling Sequence 453 --
Opening and Closing Files 454 --
Reading, Processing, and Writing Data 467 --
Memory-Mapped Files 470 --
Chapter 17 Using Advanced IA-32 Features 481 --
A Brief Review of SIMD 481 --
Detecting Supported SIMD Operations 483 --
Using MMX Instructions 487 --
Using SSE Instructions 497 --
Using SSE2 Instructions 504 --
