AMD64 NASM Cheatsheet
Sizes
| Size (bits) | Size (bytes) | Name | NASM Mnemonics / Directives |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | byte | DB, RESB |
| 16 | 2 | word | DW, RESW |
| 32 | 4 | dword | DD, RESD |
| 64 | 8 | qword | DQ, RESQ |
| 80 | 10 | tword | DT, REST |
| 128 | 16 | oword | DO, RESO, DDQ, RESDQ |
| 256 | 32 | yword | DY, RESY |
| 512 | 64 | zword | DZ, RESZ |
Registers
| Register | Usage | Preserved Across Function Calls |
|---|---|---|
| %rax | Temporary register; with variable arguments passes information about the number of vector registers used; 1st return register | No |
| %rbx | Callee-saved register; optionally used as base pointer | Yes |
| %rcx | Used to pass 4th integer argument to functions | No |
| %rdx | Used to pass 3rd argument to functions; 2nd return register | No |
| %rsp | Stack pointer | Yes |
| %rbp | Callee-saved register; optionally used as frame pointer | Yes |
| %rsi | Used to pass 2nd argument to functions | No |
| %rdi | Used to pass 1st argument to functions | No |
| %r8 | Used to pass 5th argument to functions | No |
| %r9 | Used to pass 6th argument to functions | No |
| %r10 | Temporary register, used for passing a function’s static chain pointer | No |
| %r11 | Temporary register | No |
| %r12–%r15 | Callee-saved registers | Yes |
| %xmm0–%xmm1 | Used to pass and return floating point arguments | No |
| %xmm2–%xmm7 | Used to pass floating point arguments | No |
| %xmm8–%xmm15 | Temporary registers | No |
| %mmx0–%mmx7 | Temporary registers | No |
| %st0, %st1 | Temporary registers; used to return long double arguments | No |
| %st2–%st7 | Temporary registers | No |
| %fs | Reserved for system (as thread specific data register) | No |
| mxcsr | SSE2 control and status word | Partial |
| x87 SW | x87 status word | No |
| x87 CW | x87 control word | Yes |
Instructions
Conditional JUMP Instructions
| Instruction | Description | signed-ness | Flags | short jump opcodes |
near jump opcodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JO | Jump if overflow | OF = 1 | 70 | 0F 80 | |
| JNO | Jump if not overflow | OF = 0 | 71 | 0F 81 | |
| JS | Jump if sign | SF = 1 | 78 | 0F 88 | |
| JNS | Jump if not sign | SF = 0 | 79 | 0F 89 | |
| JE JZ |
Jump if equal
Jump if zero |
ZF = 1 | 74 | 0F 84 | |
| JNE
JNZ |
Jump if not equal
Jump if not zero |
ZF = 0 | 75 | 0F 85 | |
| JB
JNAE JC |
Jump if below
Jump if not above or equal Jump if carry |
unsigned | CF = 1 | 72 | 0F 82 |
| JNB
JAE JNC |
Jump if not below
Jump if above or equal Jump if not carry |
unsigned | CF = 0 | 73 | 0F 83 |
| JBE
JNA |
Jump if below or equal
Jump if not above |
unsigned | CF = 1 or ZF = 1 | 76 | 0F 86 |
| JA
JNBE |
Jump if above
Jump if not below or equal |
unsigned | CF = 0 and ZF = 0 | 77 | 0F 87 |
| JL
JNGE |
Jump if less
Jump if not greater or equal |
signed | SF <> OF | 7C | 0F 8C |
| JGE
JNL |
Jump if greater or equal
Jump if not less |
signed | SF = OF | 7D | 0F 8D |
| JLE
JNG |
Jump if less or equal
Jump if not greater |
signed | ZF = 1 or SF <> OF | 7E | 0F 8E |
| JG
JNLE |
Jump if greater
Jump if not less or equal |
signed | ZF = 0 and SF = OF | 7F | 0F 8F |
| JP
JPE |
Jump if parity
Jump if parity even |
PF = 1 | 7A | 0F 8A | |
| JNP
JPO |
Jump if not parity
Jump if parity odd |
PF = 0 | 7B | 0F 8B | |
| JCXZ
JECXZ |
Jump if %CX register is 0
Jump if %ECX register is 0 |
%CX = 0
%ECX = 0 |
E3 |
additional resources
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System V AMD64 ABI
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