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call stack question

call stack question

nunley0	14 Apr, 2009 - 02:33 PM Post #1
New D.I.C Head Joined: 25 Mar, 2009 Posts: 7	Sorry if I didn't post this in the right place, but, what is contained within a call stack frame? Also, what order is it in in the frame? I know the return value (if any) is always the last element in the frame, but I'm not sure about the rest.
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kingfeanor	RE: Call Stack Question 18 Apr, 2009 - 06:44 PM Post #2
New D.I.C Head Joined: 18 Apr, 2009 Posts: 3 Thanked: 1 times My Contributions	A good explanation is available at Wikipedia: Call Stack. The brief explanation is that the makeup of the stack is architecture dependent. x86 systems work differently then SPARC system which are different then PowerPC systems, etc. There are also several function calling conventions which will change the items/order in the stack frame (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calling_convention). So to get the best explanation for your architecture, look it up in the assembly instructions.
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nunley0	RE: Call Stack Question 28 Jun, 2009 - 08:56 AM Post #3
New D.I.C Head Joined: 25 Mar, 2009 Posts: 7	QUOTE(kingfeanor @ 18 Apr, 2009 - 06:44 PM) A good explanation is available at Wikipedia: Call Stack. The brief explanation is that the makeup of the stack is architecture dependent. x86 systems work differently then SPARC system which are different then PowerPC systems, etc. There are also several function calling conventions which will change the items/order in the stack frame (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calling_convention). So to get the best explanation for your architecture, look it up in the assembly instructions. Thanks, this definitely helped.
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