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Convert C - C++ Code To Assembly Language

This document discusses how to convert C/C++ code to assembly language using the gcc compiler. It explains that using the "-S" option will cause gcc to run the compiler and generate an assembly file rather than object code. As an example, C code stored in a file called "geeks.c" is compiled to the assembly file "geeks.s". The generated assembly file contains machine instructions corresponding to the C code without local variable names or data types.

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Convert C - C++ Code To Assembly Language

This document discusses how to convert C/C++ code to assembly language using the gcc compiler. It explains that using the "-S" option will cause gcc to run the compiler and generate an assembly file rather than object code. As an example, C code stored in a file called "geeks.c" is compiled to the assembly file "geeks.s". The generated assembly file contains machine instructions corresponding to the C code without local variable names or data types.

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Convert C/C++ code to assembly language

We use g++ compiler to turn provided C code into assembly language. To see the assembly code generated by the C compiler, we can use
the “-S” option on the command line:
Syntax:

$ gcc -S filename.c

This will cause gcc to run the compiler, generating an assembly le. Suppose we write a C code and store it in a le name “geeks.c” .

// C code stored in geeks.c file


#include <stdio.h>
  
// global string
char s[] = "GeeksforGeeks";
  
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    // Declaring variables
    int a = 2000, b =17;
      
    // Printing statement
    printf("%s %d \n", s, a+b);
}

Running the command:

$ gcc -S geeks.c

This will cause gcc to run the compiler, generating an assembly le geeks.s, and go no further. (Normally it would then invoke the
assembler to generate an object- code le.)

The assembly-code le contains various declarations including the set of lines:

    .section    __TEXT, __text, regular, pure_instructions


    .macosx_version_min 10, 12
    .globl    _main
    .align    4, 0x90
_main:                                  ## @main
    .cfi_startproc
## BB#0:
    pushq    %rbp
Ltmp0:
    .cfi_def_cfa_offset 16
Ltmp1:
    .cfi_offset %rbp, -16
    movq    %rsp, %rbp
Ltmp2:
    .cfi_def_cfa_register %rbp
    subq    $16, %rsp
    leaq    L_.str(%rip), %rdi
    leaq    _s(%rip), %rsi
    movl    $2000, -4(%rbp)         ## imm = 0x7D0
    movl    $17, -8(%rbp)
    movl    -4(%rbp), %eax
    addl    -8(%rbp), %eax
    movl    %eax, %edx
    movb    $0, %al
    callq    _printf
    xorl    %edx, %edx
    movl    %eax, -12(%rbp)         ## 4-byte Spill
    movl    %edx, %eax
    addq    $16, %rsp
    popq    %rbp
    retq
    .cfi_endproc
  
    .section    __DATA, __data
    .globl    _s                      ## @s
_s:
    .asciz    "GeeksforGeeks"
  
    .section    __TEXT, __cstring, cstring_literals
L_.str:                                 ## @.str
    .asciz    "%s %d \n"
  
  
.subsections_via_symbols

Each indented line in the above code corresponds to a single machine instruction. For example, the pushq instruction indicates that the
contents of register %rbp should be pushed onto the program stack. All information about local variable names or data types has been
stripped away. We still see a reference to the global
variable s[]= “GeeksforGeeks”, since the compiler has not yet determined where in memory this variable will be stored.

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