Work through the AArch64 procedure call convention: the link register, the frame record chain, saved registers, argument passing, and indirect results.
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When a bl instruction executes, what value is placed in the link register (x30)?
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How do frame pointers let a program walk back through previous stack frames?
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A subroutine wants to use x19 as a working register. What must it do to follow the AArch64 procedure call convention?
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When an argument is passed by reference, what does the argument register hold?
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A subroutine returns a large composite result that does not fit in the normal result registers. How does the caller tell it where to put that result?
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What makes a subroutine a leaf subroutine?
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Which register range does the AArch64 procedure call convention set aside purely as caller-saved temporaries, with no argument or result role?
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A subroutine is called with nine integer arguments. Where is the ninth argument passed under the AArch64 procedure call convention?