On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 11:15:53PM +0000, 29jr48+4pm9iwb1l08rc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I am trying to follow a tutorial in which C code is compiled, for example > void buffers_function(int a, int b, int c) { > char buffer1[10]; > char buffer2[11]; > } > > void main() { > buffers_function(1,2,3); > } > and is compiled using the following command line: > gcc -S -o example1.s example1.c > > the problem is, example1.s does not include 3 pushes of the parameters and then the call to buffers_function, but instead it includes: > movl $3, 8(%esp) > movl $2, 4(%esp) > movl $1, (%esp) > call function > > which GCC flags do I need to use in order to see the 3 pushes instead of the movl operation? -march=i386 will do (it looks like your compiler defaults to i686). This tutorial seems to be written with a (much) older compiler in mind, so you should expect (many) other differences in generated code. Segher