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Re: Warning: indirect jmp without `*'

From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
To: Alan Grover <alan dot grover at gmail dot com>
Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:49:25 -0700
Subject: Re: Warning: indirect jmp without `*'
References: <161915060904292100s49f77bcev36b5159798b9b555@mail.gmail.com>

Alan Grover <alan.grover@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm getting a
>
> Warning: indirect jmp without `*'
>
> when I use
>
> jmp -12(%ebp)
>
> What do I need to do to make as happy?

jmp *-12(%ebp)

The rationale is that you aren't going to jump to the address %ebp-12.
You're going to load the value at -12(%ebp), and jump to that.

Ian

References:
- Warning: indirect jmp without `*'
  - From: Alan Grover

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