I have simple code. StdCall
is __stdcall
and CdeclCall
is __cdecl
.
#include <stdio.h>
int __stdcall StdCall(int a,int b)
{
return a + b;
}
int __cdecl CdeclCall(int a,int b)
{
return a + b;
}
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
StdCall(10,20);
CdeclCall(10,20);
printf("Done");
return 0;
}
Part of Disassabmbly of main() for StdCall (Main does not clear stack for StdCall)
push 20 ; 00000014H
push 10 ; 0000000aH
call ?StdCall@@YGHHH@Z ; StdCall
Part of Disassabmbly of main() for CdeclCall (Main does clear stack for CdeclCall)
push 20 ; 00000014H
push 10 ; 0000000aH
call ?CdeclCall@@YAHHH@Z ; CdeclCall
add esp, 8 ; Stack cleared here
Now, it is responsibility of StdCall to remove its args from the stack, but disassembly does not show any code which pops the ags to clear / clean the stack.
Disassembly for StdCall
push ebp
mov ebp, esp
sub esp, 192 ; 000000c0H
push ebx
push esi
push edi
lea edi, DWORD PTR [ebp-192]
mov ecx, 48 ; 00000030H
mov eax, -858993460 ; ccccccccH
rep stosd
mov eax, DWORD PTR _a$[ebp]
add eax, DWORD PTR _b$[ebp]
pop edi
pop esi
pop ebx
mov esp, ebp
pop ebp
ret 8
Is it runtime activity to generate clearing stack code for __stdcall
or I have taken concept wrongly?
It's part of the ret 8
instruction - 8 is the number of bytes to add to the stack pointer after popping the return address.
https://www.felixcloutier.com/x86/ret
See also What is the meaning and usage of __stdcall? for more about the @
decorations on C functions names in Windows.