I'm almost positive that x86 doesn't really have special stack instructions, aside from call (push pc +sizeof(call)) onto $esp and jump. I know MIPS (and possi

I'm almost positive that x86 doesn't really have special stack instructions, aside from call (push pc +sizeof(call)) onto $esp and jump. I know MIPS (and possibly other RISC architectures) don't have an implicit 'stack' register, just one that used by convention. They do have jump and link instructions which write $pc+4 into another register. Afaik, LLVM and quite possibly GCC just add/subtract $esp for the initial allocation / final deallocation of the stack. More recent intel x86 process I believe have a small separate d-cache for the stack.