movb,movsbl,movsbl的区别

 

Both the movsbl and the movzbl instruction serve to copy a byte and to set the remaining bits in the

destination. The movsbl instruction takes a single-byte source operand, performs a sign extension to 32

bits (i.e., it sets the high-order 24 bits to the most significant bit of the source byte), and copies this to a

double-word destination. Similarly, the movzbl instruction takes a single-byte source operand, expands it

to 32 bits by adding 24 leading zeros, and copies this to a double-word destination.

Aside: Comparing byte movement instructions.

Observe that the three byte movement instructions movb, movsbl, and movzbl differ from each other in subtle

ways. Here is an example:

In these examples, all set the low-order byte of register %eax to the second byte of %edx. The movb instruction

does not change the other three bytes. The movsbl instruction sets the other three bytes to either all ones or all

zeros depending on the high-order bit of the source byte. The movzbl instruction sets the other three bytes to all

zeros in any case. End Aside.