C to assembly - leaq instruction

Question

As far as I understood:

The 3rd line on the assembly code leaq (%rsi, %rsi, 2), %rdx, which as I translate it: z = y + 2*y.

I'm confused, is this code wrong, or is it an assembly magic?

Yes, I've just noticed that, I think it goes like `3y << 4 = y * 48`. — dud3, Mar 22 '17 at 23:44
@Jester some of these instructions are quite hard to digest(for me), do you happen to have any good references? — dud3, Mar 22 '17 at 23:47
For others, analyzed it one more time, this code seems to be correct. — dud3, Mar 22 '17 at 23:54
Apart from the official intel instruction set reference? What else do you need :) — Jester, Mar 23 '17 at 00:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 16 '19 at 22:53

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simple explanation

it moves the address not the values

answered Jan 16 '19 at 22:53

Arun Kumar

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Can you quote the most relevant portion of the PDF link? – Will Jan 17 '19 at 17:14
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leaq (%rsi, %rsi, 2), %rdx means %rdx=2*rsi+rsi which is equal to 3*rsi in binary we write 3 as 000011 so after 4 left sfift (sal-shift acc. left) 110000 which is 48 – Arun Kumar Jan 17 '19 at 21:00
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link to the pdf is broken – JessG Sep 30 '22 at 19:37
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@JessG [web.archive.org](http://web.archive.org/web/20210109184422/https://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~kimchris/cs201/slides/10%20-%20x86%20Basics,%20Part%202.pdf) – kirogasa Jan 17 '23 at 02:52

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