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+# Fill a region of memory with zeroes.
+
+== code
+#   instruction                     effective address                                                   register    displacement    immediate
+# . op          subop               mod             rm32          base        index         scale       r32
+# . 1-3 bytes   3 bits              2 bits          3 bits        3 bits      3 bits        2 bits      2 bits      0/1/2/4 bytes   0/1/2/4 bytes
+
+zero-out:  # start : address, len : int
+    # pseudocode:
+    #   curr/ESI = start
+    #   i/ECX = 0
+    #   while true
+    #     if (i >= len) break
+    #     *curr = 0
+    #     ++curr
+    #     ++i
+    #
+    # . prolog
+    55/push-EBP
+    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EBP
+    # . save registers
+    50/push-EAX
+    51/push-ECX
+    52/push-EDX
+    56/push-ESI
+    # curr/ESI = start
+    8b/copy                         1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           6/r32/ESI   8/disp8         .                 # copy *(EBP+8) to ESI
+    # i/ECX = 0
+    31/xor                          3/mod/direct    1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           1/r32/ECX   .               .                 # clear ECX
+    # EDX = len
+    8b/copy                         1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           2/r32/EDX   0xc/disp8       .                 # copy *(EBP+12) to EDX
+$zero-out:loop:
+    # if (i >= len) break
+    39/compare                      3/mod/direct    1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           2/r32/EDX   .               .                 # compare ECX with EDX
+    7d/jump-if-greater-or-equal  $zero-out:end/disp8
+    # *curr = 0
+    c6          0/subop/copy        0/mod/direct    6/rm32/ESI    .           .             .           .           .               0/imm8            # copy byte to *ESI
+    # ++curr
+    46/increment-ESI
+    # ++i
+    41/increment-ECX
+    eb/jump  $zero-out:loop/disp8
+$zero-out:end:
+    # . restore registers
+    5e/pop-to-ESI
+    5a/pop-to-EDX
+    59/pop-to-ECX
+    58/pop-to-EAX
+    # . epilog
+    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           5/r32/EBP   .               .                 # copy EBP to ESP
+    5d/pop-to-EBP
+    c3/return
+
+test-zero-out:
+    # . prolog
+    55/push-EBP
+    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EBP
+    # region/ECX = 34, 35, 36, 37
+    68/push  0x37363534/imm32
+    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to ECX
+    # zero-out(ECX, 3)
+    # . . push args
+    68/push  3/imm32/len
+    51/push-ECX
+    # . . call
+    e8/call  zero-out/disp32
+    # . . discard args
+    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
+    # first 3 bytes cleared, fourth left alone
+    # . check-ints-equal(*ECX, 0x37000000, msg)
+    # . . push args
+    68/push  "F - test-zero-out"/imm32
+    68/push  0x37000000/imm32
+    ff          6/subop/push        0/mod/indirect  1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           .               .                 # push *ECX
+    # . . call
+    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
+    # . . discard args
+    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
+    # . epilog
+    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           5/r32/EBP   .               .                 # copy EBP to ESP
+    5d/pop-to-EBP
+    c3/return
+
+# . . vim:nowrap:textwidth=0