x86 Machine Code Statistics

[Vortex]

An interesting article by Peter Kankowski :

x86 Machine Code Statistics

[jj2007]

6% call, 1% ret??  ::)

[KeepingRealBusy]

JJ,

Yes, I believe that. You have many calls to a procedure, but that procedure only has 1 ret (maybe more than 1 with conditional early exits). Note the stats are for the code itself, not a profile of the execution of the code.

Dave.

[jj2007]

Dave,
I overlooked the obvious. Thanks for putting me back on track

[dedndave]

API functions are probably used ~5:1 over local PROC's

[K_F]

The way software is done now days.. there are many proc calls with just as many crashes, without rets...
Not surprising  :P