Module x86_64::instructions

Special x86_64 instructions.

Modules

interrupts

Enabling and disabling interrupts

port

Access to I/O ports

random

Support for build-in RNGs

segmentation

Provides functions to read and write segment registers.

tables

Functions to load GDT, IDT, and TSS structures.

tlb

Functions to flush the translation lookaside buffer (TLB).

Functions

bochs_breakpoint

Emits a ‘magic breakpoint’ instruction for the Bochs CPU emulator. Make sure to set magic_break: enabled=1 in your .bochsrc file.

hlt

Halts the CPU until the next interrupt arrives.

nop

Executes the nop instructions, which performs no operation (i.e. does nothing).

read_rip

Gets the current instruction pointer. Note that this is only approximate as it requires a few instructions to execute.