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epilogue

The instructions at the end of a function that take its stack frame down again and return.

A function epilogue releases the frame's stack space, restores saved registers and the caller's frame pointer, and returns, exactly undoing the prologue (leave; ret or ldp x29, x30, [sp], #N; ret).

Examples

  • leave then ret is a typical x86-64 epilogue: it undoes the prologue and returns.

See also

prologue frame pointer stack frame store pair
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