Assembler:Commands:JMP

command jmp size operand

Jumps to the given operand (address).

Transfers program control to a different point in the instruction stream without recording return information. The destination (target) operand specifies the address of the instruction being jumped to. This operand can be an immediate value, a general-purpose register, or a memory location.

This instruction can be used to execute four different types of jumps:

Near jump

A jump to an instruction within the current code segment (the segment currently pointed to by the CS register), sometimes referred to as an intrasegment jump.

Short jump

A near jump where the jump range is limited to -128 to +127 from the current EIP value.

Far jump

A jump to an instruction located in a different segment than the current code segment but at the same privilege level, sometimes referred to as an intersegment jump.

Task switch

A jump to an instruction located in a different task.

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Command Parameters

Parameter	Description
size OPTIONAL	The preferred size of the assembled address
operand	The address or symbol to jump to

Examples

jmp +1A   // Jump from end of command to +1A (hex).

jmp 00123ABC   // Jump to address.

jmp 0000123456ABCDEF   // Jump to address.

jmp eax   // Jump to value of eax.

jmp rax   // Jump to value of rax.

jmp someSymbol   // Jump to user defined symbol.

jmp someLabel   // Jump to label.

jmp short someLabel   // Jump to label with short byte code.

jmp long someLabel   // Jump to label with full address.

jmp @b   // Jump back to closest label

jmp @f   // Jump forward to closest label

Running this script in 32 bit mode:

globalAlloc(memTest, 0x200)
label(testLbl)
memTest:
                          add [eax],al // db 00 00
@@:
                          add [eax],al
jmp short @b
jmp short @f
                          add [eax],al
@@:
                          add [eax],al
                          add [eax],al
jmp short -4
jmp short +2
                          add [eax],al
testLbl:
                          add [eax],al
jmp 02EA0002
                          add [eax],al
jmp eax
                          add [eax],al
jmp memTest
                          add [eax],al
jmp testLbl
                          add [eax],al
jmp short testLbl
                          add [eax],al
jmp long testLbl
                          add [eax],al
db 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90

Running this script in 64 bit mode:

globalAlloc(memTest, 0x200)
label(testLbl)
memTest:
                          add [rax],al // db 00 00
@@:
                          add [rax],al
jmp short @b
jmp short @f
                          add [rax],al
@@:
                          add [rax],al
                          add [rax],al
jmp short -4
jmp short +2
                          add [rax],al
testLbl:
                          add [rax],al
jmp 01160002
                          add [rax],al
jmp rax
                          add [rax],al
jmp memTest
                          add [rax],al
jmp testLbl
                          add [rax],al
jmp short testLbl
                          add [rax],al
jmp long testLbl
                          add [rax],al
db 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90

See also

• Assembler
• Auto Assembler
• Assembler Commands

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External links

• wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_instruction_listings
• wikibooks.org/wiki/X86_Assembly/Other_Instructions
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• asmpedia.org
• ref.x86asm.net