PROC_FRAME sample db 048h; emit a REX prefix, to enable hot-patching push rbp [pushreg rbp] sub rsp, 040h [allocstack 040h] lea rbp, [rsp+020h] [setframe rbp, 020h] movdqa [rbp], xmm7 [savexmm128 xmm7, 020h];the offset is from the base of the frame ;not the scaled offset of the frame mov [rbp+018h], rsi [savereg rsi, 018h] mov [rsp+010h], rdi [savereg rdi, 010h]; you can still use RSP as the base of the frame ; or any other register you choose END_PROLOGUE ; you can modify the stack pointer outside of the prologue (similar to alloca) ; because we have a frame pointer. ; if we didn't have a frame pointer, this would be illegal ; if we didn't make this modification, ; there would be no need for a frame pointer sub rsp, 060h ; we can unwind from the following AV because of the frame pointer mov rax, 0 mov rax, [rax] ; AV! ; restore the registers that weren't saved with a push ; this isn't part of the official epilog, as described in section 2.5 movdqa xmm7, [rbp] mov rsi, [rbp+018h] mov rdi, [rbp-010h] ; Here's the official epilog lea rsp, [rbp-020h] pop rbp ret ENDPROC_FRAME