CMP in x86 with parentheses and address

Question

I have the following line in x86 Assembly language that I don\'t know what it does...

cmp %eax,0x80498d4(,%ebx,4)

I know it\'s comparing th

Answer 1

In AT&T syntax this form represents

OFFSET(BASE REGISTER, INDEX REGISTER, INDEX SCALE)

so the address represented is the value of BASE REGISTER (if present) + INDEX * SCALE (if present) + OFFSET, so

EBX*4 + 0x80498d4 in your case.