SUB -- Integer Subtraction

Opcode      Instruction      Clocks   Description

2C  ib      SUB AL,imm8      2        Subtract immediate byte from AL
2D  iw      SUB AX,imm16     2        Subtract immediate word from AX
2D  id      SUB EAX,imm32    2        Subtract immediate dword from EAX
80  /5 ib   SUB r/m8,imm8    2/7      Subtract immediate byte from r/m byte
81  /5 iw   SUB r/m16,imm16  2/7      Subtract immediate word from r/m word
81  /5 id   SUB r/m32,imm32  2/7      Subtract immediate dword from r/m
                                      dword
83  /5 ib   SUB r/m16,imm8   2/7      Subtract sign-extended immediate byte
                                      from r/m word
83  /5 ib   SUB r/m32,imm8   2/7      Subtract sign-extended immediate byte
                                      from r/m dword
28  /r      SUB r/m8,r8      2/6      Subtract byte register from r/m byte
29  /r      SUB r/m16,r16    2/6      Subtract word register from r/m word
29  /r      SUB r/m32,r32    2/6      Subtract dword register from r/m
                                      dword
2A  /r      SUB r8,r/m8      2/7      Subtract byte register from r/m byte
2B  /r      SUB r16,r/m16    2/7      Subtract word register from r/m word
2B  /r      SUB r32,r/m32    2/7      Subtract dword register from r/m
                                      dword

Operation

IF SRC is a byte and DEST is a word or dword
THEN DEST := DEST - SignExtend(SRC);
ELSE DEST := DEST - SRC;
FI;

Description

SUB subtracts the second operand (SRC) from the first operand (DEST). The first operand is assigned the result of the subtraction, and the flags are set accordingly.

When an immediate byte value is subtracted from a word operand, the immediate value is first sign-extended to the size of the destination operand.

Flags Affected

OF, SF, ZF, AF, PF, and CF as described in Appendix C

Protected Mode Exceptions

#GP(0) if the result is in a nonwritable segment; #GP(0) for an illegal memory operand effective address in the CS, DS, ES, FS, or GS segments; #SS(0) for an illegal address in the SS segment; #PF(fault-code) for a page fault

Real Address Mode Exceptions

Interrupt 13 if any part of the operand would lie outside of the effective address space from 0 to 0FFFFH

Virtual 8086 Mode Exceptions

Same exceptions as in Real Address Mode; #PF(fault-code) for a page fault

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