How can I set or clear overflow flag in x86 assembly?

Question

I want to write a simple code (or algorithm) to set/clear overflow flag. For setting OF, I know that I can use signed values. But how can I clear that?

Answer 1

There are many possible solutions.

For instance, test al, al will clear the OF flag without affecting register contents.

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Or, if you don't want to affect the other flags, you can just directly modify the *FLAGS register. For example, in 32-bit, this would look like:

pushfd                   ; Push EFLAGS onto the stack
and dword [esp], ~0x800  ; Clear bit 11 (OF)
popfd                    ; Pop the modified result back into EFLAGS

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_{Edit: Changed or al, al to test al, al per Peter Cordes' recommendation. (The effects are the same but the latter is better for performance reasons)}