ield of the call gate.</p>
<p>The RET instruction can be used to execute three different types of returns:</p>
<p>The inter-privilege-level return type can only be executed in protected mode. See the section titled “Calling Proce-dures Using Call and RET” in Chapter 6 of the <em>Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 1</em>, for detailed information on near, far, and inter-privilege-level returns.</p>
<p>When executing a near return, the processor pops the return instru