¿Qué hace cltq en el ensamblaje?

0x0000000000400553 <main+59>:   mov    -0x4(%rbp),%eax
0x0000000000400556 <main+62>:   cltq   
0x0000000000400558 <main+64>:   shl    $0x3,%rax
0x000000000040055c <main+68>:   mov    %rax,%rdx

De hecho, mi programa es tan simple como:

5   int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { 
6     int i = 0;
7     while(environ[i]) {
8       printf("%s\n", environ[i++]);
9     }
10    return 0;

Pero la salida del ensamblaje es bastante larga:

Dump of assembler code for function main:
0x0000000000400518 <main+0>:    push   %rbp
0x0000000000400519 <main+1>:    mov    %rsp,%rbp
0x000000000040051c <main+4>:    sub    $0x20,%rsp
0x0000000000400520 <main+8>:    mov    %edi,-0x14(%rbp)
0x0000000000400523 <main+11>:   mov    %rsi,-0x20(%rbp)
0x0000000000400527 <main+15>:   movl   $0x0,-0x4(%rbp)
0x000000000040052e <main+22>:   jmp    0x400553 <main+59>
0x0000000000400530 <main+24>:   mov    -0x4(%rbp),%eax
0x0000000000400533 <main+27>:   cltq   
0x0000000000400535 <main+29>:   shl    $0x3,%rax
0x0000000000400539 <main+33>:   mov    %rax,%rdx
0x000000000040053c <main+36>:   mov    0x2003e5(%rip),%rax        # 0x600928 <environ@@GLIBC_2.2.5>
0x0000000000400543 <main+43>:   lea    (%rdx,%rax,1),%rax
0x0000000000400547 <main+47>:   mov    (%rax),%rdi
0x000000000040054a <main+50>:   addl   $0x1,-0x4(%rbp)
0x000000000040054e <main+54>:   callq  0x400418 <puts@plt>
0x0000000000400553 <main+59>:   mov    -0x4(%rbp),%eax
0x0000000000400556 <main+62>:   cltq   
0x0000000000400558 <main+64>:   shl    $0x3,%rax
0x000000000040055c <main+68>:   mov    %rax,%rdx
0x000000000040055f <main+71>:   mov    0x2003c2(%rip),%rax        # 0x600928 <environ@@GLIBC_2.2.5>
0x0000000000400566 <main+78>:   lea    (%rdx,%rax,1),%rax
0x000000000040056a <main+82>:   mov    (%rax),%rax
0x000000000040056d <main+85>:   test   %rax,%rax
0x0000000000400570 <main+88>:   jne    0x400530 <main+24>
0x0000000000400572 <main+90>:   mov    $0x0,%eax
0x0000000000400577 <main+95>:   leaveq 
0x0000000000400578 <main+96>:   retq   
End of assembler dump.

Lo que no entiendo es este bloque:

0x000000000040052e <main+22>:   jmp    0x400553 <main+59>
0x0000000000400530 <main+24>:   mov    -0x4(%rbp),%eax
0x0000000000400533 <main+27>:   cltq   
0x0000000000400535 <main+29>:   shl    $0x3,%rax
0x0000000000400539 <main+33>:   mov    %rax,%rdx
0x000000000040053c <main+36>:   mov    0x2003e5(%rip),%rax        # 0x600928 <environ@@GLIBC_2.2.5>
0x0000000000400543 <main+43>:   lea    (%rdx,%rax,1),%rax
0x0000000000400547 <main+47>:   mov    (%rax),%rdi
0x000000000040054a <main+50>:   addl   $0x1,-0x4(%rbp)
0x000000000040054e <main+54>:   callq  0x400418 <puts@plt>
0x0000000000400553 <main+59>:   mov    -0x4(%rbp),%eax
0x0000000000400556 <main+62>:   cltq   
0x0000000000400558 <main+64>:   shl    $0x3,%rax
0x000000000040055c <main+68>:   mov    %rax,%rdx
0x000000000040055f <main+71>:   mov    0x2003c2(%rip),%rax        # 0x600928 <environ@@GLIBC_2.2.5>
0x0000000000400566 <main+78>:   lea    (%rdx,%rax,1),%rax
0x000000000040056a <main+82>:   mov    (%rax),%rax
0x000000000040056d <main+85>:   test   %rax,%rax
0x0000000000400570 <main+88>:   jne    0x400530 <main+24>

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