LDR (predicate)
Load predicate register
Load a predicate register from a memory address generated by a 64-bit scalar base, plus an immediate offset in the range -256 to 255 which is multiplied by the current predicate register size in bytes. This instruction is unpredicated.
The load is performed as contiguous byte accesses, each containing 8 consecutive predicate bits in ascending element order, with no endian conversion and no guarantee of single-copy atomicity larger than a byte. However, if alignment is checked, then a general-purpose base register must be aligned to 2 bytes.
For programmer convenience, an assembler must also accept a predicate-as-counter register name for the destination predicate register.
Green
True
True
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LDR <Pt>, [<Xn|SP>{, #<imm>, MUL VL}]
if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SVE) && !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SME) then UNDEFINED;
constant integer t = UInt(Pt);
constant integer n = UInt(Rn);
constant integer imm = SInt(imm9h:imm9l);
<Pt>
Is the name of the destination scalable predicate register, encoded in the "Pt" field.
<Xn|SP>
Is the 64-bit name of the general-purpose base register or stack pointer, encoded in the "Rn" field.
<imm>
Is the optional signed immediate vector offset, in the range -256 to 255, defaulting to 0, encoded in the "imm9h:imm9l" fields.
CheckSVEEnabled();
constant integer VL = CurrentVL;
constant integer PL = VL DIV 8;
constant integer elements = PL DIV 8;
bits(64) base;
constant integer offset = imm * elements;
bits(PL) result;
constant boolean contiguous = TRUE;
constant boolean nontemporal = FALSE;
constant boolean tagchecked = n != 31;
constant AccessDescriptor accdesc = CreateAccDescSVE(MemOp_LOAD, nontemporal, contiguous,
tagchecked);
if n == 31 then
CheckSPAlignment();
base = SP[];
else
base = X[n, 64];
bits(64) addr = AddressAdd(base, offset, accdesc);
constant boolean aligned = IsAligned(addr, 2);
if !aligned && AlignmentEnforced() then
AArch64.Abort(addr, AlignmentFault(accdesc));
for e = 0 to elements-1
Elem[result, e, 8] = AArch64.MemSingle[addr, 1, accdesc, aligned];
addr = AddressIncrement(addr, 1, accdesc);
P[t, PL] = result;