<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" encoding="UTF-8" href="iform.xsl" version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE instructionsection PUBLIC "-//ARM//DTD instructionsection //EN" "iform-p.dtd">
<!-- Copyright (c) 2010-2025 Arm Limited or its affiliates. All rights reserved. -->
<!-- This document is Non-Confidential. This document may only be used and distributed in accordance with the terms of the agreement entered into by Arm and the party that Arm delivered this document to. -->
<instructionsection id="CNT" title="CNT -- A64" type="instruction">
  <docvars>
    <docvar key="instr-class" value="general"/>
    <docvar key="isa" value="A64"/>
    <docvar key="mnemonic" value="CNT"/>
  </docvars>
  <heading>CNT</heading>
  <desc>
    <brief>
      <para>Count bits</para>
    </brief>
    <authored>
      <para>This instruction counts the number of binary one bits in the value of
the source register, and writes the result to the destination register.</para>
    </authored>
  </desc>
  <operationalnotes>
    <operationalnote>
      <operationalnote_content>
        <para>This instruction is a data-independent-time instruction as described in <xref linkend="ARMARM_BEICCDDAB3">About PSTATE.DIT</xref>.</para>
      </operationalnote_content>
    </operationalnote>
  </operationalnotes>
  <alias_list howmany="0"/>
  <classes>
    <iclass name="Integer" oneof="1" id="iclass_integer" no_encodings="2" isa="A64">
      <docvars>
        <docvar key="instr-class" value="general"/>
        <docvar key="isa" value="A64"/>
        <docvar key="mnemonic" value="CNT"/>
      </docvars>
      <iclassintro count="2"/>
      <arch_variants>
        <arch_variant feature="FEAT_CSSC" name="v8Ap9"/>
      </arch_variants>
      <regdiagram form="32" psname="A64.dpreg.dp_1src.CNT_32_dp_1src" tworows="1">
        <box hibit="31" width="1" name="sf" usename="1">
          <c colspan="1"/>
        </box>
        <box hibit="30" width="1" settings="1">
          <c>1</c>
        </box>
        <box hibit="29" name="S" usename="1" settings="1" psbits="x">
          <c>0</c>
        </box>
        <box hibit="28" width="8" settings="8">
          <c>1</c>
          <c>1</c>
          <c>0</c>
          <c>1</c>
          <c>0</c>
          <c>1</c>
          <c>1</c>
          <c>0</c>
        </box>
        <box hibit="20" width="5" name="opcode2" usename="1" settings="5" psbits="xxxxx">
          <c>0</c>
          <c>0</c>
          <c>0</c>
          <c>0</c>
          <c>0</c>
        </box>
        <box hibit="15" width="6" name="opcode" usename="1" settings="6" psbits="xxxxxx">
          <c>0</c>
          <c>0</c>
          <c>0</c>
          <c>1</c>
          <c>1</c>
          <c>1</c>
        </box>
        <box hibit="9" width="5" name="Rn" usename="1">
          <c colspan="5"/>
        </box>
        <box hibit="4" width="5" name="Rd" usename="1">
          <c colspan="5"/>
        </box>
      </regdiagram>
      <encoding name="CNT_32_dp_1src" oneofinclass="2" oneof="2" label="32-bit" bitdiffs="sf == 0">
        <docvars>
          <docvar key="datatype" value="32"/>
          <docvar key="instr-class" value="general"/>
          <docvar key="isa" value="A64"/>
          <docvar key="mnemonic" value="CNT"/>
        </docvars>
        <box hibit="31" width="1" name="sf">
          <c>0</c>
        </box>
        <asmtemplate><text>CNT  </text><a hover="Is the 32-bit name of the general-purpose destination register, encoded in the &quot;Rd&quot; field." link="WdOrWZR">&lt;Wd&gt;</a><text>, </text><a hover="Is the 32-bit name of the general-purpose source register, encoded in the &quot;Rn&quot; field." link="WnOrWZR">&lt;Wn&gt;</a></asmtemplate>
      </encoding>
      <encoding name="CNT_64_dp_1src" oneofinclass="2" oneof="2" label="64-bit" bitdiffs="sf == 1">
        <docvars>
          <docvar key="datatype" value="64"/>
          <docvar key="instr-class" value="general"/>
          <docvar key="isa" value="A64"/>
          <docvar key="mnemonic" value="CNT"/>
        </docvars>
        <box hibit="31" width="1" name="sf">
          <c>1</c>
        </box>
        <asmtemplate><text>CNT  </text><a hover="Is the 64-bit name of the general-purpose destination register, encoded in the &quot;Rd&quot; field." link="XdOrXZR__6">&lt;Xd&gt;</a><text>, </text><a hover="Is the 64-bit name of the general-purpose source register, encoded in the &quot;Rn&quot; field." link="XnOrXZR__11">&lt;Xn&gt;</a></asmtemplate>
      </encoding>
      <ps_section howmany="1">
        <ps name="A64.dpreg.dp_1src.CNT_32_dp_1src" sections="1" secttype="noheading">
          <pstext mayhavelinks="1" section="Decode" rep_section="decode">if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_CSSC) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end;
let datasize : integer{} = 32 &lt;&lt; UInt(sf);
let d : integer{} = UInt(Rd);
let n : integer{} = UInt(Rn);</pstext></ps>
      </ps_section>
    </iclass>
  </classes>
  <explanations scope="all">
    <explanation enclist="CNT_32_dp_1src" symboldefcount="1">
      <symbol link="WdOrWZR">&lt;Wd&gt;</symbol>
      <account encodedin="Rd">
        <intro>
          <para>Is the 32-bit name of the general-purpose destination register, encoded in the "Rd" field.</para>
        </intro>
      </account>
    </explanation>
    <explanation enclist="CNT_32_dp_1src" symboldefcount="1">
      <symbol link="WnOrWZR">&lt;Wn&gt;</symbol>
      <account encodedin="Rn">
        <intro>
          <para>Is the 32-bit name of the general-purpose source register, encoded in the "Rn" field.</para>
        </intro>
      </account>
    </explanation>
    <explanation enclist="CNT_64_dp_1src" symboldefcount="1">
      <symbol link="XdOrXZR__6">&lt;Xd&gt;</symbol>
      <account encodedin="Rd">
        <intro>
          <para>Is the 64-bit name of the general-purpose destination register, encoded in the "Rd" field.</para>
        </intro>
      </account>
    </explanation>
    <explanation enclist="CNT_64_dp_1src" symboldefcount="1">
      <symbol link="XnOrXZR__11">&lt;Xn&gt;</symbol>
      <account encodedin="Rn">
        <intro>
          <para>Is the 64-bit name of the general-purpose source register, encoded in the "Rn" field.</para>
        </intro>
      </account>
    </explanation>
  </explanations>
  <ps_section howmany="1">
    <ps name="A64.dpreg.dp_1src.CNT_32_dp_1src" sections="1" secttype="Operation">
      <pstext mayhavelinks="1" section="Execute" rep_section="execute">let operand1 : bits(datasize) = X{}(n);
let result : integer = BitCount(operand1);
X{datasize}(d) = result[datasize-1:0];</pstext></ps>
  </ps_section>
  <timestamp>2026-03-12 12:23:09</timestamp>
  <commit_id>2025-09_rel_asl1</commit_id>
</instructionsection>
