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RCWSWP, RCWSWPA, RCWSWPAL, RCWSWPL -- A64

RCWSWP, RCWSWPA, RCWSWPAL, RCWSWPL

Read check write swap doubleword in memory

This instruction atomically loads a 64-bit doubleword from a memory location, and conditionally stores the value held in a register back to the same memory location. Storing back to memory is conditional on RCW Checks. The value initially loaded from memory is returned in the destination register. This instruction updates the condition flags based on the result of the update of memory.


Note

This instruction is for performing atomic updates of translation table entries and not for general use.


Integer
(FEAT_THE)

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
00111000AR1Rs101000RnRt
SVRo3opc

Encoding for the RCWSWP variant

Applies when (A == 0 && R == 0)

RCWSWP <Xs>, <Xt>, [<Xn|SP>]

Encoding for the RCWSWPA variant

Applies when (A == 1 && R == 0)

RCWSWPA <Xs>, <Xt>, [<Xn|SP>]

Encoding for the RCWSWPAL variant

Applies when (A == 1 && R == 1)

RCWSWPAL <Xs>, <Xt>, [<Xn|SP>]

Encoding for the RCWSWPL variant

Applies when (A == 0 && R == 1)

RCWSWPL <Xs>, <Xt>, [<Xn|SP>]

Decode for all variants of this encoding

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_THE) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let s : integer{} = UInt(Rs); let t : integer{} = UInt(Rt); let n : integer{} = UInt(Rn); let soft : boolean = FALSE; let acquire : boolean = A == '1' && t != 31; let release : boolean = R == '1'; let tagchecked : boolean = n != 31;

Assembler Symbols

<Xs>

Is the 64-bit name of the general-purpose register to be stored, encoded in the "Rs" field.

<Xt>

Is the 64-bit name of the general-purpose register to be loaded, encoded in the "Rt" field.

<Xn|SP>

Is the 64-bit name of the general-purpose base register or stack pointer, encoded in the "Rn" field.


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