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SB -- A64

SB

Speculation barrier

This instruction is a barrier that controls speculation. For more information and details of the semantics, see Speculation Barrier (SB).

System
(FEAT_SB)

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
11010101000000110011(0)(0)(0)(0)11111111
CRmopcRt

Encoding

SB

Decode for this encoding

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SB) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end;

Operation

SpeculationBarrier();


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