BL

Branch with link

This instruction branches to a PC-relative offset, setting register X30 to PC+4. This instruction provides a hint that this is a subroutine call.

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100101imm26
op

Encoding

BL <label>

Decode for this encoding

let offset : bits(64) = SignExtend{}(imm26::'00'); let d : integer = 30;

Assembler Symbols

<label>

Is the program label to be unconditionally branched to. Its offset from the address of this instruction, in the range +/-128MB, is encoded as "imm26" times 4.

Operation

if IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_GCS) && GCSPCREnabled(PSTATE.EL) then AddGCSRecord(PC64() + 4); end; X{64}(d) = PC64() + 4; let branch_conditional : boolean = FALSE; BranchTo{64}(PC64() + offset, BranchType_DIRCALL, branch_conditional);


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