CLS (vector)

Count leading sign bits (vector)

This instruction determines the number of consecutive bits following the most significant bit that are the same as the most significant bit in each vector element in the source SIMD&FP register, places the result into a vector, and writes the vector to the destination SIMD&FP register. The result does not include the most significant bit itself.

Depending on the settings in the CPACR_EL1, CPTR_EL2, and CPTR_EL3 registers, and the current Security state and Exception level, an attempt to execute the instruction might be trapped.

Vector
(FEAT_AdvSIMD)

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
0Q001110size100000010010RnRd
Uopcode

Encoding

CLS <Vd>.<T>, <Vn>.<T>

Decode for this encoding

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AdvSIMD) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; if size == '11' then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let d : integer{} = UInt(Rd); let n : integer{} = UInt(Rn); let esize : integer{} = 8 << UInt(size); let datasize : integer{} = 64 << UInt(Q); let elements : integer = datasize DIV esize;

Assembler Symbols

<Vd>

Is the name of the SIMD&FP destination register, encoded in the "Rd" field.

<T>

Is an arrangement specifier, encoded in (size :: Q):

size Q <T>
00 0 8B
00 1 16B
01 0 4H
01 1 8H
10 0 2S
10 1 4S
11 x RESERVED
<Vn>

Is the name of the SIMD&FP source register, encoded in the "Rn" field.

Operation

AArch64_CheckFPAdvSIMDEnabled(); let operand : bits(datasize) = V{}(n); var result : bits(datasize); for e = 0 to elements-1 do let count : integer = CountLeadingSignBits(operand[e*:esize]); result[e*:esize] = count[esize-1:0]; end; V{datasize}(d) = result;

Operational information

This instruction is a data-independent-time instruction as described in About PSTATE.DIT.


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