LDNF1B

Contiguous load non-fault unsigned bytes to vector (immediate index)

This instruction performs a contiguous load with non-faulting behavior of unsigned bytes to elements of a vector register from the memory address generated by a 64-bit scalar base and immediate index in the range -8 to 7 that is multiplied by the vector's in-memory size, irrespective of predication, and added to the base address. Inactive elements will not cause a read from Device memory or signal a fault, and are set to zero in the destination vector.

This instruction is illegal when executed in Streaming SVE mode, unless FEAT_SME_FA64 is implemented and enabled.

It has encodings from 4 classes: 8-bit element , 16-bit element , 32-bit element and 64-bit element

8-bit element
(FEAT_SVE)

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
101001000001imm4101PgRnZt
dtype

Encoding

LDNF1B { <Zt>.B }, <Pg>/Z, [<Xn|SP>{, #<imm>, MUL VL}]

Decode for this encoding

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SVE) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let t : integer = UInt(Zt); let n : integer = UInt(Rn); let g : integer = UInt(Pg); let esize : integer{} = 8; let msize : integer{} = 8; let unsigned : boolean = TRUE; let offset : integer = SInt(imm4);

16-bit element
(FEAT_SVE)

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
101001000011imm4101PgRnZt
dtype

Encoding

LDNF1B { <Zt>.H }, <Pg>/Z, [<Xn|SP>{, #<imm>, MUL VL}]

Decode for this encoding

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SVE) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let t : integer = UInt(Zt); let n : integer = UInt(Rn); let g : integer = UInt(Pg); let esize : integer{} = 16; let msize : integer{} = 8; let unsigned : boolean = TRUE; let offset : integer = SInt(imm4);

32-bit element
(FEAT_SVE)

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
101001000101imm4101PgRnZt
dtype

Encoding

LDNF1B { <Zt>.S }, <Pg>/Z, [<Xn|SP>{, #<imm>, MUL VL}]

Decode for this encoding

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SVE) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let t : integer = UInt(Zt); let n : integer = UInt(Rn); let g : integer = UInt(Pg); let esize : integer{} = 32; let msize : integer{} = 8; let unsigned : boolean = TRUE; let offset : integer = SInt(imm4);

64-bit element
(FEAT_SVE)

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
101001000111imm4101PgRnZt
dtype

Encoding

LDNF1B { <Zt>.D }, <Pg>/Z, [<Xn|SP>{, #<imm>, MUL VL}]

Decode for this encoding

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SVE) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let t : integer = UInt(Zt); let n : integer = UInt(Rn); let g : integer = UInt(Pg); let esize : integer{} = 64; let msize : integer{} = 8; let unsigned : boolean = TRUE; let offset : integer = SInt(imm4);

Assembler Symbols

<Zt>

Is the name of the scalable vector register to be transferred, encoded in the "Zt" field.

<Pg>

Is the name of the governing scalable predicate register P0-P7, encoded in the "Pg" field.

<Xn|SP>

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

<imm>

Is the optional signed immediate vector offset, in the range -8 to 7, defaulting to 0, encoded in the "imm4" field.

Operation

CheckNonStreamingSVEEnabled(); let VL : integer{} = CurrentVL(); let PL : integer{} = VL DIV 8; let elements : integer = VL DIV esize; var base : bits(64); let mask : bits(PL) = P{}(g); var addr : bits(64); var result : bits(VL); let orig : bits(VL) = Z{}(t); var data : bits(msize); let mbytes : integer{} = msize DIV 8; var fault : boolean = FALSE; var faulted : boolean = FALSE; var unknown : boolean = FALSE; let contiguous : boolean = TRUE; let tagchecked : boolean = n != 31; let accdesc : AccessDescriptor = CreateAccDescSVENF(contiguous, tagchecked); if !AnyActiveElement{PL}(mask, esize) then if n == 31 && ConstrainUnpredictableBool(Unpredictable_CHECKSPNONEACTIVE) then CheckSPAlignment(); end; else if n == 31 then CheckSPAlignment(); end; end; base = if n == 31 then SP{64}() else X{64}(n); addr = AddressAdd(base, offset * elements * mbytes, accdesc); for e = 0 to elements-1 do if ActivePredicateElement{PL}(mask, e, esize) then // MemNF[] will return fault=TRUE if access is not performed for any reason (data, fault) = MemNF{msize}(addr, accdesc); faulted = faulted || ConstrainUnpredictableBool(Unpredictable_NONFAULT); else (data, fault) = (Zeros{msize}, FALSE); end; addr = AddressIncrement(addr, mbytes, accdesc); // FFR elements set to FALSE following a suppressed access/fault faulted = faulted || fault; if faulted then ElemFFR(e, esize) = '0'; end; // Value becomes CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE after an FFR element is FALSE unknown = unknown || ElemFFR(e, esize) == '0'; if unknown then if !fault && ConstrainUnpredictableBool(Unpredictable_SVELDNFDATA) then result[e*:esize] = Extend{esize}(data, unsigned); elsif ConstrainUnpredictableBool(Unpredictable_SVELDNFZERO) then result[e*:esize] = Zeros{esize}; else // merge result[e*:esize] = orig[e*:esize]; end; else result[e*:esize] = Extend{esize}(data, unsigned); end; end; Z{VL}(t) = result;


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