SSHL

Signed shift left (register)

This instruction takes each signed integer value in the vector of the first source SIMD&FP register, shifts each value by a value from the least significant byte of the corresponding element of the second source SIMD&FP register, places the results in a vector, and writes the vector to the destination SIMD&FP register.

If the shift value is positive, the operation is a left shift. If the shift value is negative, it is a truncating right shift. For a rounding shift, see SRSHL.

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.

It has encodings from 2 classes: Scalar and Vector

Scalar
(FEAT_AdvSIMD)

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
01011110111Rm010001RnRd
UsizeRS

Encoding

SSHL D<d>, D<n>, D<m>

Decode for this encoding

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AdvSIMD) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; if S == '0' && size != '11' then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let d : integer{} = UInt(Rd); let n : integer{} = UInt(Rn); let m : integer{} = UInt(Rm); let rounding : boolean = FALSE; let esize : integer{} = 8 << UInt(size); let datasize : integer{} = esize; let elements : integer = 1;

Vector
(FEAT_AdvSIMD)

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
0Q001110size1Rm010001RnRd
URS

Encoding

SSHL <Vd>.<T>, <Vn>.<T>, <Vm>.<T>

Decode for this encoding

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AdvSIMD) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; if size::Q == '110' then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let d : integer{} = UInt(Rd); let n : integer{} = UInt(Rn); let m : integer{} = UInt(Rm); let rounding : boolean = FALSE; let esize : integer{} = 8 << UInt(size); let datasize : integer{} = 64 << UInt(Q); let elements : integer = datasize DIV esize;

Assembler Symbols

<d>

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

<n>

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

<m>

Is the number of the second SIMD&FP source register, encoded in the "Rm" field.

<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 0 RESERVED
11 1 2D
<Vn>

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

<Vm>

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

Operation

AArch64_CheckFPAdvSIMDEnabled(); let operand1 : bits(datasize) = V{}(n); let operand2 : bits(datasize) = V{}(m); var result : bits(datasize); for e = 0 to elements-1 do var element : integer = SInt(operand1[e*:esize]); var shift : integer = ShiftSat(SInt(operand2[e*:esize][7:0]), esize); if shift >= 0 then // left shift element = element << shift; else // right shift shift = -shift; element = RShr(element, shift, rounding); end; result[e*:esize] = element[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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