WHILELO (predicate as counter)

While incrementing unsigned scalar lower than scalar (predicate-as-counter)

This instruction generates a predicate for a group of two or four vectors that starting from the lowest numbered element of the group is true while the incrementing value of the first, unsigned scalar operand is lower than the second scalar operand and false thereafter up to the highest numbered element of the group.

The full width of the scalar operands is significant for the purposes of comparison, and the full width first operand is incremented by one for each destination predicate element, irrespective of the predicate result element size.

The predicate result is placed in the predicate destination register using the predicate-as-counter encoding. This instruction sets the First (N), None (Z), and !Last (C) condition flags based on the predicate result, and sets the V flag to zero.

SVE2
(FEAT_SME2 || FEAT_SVE2p1)

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
00100101size1Rm01vl011Rn10PNd
Ulteq

Encoding

WHILELO <PNd>.<T>, <Xn>, <Xm>, <vl>

Decode for this encoding

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SME2) && !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SVE2p1) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let esize : integer{} = 8 << UInt(size); let rsize : integer{} = 64; let n : integer = UInt(Rn); let m : integer = UInt(Rm); let d : integer = UInt('1'::PNd); let unsigned : boolean = TRUE; let invert : boolean = FALSE; let op : CmpOp = Cmp_LT; let width : integer = 2 << UInt(vl);

Assembler Symbols

<PNd>

Is the name of the destination scalable predicate register PN8-PN15, with predicate-as-counter encoding, encoded in the "PNd" field.

<T>

Is the size specifier, encoded in size:

size <T>
00 B
01 H
10 S
11 D
<Xn>

Is the 64-bit name of the first source general-purpose register, encoded in the "Rn" field.

<Xm>

Is the 64-bit name of the second source general-purpose register, encoded in the "Rm" field.

<vl>

Is the vl specifier, encoded in vl:

vl <vl>
0 VLx2
1 VLx4

Operation

if IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SVE2p1) then CheckSVEEnabled(); else CheckStreamingSVEEnabled(); end; let VL : integer{} = CurrentVL(); let PL : integer{} = VL DIV 8; let elements : integer = width * (VL DIV esize); var operand1 : bits(rsize) = X{}(n); let operand2 : bits(rsize) = X{}(m); var result : bits(PL); var last : boolean = TRUE; var count : integer = 0; let op2val : integer = if unsigned then UInt(operand2) else SInt(operand2); for e = 0 to elements-1 do let op1val : integer = if unsigned then UInt(operand1) else SInt(operand1); var cond : boolean; case op of when Cmp_LT => cond = (op1val < op2val); when Cmp_LE => cond = (op1val <= op2val); end; last = last && cond; if last then count = count + 1; end; operand1 = operand1 + 1; end; result = EncodePredCount{PL}(esize, elements, count, invert); PSTATE.[N,Z,C,V] = PredCountTest(elements, count, invert); P{PL}(d) = result;


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