Preload Instruction signals the memory system that instruction memory accesses from a specified address are likely in the near future. The memory system can respond by taking actions that are expected to speed up the memory accesses when they do occur, such as pre-loading the cache line containing the specified address into the instruction cache.
The effect of a PLI instruction is implementation defined. For more information, see Preloading caches.
It has encodings from the following instruction sets: A32 ( A1 ) and T32 ( T1 ) .
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | U | 1 | 0 | 1 | Rn | (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | imm5 | stype | 0 | Rm |
n = UInt(Rn); m = UInt(Rm); add = (U == '1'); (shift_t, shift_n) = DecodeImmShift(stype, imm5); if m == 15 then UNPREDICTABLE;
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | != 1111 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | imm2 | Rm | |||||||
Rn |
if Rn == '1111' then SEE "PLI (immediate, literal)"; n = UInt(Rn); m = UInt(Rm); add = TRUE; (shift_t, shift_n) = (SRType_LSL, UInt(imm2)); if m == 15 then UNPREDICTABLE; // Armv8-A removes UNPREDICTABLE for R13
For more information about the constrained unpredictable behavior of this instruction, see Architectural Constraints on UNPREDICTABLE behaviors.
<c> |
For encoding A1: see Standard assembler syntax fields. <c> must be AL or omitted. |
For encoding T1: see Standard assembler syntax fields. |
<q> |
<Rn> |
Is the general-purpose base register, encoded in the "Rn" field. |
+/- |
Specifies the index register is added to or subtracted from the base register, defaulting to + if omitted and
encoded in
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+ |
Specifies the index register is added to the base register. |
<Rm> |
Is the general-purpose index register, encoded in the "Rm" field. |
<shift> |
Is the type of shift to be applied to the index register,
encoded in
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if ConditionPassed() then EncodingSpecificOperations(); offset = Shift(R[m], shift_t, shift_n, PSTATE.C); address = if add then (R[n] + offset) else (R[n] - offset); Hint_PreloadInstr(address);
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