STMDB, STMFD

Store Multiple Decrement Before (Full Descending) stores multiple registers to consecutive memory locations using an address from a base register. The consecutive memory locations end just below this address, and the address of the first of those locations can optionally be written back to the base register.

The lowest-numbered register is loaded from the lowest memory address, through to the highest-numbered register from the highest memory address. See also Encoding of lists of general-purpose registers and the PC.

Armv8.2 permits the deprecation of some Store Multiple ordering behaviors in AArch32 state, for more information see FEAT_LSMAOC. For details of related system instructions see STM (User registers).

This instruction is used by the alias PUSH (multiple registers).

It has encodings from the following instruction sets: A32 ( A1 ) and T32 ( T1 ) .

A1

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
!= 1111100100W0Rnregister_list
cond

A1

STMDB{<c>}{<q>} <Rn>{!}, <registers> // (Preferred syntax)

STMFD{<c>}{<q>} <Rn>{!}, <registers> // (Alternate syntax, Full Descending stack)

constant n = UInt(Rn); constant registers = register_list; constant wback = (W == '1'); if n == 15 || BitCount(registers) < 1 then UNPREDICTABLE;

CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE behavior

If BitCount(registers) < 1, then one of the following behaviors must occur:

T1

15141312111098765432101514131211109876543210
1110100100W0Rn(0)Mregister_list
P

T1

STMDB{<c>}{<q>} <Rn>{!}, <registers> // (Preferred syntax)

STMFD{<c>}{<q>} <Rn>{!}, <registers> // (Alternate syntax, Full Descending stack)

constant n = UInt(Rn); constant registers = P:M:register_list; constant wback = (W == '1'); if n == 15 || BitCount(registers) < 2 then UNPREDICTABLE; if wback && registers<n> == '1' then UNPREDICTABLE; if registers<13> == '1' then UNPREDICTABLE; if registers<15> == '1' then UNPREDICTABLE;

CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE behavior

If BitCount(registers) < 1, then one of the following behaviors must occur:

If wback && registers<n> == '1', then one of the following behaviors must occur:

If BitCount(registers) == 1, then one of the following behaviors must occur:

If registers<13> == '1', then one of the following behaviors must occur:

If registers<15> == '1', then one of the following behaviors must occur:

For more information about the constrained unpredictable behavior of this instruction, see Architectural Constraints on UNPREDICTABLE behaviors.

Assembler Symbols

<c>

See Standard assembler syntax fields.

<q>

See Standard assembler syntax fields.

<Rn>

Is the general-purpose base register, encoded in the "Rn" field.

!

The address adjusted by the size of the data loaded is written back to the base register. If specified, it is encoded in the "W" field as 1, otherwise this field defaults to 0.

<registers>

For encoding A1: is a list of one or more registers to be stored, separated by commas and surrounded by { and }.

The PC can be in the list. However, Arm deprecates the use of instructions that include the PC in the list.

If base register writeback is specified, and the base register is not the lowest-numbered register in the list, such an instruction stores an unknown value for the base register.

For encoding T1: is a list of one or more registers to be stored, separated by commas and surrounded by { and }.

The registers in the list must be in the range R0-R12, encoded in the "register_list" field, and can optionally contain the LR. If the LR is in the list, the "M" field is set to 1, otherwise it defaults to 0.

Alias Conditions

AliasOf variantIs preferred when
PUSH (multiple registers)T1W == '1' && Rn == '1101' && BitCount(M:register_list) > 1
PUSH (multiple registers)A1W == '1' && Rn == '1101' && BitCount(register_list) > 1

Operation

if ConditionPassed() then EncodingSpecificOperations(); address = R[n] - 4*BitCount(registers); for i = 0 to 14 if registers<i> == '1' then if i == n && wback && i != LowestSetBit(registers) then MemS[address,4] = bits(32) UNKNOWN; // Only possible for encoding A1 else MemS[address,4] = R[i]; address = address + 4; if registers<15> == '1' then // Only possible for encoding A1 MemS[address,4] = PCStoreValue(); if wback then R[n] = R[n] - 4*BitCount(registers);

Operational information

If CPSR.DIT is 1, the timing of this instruction is insensitive to the value of the data being loaded or stored.


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