BFM

Bitfield Move is usually accessed via one of its aliases, which are always preferred for disassembly.

If <imms> is greater than or equal to <immr>, this copies a bitfield of (<imms>-<immr>+1) bits starting from bit position <immr> in the source register to the least significant bits of the destination register.

If <imms> is less than <immr>, this copies a bitfield of (<imms>+1) bits from the least significant bits of the source register to bit position (regsize-<immr>) of the destination register, where regsize is the destination register size of 32 or 64 bits.

In both cases the other bits of the destination register remain unchanged.

This instruction is used by the aliases BFC, BFI, and BFXIL.

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sf01100110NimmrimmsRnRd
opc

32-bit (sf == 0 && N == 0)

BFM <Wd>, <Wn>, #<immr>, #<imms>

64-bit (sf == 1 && N == 1)

BFM <Xd>, <Xn>, #<immr>, #<imms>

integer d = UInt(Rd); integer n = UInt(Rn); integer datasize = if sf == '1' then 64 else 32; boolean inzero; boolean extend; integer R; integer S; bits(datasize) wmask; bits(datasize) tmask; case opc of when '00' inzero = TRUE; extend = TRUE; // SBFM when '01' inzero = FALSE; extend = FALSE; // BFM when '10' inzero = TRUE; extend = FALSE; // UBFM when '11' UNDEFINED; if sf == '1' && N != '1' then UNDEFINED; if sf == '0' && (N != '0' || immr<5> != '0' || imms<5> != '0') then UNDEFINED; R = UInt(immr); S = UInt(imms); (wmask, tmask) = DecodeBitMasks(N, imms, immr, FALSE);

Assembler Symbols

<Wd>

Is the 32-bit name of the general-purpose destination register, encoded in the "Rd" field.

<Wn>

Is the 32-bit name of the general-purpose source register, encoded in the "Rn" field.

<Xd>

Is the 64-bit name of the general-purpose destination register, encoded in the "Rd" field.

<Xn>

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

<immr>

For the 32-bit variant: is the right rotate amount, in the range 0 to 31, encoded in the "immr" field.

For the 64-bit variant: is the right rotate amount, in the range 0 to 63, encoded in the "immr" field.

<imms>

For the 32-bit variant: is the leftmost bit number to be moved from the source, in the range 0 to 31, encoded in the "imms" field.

For the 64-bit variant: is the leftmost bit number to be moved from the source, in the range 0 to 63, encoded in the "imms" field.

Alias Conditions

AliasIs preferred when
BFCRn == '11111' && UInt(imms) < UInt(immr)
BFIRn != '11111' && UInt(imms) < UInt(immr)
BFXILUInt(imms) >= UInt(immr)

Operation

bits(datasize) dst = if inzero then Zeros() else X[d]; bits(datasize) src = X[n]; // perform bitfield move on low bits bits(datasize) bot = (dst AND NOT(wmask)) OR (ROR(src, R) AND wmask); // determine extension bits (sign, zero or dest register) bits(datasize) top = if extend then Replicate(src<S>) else dst; // combine extension bits and result bits X[d] = (top AND NOT(tmask)) OR (bot AND tmask);

Operational information

If PSTATE.DIT is 1:


Internal version only: isa v33.11seprel, AdvSIMD v29.05, pseudocode v2021-09_rel, sve v2021-09_rc3d ; Build timestamp: 2021-10-06T11:41

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