LDNT1B (scalar plus scalar, single register)

Contiguous load non-temporal bytes to vector (scalar index)

Contiguous load non-temporal of bytes to elements of a vector register from the memory address generated by a 64-bit scalar base and scalar index which is added to the base address. After each element access the index value is incremented, but the index register is not updated. Inactive elements will not cause a read from Device memory or signal a fault, and are set to zero in the destination vector.

A non-temporal load is a hint to the system that this data is unlikely to be referenced again soon.

Encoding: SVE

Variants: FEAT_SVE || FEAT_SME (FEAT_SVE || FEAT_SME)

31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	!= 11111					1	1	0
							msz				Rm								Pg			Rn					Zt

LDNT1B { <Zt>.B }, <Pg>/Z, [<Xn|SP>, <Xm>]

Decoding algorithm

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SVE) && !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SME) then
    EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF);
if Rm == '11111' then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF);
constant integer t = UInt(Zt);
constant integer n = UInt(Rn);
constant integer m = UInt(Rm);
constant integer g = UInt(Pg);
constant integer esize = 8;

Operation

CheckSVEEnabled();
constant integer VL = CurrentVL;
constant integer PL = VL DIV 8;
constant integer elements = VL DIV esize;
bits(64) base;
bits(64) offset;
constant bits(PL) mask = P[g, PL];
bits(64) addr;
bits(VL) result;
constant integer mbytes = esize DIV 8;
constant boolean contiguous = TRUE;
constant boolean nontemporal = TRUE;
constant boolean tagchecked = TRUE;
constant AccessDescriptor accdesc = CreateAccDescSVE(MemOp_LOAD, nontemporal, contiguous,
                                                     tagchecked);

if !AnyActiveElement(mask, esize) then
    if n == 31 && ConstrainUnpredictableBool(Unpredictable_CHECKSPNONEACTIVE) then
        CheckSPAlignment();
else
    if n == 31 then CheckSPAlignment();

base = if n == 31 then SP[64] else X[n, 64];
offset = X[m, 64];
addr = AddressAdd(base, UInt(offset) * mbytes, accdesc);

for e = 0 to elements-1
    if ActivePredicateElement(mask, e, esize) then
        Elem[result, e, esize] = Mem[addr, mbytes, accdesc];
    else
        Elem[result, e, esize] = Zeros(esize);
    addr = AddressIncrement(addr, mbytes, accdesc);

Z[t, VL] = result;

Explanations

<Zt>: Is the name of the scalable vector register to be transferred, encoded in the "Zt" field.
<Pg>: Is the name of the governing scalable predicate register P0-P7, encoded in the "Pg" field.
<Xn|SP>: Is the 64-bit name of the general-purpose base register or stack pointer, encoded in the "Rn" field.
<Xm>: Is the 64-bit name of the general-purpose offset register, encoded in the "Rm" field.

Operational Notes

If PSTATE.DIT is 1, the timing of this instruction is insensitive to the value of the data being loaded or stored when its governing predicate register contains the same value for each execution.