LDSMAX, LDSMAXA, LDSMAXAL, LDSMAXL

Atomic signed maximum on word or doubleword in memory atomically loads a 32-bit word or 64-bit doubleword from memory, compares it against the value held in a register, and stores the larger value back to memory, treating the values as signed numbers. The value initially loaded from memory is returned in the destination register.

If the destination register is not one of WZR or XZR, LDSMAXA and LDSMAXAL load from memory with acquire semantics.
LDSMAXL and LDSMAXAL store to memory with release semantics.
LDSMAX has neither acquire nor release semantics.

For more information about memory ordering semantics, see Load-Acquire, Store-Release.

For information about memory accesses, see Load/Store addressing modes.

This instruction is used by the alias STSMAX, STSMAXL.

Integer
(FEAT_LSE)

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	x	1	1	1	0	0	0	A	R	1	Rs					0	1	0	0	0	0	Rn					Rt
size																	opc

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_LSE) then UNDEFINED;

integer t = UInt(Rt);
integer n = UInt(Rn);
integer s = UInt(Rs);

constant integer datasize = 8 << UInt(size);
integer regsize = if datasize == 64 then 64 else 32;
boolean acquire = A == '1' && Rt != '11111';
boolean release = R == '1';
boolean tagchecked = n != 31;

Assembler Symbols

<Ws>	Is the 32-bit name of the general-purpose register holding the data value to be operated on with the contents of the memory location, encoded in the "Rs" field.

<Wt>	Is the 32-bit name of the general-purpose register to be loaded, encoded in the "Rt" field.

<Xs>	Is the 64-bit name of the general-purpose register holding the data value to be operated on with the contents of the memory location, encoded in the "Rs" field.

<Xt>	Is the 64-bit name of the general-purpose register to be loaded, encoded in the "Rt" field.

<Xn|SP>

Is the 64-bit name of the general-purpose base register or stack pointer, encoded in the "Rn" field.

Alias Conditions

Alias	Is preferred when
STSMAX, STSMAXL	A == '0' && Rt == '11111'

Operation

bits(64) address;
bits(datasize) value;
bits(datasize) data;

AccessDescriptor accdesc = CreateAccDescAtomicOp(MemAtomicOp_SMAX, acquire, release, tagchecked);

value = X[s, datasize];
if n == 31 then
    CheckSPAlignment();
    address = SP[];
else
    address = X[n, 64];

bits(datasize) comparevalue = bits(datasize) UNKNOWN;    // Irrelevant when not executing CAS
data = MemAtomic(address, comparevalue, value, accdesc);

if t != 31 then
    X[t, regsize] = ZeroExtend(data, regsize);

Operational information

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