STG

Store Allocation Tag

This instruction stores an Allocation Tag to memory. The address used for the store is calculated from the base register and an immediate signed offset scaled by the Tag Granule. The Allocation Tag is calculated from the Logical Address Tag in the source register.

This instruction generates an Unchecked access.

Encoding: Post-index

Variants: FEAT_MTE (ARMv8.5)

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1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1										0	1
								opc			imm9									op2		Rn					Rt

STG <Xt|SP>, [<Xn|SP>], #<simm>

Decoding algorithm

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_MTE) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF);
constant integer t = UInt(Rt);
constant integer n = UInt(Rn);
constant bits(64) offset = LSL(SignExtend(imm9, 64), LOG2_TAG_GRANULE);
constant boolean writeback = TRUE;
constant boolean postindex = TRUE;

Encoding: Pre-index

Variants: FEAT_MTE (ARMv8.5)

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1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1										1	1
								opc			imm9									op2		Rn					Rt

STG <Xt|SP>, [<Xn|SP>, #<simm>]!

Decoding algorithm

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_MTE) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF);
constant integer t = UInt(Rt);
constant integer n = UInt(Rn);
constant bits(64) offset = LSL(SignExtend(imm9, 64), LOG2_TAG_GRANULE);
constant boolean writeback = TRUE;
constant boolean postindex = FALSE;

Encoding: Signed offset

Variants: FEAT_MTE (ARMv8.5)

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	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1										1	0
								opc			imm9									op2		Rn					Rt

STG <Xt|SP>, [<Xn|SP>{, #<simm>}]

Decoding algorithm

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_MTE) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF);
constant integer t = UInt(Rt);
constant integer n = UInt(Rn);
constant bits(64) offset = LSL(SignExtend(imm9, 64), LOG2_TAG_GRANULE);
constant boolean writeback = FALSE;
constant boolean postindex = FALSE;

Operation

bits(64) address;

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

constant boolean stzgm = FALSE;
constant AccessDescriptor accdesc = CreateAccDescLDGSTG(MemOp_STORE, stzgm);

if !postindex then
    address = AddressAdd(address, offset, accdesc);

constant bits(64) data = if t == 31 then SP[64] else X[t, 64];
constant bits(4) tag = AArch64.AllocationTagFromAddress(data);
AArch64.MemTag[address, accdesc] = tag;

if writeback then
    if postindex then
        address = AddressAdd(address, offset, accdesc);

    if n == 31 then
        SP[64] = address;
    else
        X[n, 64] = address;

Explanations

<Xt|SP>: Is the 64-bit name of the general-purpose source register or stack pointer, 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.
<simm>: Is the optional signed immediate offset, a multiple of 16 in the range -4096 to 4080, defaulting to 0 and encoded in the "imm9" field.