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Package arm64 implements an ARM64 assembler. Go assembly syntax is different from GNU ARM64 syntax, but we can still follow the general rules to map between them.

Instructions mnemonics mapping rules

1. Most instructions use width suffixes of instruction names to indicate operand width rather than using different register names.

Examples:
  ADC R24, R14, R12          <=>     adc x12, x24
  ADDW R26->24, R21, R15     <=>     add w15, w21, w26, asr #24
  FCMPS F2, F3               <=>     fcmp s3, s2
  FCMPD F2, F3               <=>     fcmp d3, d2
  FCVTDH F2, F3              <=>     fcvt h3, d2

2. Go uses .P and .W suffixes to indicate post-increment and pre-increment.

Examples:
  MOVD.P -8(R10), R8         <=>      ldr x8, [x10],#-8
  MOVB.W 16(R16), R10        <=>      ldrsb x10, [x16,#16]!
  MOVBU.W 16(R16), R10       <=>      ldrb x10, [x16,#16]!

3. Go uses a series of MOV instructions as load and store.

64-bit variant ldr, str, stur => MOVD; 32-bit variant str, stur, ldrsw => MOVW; 32-bit variant ldr => MOVWU; ldrb => MOVBU; ldrh => MOVHU; ldrsb, sturb, strb => MOVB; ldrsh, sturh, strh => MOVH.

4. Go moves conditions into opcode suffix, like BLT.

5. Go adds a V prefix for most floating-point and SIMD instructions, except cryptographic extension instructions and floating-point(scalar) instructions.

Examples:
  VADD V5.H8, V18.H8, V9.H8         <=>      add v9.8h, v18.8h, v5.8h
  VLD1.P (R6)(R11), [V31.D1]        <=>      ld1 {v31.1d}, [x6], x11
  VFMLA V29.S2, V20.S2, V14.S2      <=>      fmla v14.2s, v20.2s, v29.2s
  AESD V22.B16, V19.B16             <=>      aesd v19.16b, v22.16b
  SCVTFWS R3, F16                   <=>      scvtf s17, w6

6. Align directive

Go asm supports the PCALIGN directive, which indicates that the next instruction should be aligned to a specified boundary by padding with NOOP instruction. The alignment value supported on arm64 must be a power of 2 and in the range of [8, 2048].

Examples:
  PCALIGN $16
  MOVD $2, R0          // This instruction is aligned with 16 bytes.
  PCALIGN $1024
  MOVD $3, R1          // This instruction is aligned with 1024 bytes.

PCALIGN also changes the function alignment. If a function has one or more PCALIGN directives, its address will be aligned to the same or coarser boundary, which is the maximum of all the alignment values.

In the following example, the function Add is aligned with 128 bytes.

Examples:
  TEXT ·Add(SB),$40-16
  MOVD $2, R0
  PCALIGN $32
  MOVD $4, R1
  PCALIGN $128
  MOVD $8, R2
  RET

On arm64, functions in Go are aligned to 16 bytes by default, we can also use PCALGIN to set the function alignment. The functions that need to be aligned are preferably using NOFRAME and NOSPLIT to avoid the impact of the prologues inserted by the assembler, so that the function address will have the same alignment as the first hand-written instruction.

In the following example, PCALIGN at the entry of the function Add will align its address to 2048 bytes.

Examples:
  TEXT ·Add(SB),NOSPLIT|NOFRAME,$0
    PCALIGN $2048
    MOVD $1, R0
    MOVD $1, R1
    RET

7. Move large constants to vector registers.

Go asm uses VMOVQ/VMOVD/VMOVS to move 128-bit, 64-bit and 32-bit constants into vector registers, respectively. And for a 128-bit interger, it take two 64-bit operands, for the high and low parts separately.

Examples:
  VMOVS $0x11223344, V0
  VMOVD $0x1122334455667788, V1
  VMOVQ $0x1122334455667788, $8877665544332211, V2   // V2=0x11223344556677888877665544332211

Special Cases.

(1) umov is written as VMOV.

(2) br is renamed JMP, blr is renamed CALL.

(3) No need to add "W" suffix: LDARB, LDARH, LDAXRB, LDAXRH, LDTRH, LDXRB, LDXRH.

(4) In Go assembly syntax, NOP is a zero-width pseudo-instruction serves generic purpose, nothing related to real ARM64 instruction. NOOP serves for the hardware nop instruction. NOOP is an alias of HINT $0.

Examples:
  VMOV V13.B[1], R20      <=>      mov x20, v13.b[1]
  VMOV V13.H[1], R20      <=>      mov w20, v13.h[1]
  JMP (R3)                <=>      br x3
  CALL (R17)              <=>      blr x17
  LDAXRB (R19), R16       <=>      ldaxrb w16, [x19]
  NOOP                    <=>      nop

Register mapping rules

1. All basic register names are written as Rn.

2. Go uses ZR as the zero register and RSP as the stack pointer.

3. Bn, Hn, Dn, Sn and Qn instructions are written as Fn in floating-point instructions and as Vn in SIMD instructions.

Argument mapping rules

1. The operands appear in left-to-right assignment order.

Go reverses the arguments of most instructions.

Examples:
  ADD R11.SXTB<<1, RSP, R25      <=>      add x25, sp, w11, sxtb #1
  VADD V16, V19, V14             <=>      add d14, d19, d16

Special Cases.

(1) Argument order is the same as in the GNU ARM64 syntax: cbz, cbnz and some store instructions, such as str, stur, strb, sturb, strh, sturh stlr, stlrb. stlrh, st1.

Examples:
  MOVD R29, 384(R19)    <=>    str x29, [x19,#384]
  MOVB.P R30, 30(R4)    <=>    strb w30, [x4],#30
  STLRH R21, (R19)      <=>    stlrh w21, [x19]

(2) MADD, MADDW, MSUB, MSUBW, SMADDL, SMSUBL, UMADDL, UMSUBL <Rm>, <Ra>, <Rn>, <Rd>

Examples:
  MADD R2, R30, R22, R6       <=>    madd x6, x22, x2, x30
  SMSUBL R10, R3, R17, R27    <=>    smsubl x27, w17, w10, x3

(3) FMADDD, FMADDS, FMSUBD, FMSUBS, FNMADDD, FNMADDS, FNMSUBD, FNMSUBS <Fm>, <Fa>, <Fn>, <Fd>

Examples:
  FMADDD F30, F20, F3, F29    <=>    fmadd d29, d3, d30, d20
  FNMSUBS F7, F25, F7, F22    <=>    fnmsub s22, s7, s7, s25

(4) BFI, BFXIL, SBFIZ, SBFX, UBFIZ, UBFX $<lsb>, <Rn>, $<width>, <Rd>

Examples:
  BFIW $16, R20, $6, R0      <=>    bfi w0, w20, #16, #6
  UBFIZ $34, R26, $5, R20    <=>    ubfiz x20, x26, #34, #5

(5) FCCMPD, FCCMPS, FCCMPED, FCCMPES <cond>, Fm. Fn, $<nzcv>

Examples:
  FCCMPD AL, F8, F26, $0     <=>    fccmp d26, d8, #0x0, al
  FCCMPS VS, F29, F4, $4     <=>    fccmp s4, s29, #0x4, vs
  FCCMPED LE, F20, F5, $13   <=>    fccmpe d5, d20, #0xd, le
  FCCMPES NE, F26, F10, $0   <=>    fccmpe s10, s26, #0x0, ne

(6) CCMN, CCMNW, CCMP, CCMPW <cond>, <Rn>, $<imm>, $<nzcv>

Examples:
  CCMP MI, R22, $12, $13     <=>    ccmp x22, #0xc, #0xd, mi
  CCMNW AL, R1, $11, $8      <=>    ccmn w1, #0xb, #0x8, al

(7) CCMN, CCMNW, CCMP, CCMPW <cond>, <Rn>, <Rm>, $<nzcv>

Examples:
  CCMN VS, R13, R22, $10     <=>    ccmn x13, x22, #0xa, vs
  CCMPW HS, R19, R14, $11    <=>    ccmp w19, w14, #0xb, cs

(9) CSEL, CSELW, CSNEG, CSNEGW, CSINC, CSINCW <cond>, <Rn>, <Rm>, <Rd> ; FCSELD, FCSELS <cond>, <Fn>, <Fm>, <Fd>

Examples:
  CSEL GT, R0, R19, R1        <=>    csel x1, x0, x19, gt
  CSNEGW GT, R7, R17, R8      <=>    csneg w8, w7, w17, gt
  FCSELD EQ, F15, F18, F16    <=>    fcsel d16, d15, d18, eq

(10) TBNZ, TBZ $<imm>, <Rt>, <label>

(11) STLXR, STLXRW, STXR, STXRW, STLXRB, STLXRH, STXRB, STXRH <Rf>, (<Rn|RSP>), <Rs>

Examples:
  STLXR ZR, (R15), R16    <=>    stlxr w16, xzr, [x15]
  STXRB R9, (R21), R19    <=>    stxrb w19, w9, [x21]

(12) STLXP, STLXPW, STXP, STXPW (<Rf1>, <Rf2>), (<Rn|RSP>), <Rs>

Examples:
  STLXP (R17, R19), (R4), R5      <=>    stlxp w5, x17, x19, [x4]
  STXPW (R30, R25), (R22), R13    <=>    stxp w13, w30, w25, [x22]

2. Expressions for special arguments.

#<immediate> is written as $<immediate>.

Optionally-shifted immediate.

Examples:
  ADD $(3151<<12), R14, R20     <=>    add x20, x14, #0xc4f, lsl #12
  ADDW $1864, R25, R6           <=>    add w6, w25, #0x748

Optionally-shifted registers are written as <Rm>{<shift><amount>}. The <shift> can be <<(lsl), >>(lsr), ->(asr), @>(ror).

Examples:
  ADD R19>>30, R10, R24     <=>    add x24, x10, x19, lsr #30
  ADDW R26->24, R21, R15    <=>    add w15, w21, w26, asr #24

Extended registers are written as <Rm>{.<extend>{<<<amount>}}. <extend> can be UXTB, UXTH, UXTW, UXTX, SXTB, SXTH, SXTW or SXTX.

Examples:
  ADDS R19.UXTB<<4, R9, R26     <=>    adds x26, x9, w19, uxtb #4
  ADDSW R14.SXTX, R14, R6       <=>    adds w6, w14, w14, sxtx

Memory references: [<Xn|SP>{,#0}] is written as (Rn|RSP), a base register and an immediate offset is written as imm(Rn|RSP), a base register and an offset register is written as (Rn|RSP)(Rm).

Examples:
  LDAR (R22), R9                  <=>    ldar x9, [x22]
  LDP 28(R17), (R15, R23)         <=>    ldp x15, x23, [x17,#28]
  MOVWU (R4)(R12<<2), R8          <=>    ldr w8, [x4, x12, lsl #2]
  MOVD (R7)(R11.UXTW<<3), R25     <=>    ldr x25, [x7,w11,uxtw #3]
  MOVBU (R27)(R23), R14           <=>    ldrb w14, [x27,x23]

Register pairs are written as (Rt1, Rt2).

Examples:
  LDP.P -240(R11), (R12, R26)    <=>    ldp x12, x26, [x11],#-240

Register with arrangement and register with arrangement and index.

Examples:
  VADD V5.H8, V18.H8, V9.H8                     <=>    add v9.8h, v18.8h, v5.8h
  VLD1 (R2), [V21.B16]                          <=>    ld1 {v21.16b}, [x2]
  VST1.P V9.S[1], (R16)(R21)                    <=>    st1 {v9.s}[1], [x16], x28
  VST1.P [V13.H8, V14.H8, V15.H8], (R3)(R14)    <=>    st1 {v13.8h-v15.8h}, [x3], x14
  VST1.P [V14.D1, V15.D1], (R7)(R23)            <=>    st1 {v14.1d, v15.1d}, [x7], x23

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Variables

func ADR

func DRconv

func FPCCMP

func FPCMP

func FPCVTI

func FPOP1S

func FPOP2S

func FPOP3S

func IsAtomicInstruction

func LD2STR

func LDSTR

func LDSTX

func MOVCONST

func OPBIT

func OPBLR

func OPBcc

func OPDP2

func OPDP3

func SYSARG4

func SYSARG5

func SYSHINT

func SYSOP

func SysRegEnc

type Optab