Return from subroutine, with pointer authentication. This instruction authenticates the address that is held in LR, using SP as the modifier and the specified key, branches to the authenticated address, with a hint that this instruction is a subroutine return.
Key A is used for RETAA, and key B is used for RETAB.
If the authentication passes, the PE continues execution at the target of the branch. If the authentication fails, a Translation fault is generated.
The authenticated address is not written back to LR.
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 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | M | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Z | op | A | Rn | Rm |
boolean use_key_a = (M == '0'); if !HavePACExt() then UNDEFINED;
bits(64) target = X[30]; bits(64) modifier = SP[]; if use_key_a then target = AuthIA(target, modifier); else target = AuthIB(target, modifier); BranchTo(target, BranchType_RET);
Internal version only: isa v30.44, AdvSIMD v27.08, pseudocode v8.5-2019-06_rc2-5-g22901f2, sve v2019-06_rc4 ; Build timestamp: 2019-06-26T22:30
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