BRK

Breakpoint instruction. A BRK instruction generates a Breakpoint Instruction exception. The PE records the exception in ESR_ELx, using the EC value 0x3c, and captures the value of the immediate argument in ESR_ELx.ISS.

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11010100001imm1600000

System

BRK #<imm>

bits(16) comment = imm16; if HaveBTIExt() then BTypeCompatible = TRUE;

Assembler Symbols

<imm>

Is a 16-bit unsigned immediate, in the range 0 to 65535, encoded in the "imm16" field.

Operation

AArch64.SoftwareBreakpoint(comment);


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