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ADR (PC-relative)

Generate a PC-relative address in the destination register, for a label in the current area.

Syntax

ADR{cond}{.W} Rd,label

where:

cond

is an optional condition code.

.W

is an optional instruction width specifier.

Rd

is the destination register to load.

label

is a PC-relative expression.

label must be within a limited distance of the current instruction.

Usage

ADR produces position-independent code, because the assembler generates an instruction that adds or subtracts a value to the PC.

Use the ADRL pseudo-instruction to assemble a wider range of effective addresses.

label must evaluate to an address in the same assembler area as the ADR instruction.

If you use ADR to generate a target for a BX or BLX instruction, it is your responsibility to set the T32 bit (bit 0) of the address if the target contains T32 instructions.

Offset range and architectures

The assembler calculates the offset from the PC for you. The assembler generates an error if label is out of range.

The following table shows the possible offsets between the label and the current instruction:

Table 13-2 PC-relative offsets

Instruction	Offset range
`ADR`	See Syntax of Operand2 as a constant.
`ADR`, 32-bit encoding	+/– 4095
T32 `ADR`, 16-bit encoding ^a	0-1020 ^b

ADR in T32

You can use the .W width specifier to force ADR to generate a 32-bit instruction in T32 code. ADR with .W always generates a 32-bit instruction, even if the address can be generated in a 16-bit instruction.

For forward references, ADR without .W always generates a 16-bit instruction in T32 code, even if that results in failure for an address that could be generated in a 32-bit T32 ADD instruction.