Arm® A64 Instruction Set Architecture: Armv8, for Armv8-A architecture profile

SHLL, SHLL2

Shift Left Long (by element size). This instruction reads each vector element in the lower or upper half of the source SIMD&FP register, left shifts each result by the element size, writes the final result to a vector, and writes the vector to the destination SIMD&FP register. The destination vector elements are twice as long as the source vector elements.

The SHLL instruction extracts vector elements from the lower half of the source register, while the SHLL2 instruction extracts vector elements from the upper half of the source register.

Depending on the settings in the CPACR_EL1, CPTR_EL2, and CPTR_EL3 registers, and the current Security state and Exception level, an attempt to execute the instruction might be trapped.

integer d = UInt(Rd);
integer n = UInt(Rn);

if size == '11' then UNDEFINED;
integer esize = 8 << UInt(size);
integer datasize = 64;
integer part = UInt(Q);
integer elements = datasize DIV esize;

integer shift = esize;
boolean unsigned = FALSE;    // Or TRUE without change of functionality

Assembler Symbols

CheckFPAdvSIMDEnabled64();
bits(datasize) operand = Vpart[n, part];
bits(2*datasize) result;
integer element;

for e = 0 to elements-1
    element = Int(Elem[operand, e, esize], unsigned) << shift;
    Elem[result, e, 2*esize] = element<2*esize-1:0>;

V[d] = result;

Operational information

If PSTATE.DIT is 1:

• The execution time of this instruction is independent of:
  • The values of the data supplied in any of its registers.
  • The values of the NZCV flags.
• The response of this instruction to asynchronous exceptions does not vary based on:
  • The values of the data supplied in any of its registers.
  • The values of the NZCV flags.