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BLX (register)

Branch with Link and Exchange (register) calls a subroutine at an address specified in the register, and if necessary changes to the instruction set indicated by bit[0] of the register value. If the value in bit[0] is 0, the instruction set after the branch will be A32. If the value in bit[0] is 1, the instruction set after the branch will be T32.

It has encodings from the following instruction sets: A32 ( A1 ) and T32 ( T1 ) .

A1

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
!= 111100010010(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)0011Rm
cond

A1

BLX{<c>}{<q>} <Rm>

m = UInt(Rm);
if m == 15 then UNPREDICTABLE;

T1

1514131211109876543210
010001111Rm(0)(0)(0)

T1

BLX{<c>}{<q>} <Rm>

m = UInt(Rm);
if m == 15 then UNPREDICTABLE;
if InITBlock() && !LastInITBlock() then UNPREDICTABLE;

For more information about the constrained unpredictable behavior, see Architectural Constraints on UNPREDICTABLE behaviors.

Assembler Symbols

<c>

See Standard assembler syntax fields.

<q>

See Standard assembler syntax fields.

<Rm>

Is the general-purpose register holding the address to be branched to, encoded in the "Rm" field.

Operation

if ConditionPassed() then
    EncodingSpecificOperations();
    target = R[m];
    if CurrentInstrSet() == InstrSet_A32 then
        next_instr_addr = PC - 4;
        LR = next_instr_addr;
    else
        next_instr_addr = PC - 2;
        LR = next_instr_addr<31:1> : '1';
    BXWritePC(target, BranchType_INDCALL);
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