Branch Conditional

B-Form

• sv.bc BO,BI,target_addr (AA=0 LK=0)
• sv.bca BO,BI,target_addr (AA=1 LK=0)
• sv.bcl BO,BI,target_addr (AA=0 LK=1)
• sv.bcla BO,BI,target_addr (AA=1 LK=1)

Pseudo-code:

# get SVP64 extended CR field 0..127
# SVCRf = sVP64EXTRA(BI>>2)
# if svstep_mode then
#    new_srcstep, CRbits = SVSTATE_NEXT(srcstep)
# else
#    CRbits = CR{SVCRf}
# select predicate bit or zero/one
# XXX if predicate[srcstep] then
# XXX     if BRc = 1 then # CR0 vectorised
# XXX         CR{SVCRf+srcstep} = CRbits
# XXX         testbit = CRbits[BI & 0b11]
if sz then
    testbit = SNZ
else
    testbit <- CR[BI+32]
# test CTR mode here
if (mode_is_64bit) then M <- 0
else M <- 32
if ¬BO[2] then CTR <- CTR - 1
ctr_ok <- BO[2] | ((CTR[M:63] != 0) ^ BO[3])
# actual element test here
cond_ok <- BO[0] | ¬(testbit ^ BO[1])
# test for VL to be set (and exit)
if VLSET & ((cond_ok & ctr_ok) = VSb) then
    if VLI then
        SVSTATE[7:13] <- (srcstep+1)
    else
        SVSTATE[7:13] <- srcstep
    end_loop <- 0b1
# XXX if svstep_mode then
# XXX   SVSTATE.srcstep = new_srcstep
# actual branch
test_branch <- 0b1
if ALL then
    # in ALL mode only try branching at end of loop
    if ¬end_loop then
        test_branch <- 0b0
    # test early-exit. ALL will exit if cond_ok fails
    if ¬(cond_ok & ctr_ok) then
        end_loop <- 0b1
        test_branch <- 0b0
lr_ok <- LRu
if test_branch & ctr_ok & cond_ok then
  if AA then NIA <-iea EXTS(BD || 0b00)
  else       NIA <-iea CIA + EXTS(BD || 0b00)
  lr_ok <- 0b1
  end_loop <- 0b1
if LK & lr_ok then LR <-iea CIA + 4

Special Registers Altered:

CTR                    (if BO2=0)
LR                       (if LK=1)

Branch Conditional to Link Register

XL-Form

• sv.bclr BO,BI,BH (LK=0)
• sv.bclrl BO,BI,BH (LK=1)

Pseudo-code:

if (mode_is_64bit) then M <- 0
else M <- 32
if ¬BO[2]  then CTR <- CTR - 1
ctr_ok <- BO[2] | ((CTR[M:63] != 0) ^ BO[3])
cond_ok <- BO[0] | ¬(CR[BI+32] ^  BO[1])
lr_ok <- LRu
if ctr_ok & cond_ok then
    NIA <-iea LR[0:61] || 0b00
    lr_ok <- 0b1
if LK & lr_ok then LR <-iea CIA + 4

Special Registers Altered:

CTR                    (if BO2=0)
LR                       (if LK=1)