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+// Copyright 2018 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+/*
+Package arm64 implements an ARM64 assembler. Go assembly syntax is different from GNU ARM64
+syntax, but we can still follow the general rules to map between them.
+
+# Instructions mnemonics mapping rules
+
+1. Most instructions use width suffixes of instruction names to indicate operand width rather than
+using different register names.
+
+Examples:
+
+ ADC R24, R14, R12 <=> adc x12, x14, x24
+ ADDW R26->24, R21, R15 <=> add w15, w21, w26, asr #24
+ FCMPS F2, F3 <=> fcmp s3, s2
+ FCMPD F2, F3 <=> fcmp d3, d2
+ FCVTDH F2, F3 <=> fcvt h3, d2
+
+2. Go uses .P and .W suffixes to indicate post-increment and pre-increment.
+
+Examples:
+
+ MOVD.P -8(R10), R8 <=> ldr x8, [x10],#-8
+ MOVB.W 16(R16), R10 <=> ldrsb x10, [x16,#16]!
+ MOVBU.W 16(R16), R10 <=> ldrb x10, [x16,#16]!
+
+3. Go uses a series of MOV instructions as load and store.
+
+64-bit variant ldr, str, stur => MOVD;
+32-bit variant str, stur, ldrsw => MOVW;
+32-bit variant ldr => MOVWU;
+ldrb => MOVBU; ldrh => MOVHU;
+ldrsb, sturb, strb => MOVB;
+ldrsh, sturh, strh => MOVH.
+
+4. Go moves conditions into opcode suffix, like BLT.
+
+5. Go adds a V prefix for most floating-point and SIMD instructions, except cryptographic extension
+instructions and floating-point(scalar) instructions.
+
+Examples:
+
+ VADD V5.H8, V18.H8, V9.H8 <=> add v9.8h, v18.8h, v5.8h
+ VLD1.P (R6)(R11), [V31.D1] <=> ld1 {v31.1d}, [x6], x11
+ VFMLA V29.S2, V20.S2, V14.S2 <=> fmla v14.2s, v20.2s, v29.2s
+ AESD V22.B16, V19.B16 <=> aesd v19.16b, v22.16b
+ SCVTFWS R3, F16 <=> scvtf s17, w6
+
+6. Align directive
+
+Go asm supports the PCALIGN directive, which indicates that the next instruction should be aligned
+to a specified boundary by padding with NOOP instruction. The alignment value supported on arm64
+must be a power of 2 and in the range of [8, 2048].
+
+Examples:
+
+ PCALIGN $16
+ MOVD $2, R0 // This instruction is aligned with 16 bytes.
+ PCALIGN $1024
+ MOVD $3, R1 // This instruction is aligned with 1024 bytes.
+
+PCALIGN also changes the function alignment. If a function has one or more PCALIGN directives,
+its address will be aligned to the same or coarser boundary, which is the maximum of all the
+alignment values.
+
+In the following example, the function Add is aligned with 128 bytes.
+
+Examples:
+
+ TEXT ·Add(SB),$40-16
+ MOVD $2, R0
+ PCALIGN $32
+ MOVD $4, R1
+ PCALIGN $128
+ MOVD $8, R2
+ RET
+
+On arm64, functions in Go are aligned to 16 bytes by default, we can also use PCALIGN to set the
+function alignment. The functions that need to be aligned are preferably using NOFRAME and NOSPLIT
+to avoid the impact of the prologues inserted by the assembler, so that the function address will
+have the same alignment as the first hand-written instruction.
+
+In the following example, PCALIGN at the entry of the function Add will align its address to 2048 bytes.
+
+Examples:
+
+ TEXT ·Add(SB),NOSPLIT|NOFRAME,$0
+ PCALIGN $2048
+ MOVD $1, R0
+ MOVD $1, R1
+ RET
+
+7. Move large constants to vector registers.
+
+Go asm uses VMOVQ/VMOVD/VMOVS to move 128-bit, 64-bit and 32-bit constants into vector registers, respectively.
+And for a 128-bit integer, it take two 64-bit operands, for the low and high parts separately.
+
+Examples:
+
+ VMOVS $0x11223344, V0
+ VMOVD $0x1122334455667788, V1
+ VMOVQ $0x1122334455667788, $0x99aabbccddeeff00, V2 // V2=0x99aabbccddeeff001122334455667788
+
+8. Move an optionally-shifted 16-bit immediate value to a register.
+
+The instructions are MOVK(W), MOVZ(W) and MOVN(W), the assembly syntax is "op $(uimm16<<shift), <Rd>". The <uimm16>
+is the 16-bit unsigned immediate, in the range 0 to 65535; For the 32-bit variant, the <shift> is 0 or 16, for the
+64-bit variant, the <shift> is 0, 16, 32 or 48.
+
+The current Go assembler does not accept zero shifts, such as "op $0, Rd" and "op $(0<<(16|32|48)), Rd" instructions.
+
+Examples:
+
+ MOVK $(10<<32), R20 <=> movk x20, #10, lsl #32
+ MOVZW $(20<<16), R8 <=> movz w8, #20, lsl #16
+ MOVK $(0<<16), R10 will be reported as an error by the assembler.
+
+Special Cases.
+
+(1) umov is written as VMOV.
+
+(2) br is renamed JMP, blr is renamed CALL.
+
+(3) No need to add "W" suffix: LDARB, LDARH, LDAXRB, LDAXRH, LDTRH, LDXRB, LDXRH.
+
+(4) In Go assembly syntax, NOP is a zero-width pseudo-instruction serves generic purpose, nothing
+related to real ARM64 instruction. NOOP serves for the hardware nop instruction. NOOP is an alias of
+HINT $0.
+
+Examples:
+
+ VMOV V13.B[1], R20 <=> mov x20, v13.b[1]
+ VMOV V13.H[1], R20 <=> mov w20, v13.h[1]
+ JMP (R3) <=> br x3
+ CALL (R17) <=> blr x17
+ LDAXRB (R19), R16 <=> ldaxrb w16, [x19]
+ NOOP <=> nop
+
+# Register mapping rules
+
+1. All basic register names are written as Rn.
+
+2. Go uses ZR as the zero register and RSP as the stack pointer.
+
+3. Bn, Hn, Dn, Sn and Qn instructions are written as Fn in floating-point instructions and as Vn
+in SIMD instructions.
+
+# Argument mapping rules
+
+1. The operands appear in left-to-right assignment order.
+
+Go reverses the arguments of most instructions.
+
+Examples:
+
+ ADD R11.SXTB<<1, RSP, R25 <=> add x25, sp, w11, sxtb #1
+ VADD V16, V19, V14 <=> add d14, d19, d16
+
+Special Cases.
+
+(1) Argument order is the same as in the GNU ARM64 syntax: cbz, cbnz and some store instructions,
+such as str, stur, strb, sturb, strh, sturh stlr, stlrb. stlrh, st1.
+
+Examples:
+
+ MOVD R29, 384(R19) <=> str x29, [x19,#384]
+ MOVB.P R30, 30(R4) <=> strb w30, [x4],#30
+ STLRH R21, (R19) <=> stlrh w21, [x19]
+
+(2) MADD, MADDW, MSUB, MSUBW, SMADDL, SMSUBL, UMADDL, UMSUBL <Rm>, <Ra>, <Rn>, <Rd>
+
+Examples:
+
+ MADD R2, R30, R22, R6 <=> madd x6, x22, x2, x30
+ SMSUBL R10, R3, R17, R27 <=> smsubl x27, w17, w10, x3
+
+(3) FMADDD, FMADDS, FMSUBD, FMSUBS, FNMADDD, FNMADDS, FNMSUBD, FNMSUBS <Fm>, <Fa>, <Fn>, <Fd>
+
+Examples:
+
+ FMADDD F30, F20, F3, F29 <=> fmadd d29, d3, d30, d20
+ FNMSUBS F7, F25, F7, F22 <=> fnmsub s22, s7, s7, s25
+
+(4) BFI, BFXIL, SBFIZ, SBFX, UBFIZ, UBFX $<lsb>, <Rn>, $<width>, <Rd>
+
+Examples:
+
+ BFIW $16, R20, $6, R0 <=> bfi w0, w20, #16, #6
+ UBFIZ $34, R26, $5, R20 <=> ubfiz x20, x26, #34, #5
+
+(5) FCCMPD, FCCMPS, FCCMPED, FCCMPES <cond>, Fm. Fn, $<nzcv>
+
+Examples:
+
+ FCCMPD AL, F8, F26, $0 <=> fccmp d26, d8, #0x0, al
+ FCCMPS VS, F29, F4, $4 <=> fccmp s4, s29, #0x4, vs
+ FCCMPED LE, F20, F5, $13 <=> fccmpe d5, d20, #0xd, le
+ FCCMPES NE, F26, F10, $0 <=> fccmpe s10, s26, #0x0, ne
+
+(6) CCMN, CCMNW, CCMP, CCMPW <cond>, <Rn>, $<imm>, $<nzcv>
+
+Examples:
+
+ CCMP MI, R22, $12, $13 <=> ccmp x22, #0xc, #0xd, mi
+ CCMNW AL, R1, $11, $8 <=> ccmn w1, #0xb, #0x8, al
+
+(7) CCMN, CCMNW, CCMP, CCMPW <cond>, <Rn>, <Rm>, $<nzcv>
+
+Examples:
+
+ CCMN VS, R13, R22, $10 <=> ccmn x13, x22, #0xa, vs
+ CCMPW HS, R19, R14, $11 <=> ccmp w19, w14, #0xb, cs
+
+(9) CSEL, CSELW, CSNEG, CSNEGW, CSINC, CSINCW <cond>, <Rn>, <Rm>, <Rd> ;
+FCSELD, FCSELS <cond>, <Fn>, <Fm>, <Fd>
+
+Examples:
+
+ CSEL GT, R0, R19, R1 <=> csel x1, x0, x19, gt
+ CSNEGW GT, R7, R17, R8 <=> csneg w8, w7, w17, gt
+ FCSELD EQ, F15, F18, F16 <=> fcsel d16, d15, d18, eq
+
+(10) TBNZ, TBZ $<imm>, <Rt>, <label>
+
+(11) STLXR, STLXRW, STXR, STXRW, STLXRB, STLXRH, STXRB, STXRH <Rf>, (<Rn|RSP>), <Rs>
+
+Examples:
+
+ STLXR ZR, (R15), R16 <=> stlxr w16, xzr, [x15]
+ STXRB R9, (R21), R19 <=> stxrb w19, w9, [x21]
+
+(12) STLXP, STLXPW, STXP, STXPW (<Rf1>, <Rf2>), (<Rn|RSP>), <Rs>
+
+Examples:
+
+ STLXP (R17, R19), (R4), R5 <=> stlxp w5, x17, x19, [x4]
+ STXPW (R30, R25), (R22), R13 <=> stxp w13, w30, w25, [x22]
+
+2. Expressions for special arguments.
+
+#<immediate> is written as $<immediate>.
+
+Optionally-shifted immediate.
+
+Examples:
+
+ ADD $(3151<<12), R14, R20 <=> add x20, x14, #0xc4f, lsl #12
+ ADDW $1864, R25, R6 <=> add w6, w25, #0x748
+
+Optionally-shifted registers are written as <Rm>{<shift><amount>}.
+The <shift> can be <<(lsl), >>(lsr), ->(asr), @>(ror).
+
+Examples:
+
+ ADD R19>>30, R10, R24 <=> add x24, x10, x19, lsr #30
+ ADDW R26->24, R21, R15 <=> add w15, w21, w26, asr #24
+
+Extended registers are written as <Rm>{.<extend>{<<<amount>}}.
+<extend> can be UXTB, UXTH, UXTW, UXTX, SXTB, SXTH, SXTW or SXTX.
+
+Examples:
+
+ ADDS R19.UXTB<<4, R9, R26 <=> adds x26, x9, w19, uxtb #4
+ ADDSW R14.SXTX, R14, R6 <=> adds w6, w14, w14, sxtx
+
+Memory references: [<Xn|SP>{,#0}] is written as (Rn|RSP), a base register and an immediate
+offset is written as imm(Rn|RSP), a base register and an offset register is written as (Rn|RSP)(Rm).
+
+Examples:
+
+ LDAR (R22), R9 <=> ldar x9, [x22]
+ LDP 28(R17), (R15, R23) <=> ldp x15, x23, [x17,#28]
+ MOVWU (R4)(R12<<2), R8 <=> ldr w8, [x4, x12, lsl #2]
+ MOVD (R7)(R11.UXTW<<3), R25 <=> ldr x25, [x7,w11,uxtw #3]
+ MOVBU (R27)(R23), R14 <=> ldrb w14, [x27,x23]
+
+Register pairs are written as (Rt1, Rt2).
+
+Examples:
+
+ LDP.P -240(R11), (R12, R26) <=> ldp x12, x26, [x11],#-240
+
+Register with arrangement and register with arrangement and index.
+
+Examples:
+
+ VADD V5.H8, V18.H8, V9.H8 <=> add v9.8h, v18.8h, v5.8h
+ VLD1 (R2), [V21.B16] <=> ld1 {v21.16b}, [x2]
+ VST1.P V9.S[1], (R16)(R21) <=> st1 {v9.s}[1], [x16], x28
+ VST1.P [V13.H8, V14.H8, V15.H8], (R3)(R14) <=> st1 {v13.8h-v15.8h}, [x3], x14
+ VST1.P [V14.D1, V15.D1], (R7)(R23) <=> st1 {v14.1d, v15.1d}, [x7], x23
+*/
+package arm64