SPSR | Jon's Arm Reference

This register is present only when AArch32 is supported. Otherwise, direct accesses to SPSR are UNDEFINED.

Attributes

Field descriptions

N, bit [31]

Negative Condition flag. Set to the value of PSTATE.N on taking an exception to the current mode, and copied to PSTATE.N on executing an exception return operation in the current mode.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

Z, bit [30]

Zero Condition flag. Set to the value of PSTATE.Z on taking an exception to the current mode, and copied to PSTATE.Z on executing an exception return operation in the current mode.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

C, bit [29]

Carry Condition flag. Set to the value of PSTATE.C on taking an exception to the current mode, and copied to PSTATE.C on executing an exception return operation in the current mode.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

V, bit [28]

Overflow Condition flag. Set to the value of PSTATE.V on taking an exception to the current mode, and copied to PSTATE.V on executing an exception return operation in the current mode.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

Q, bit [27]

Overflow or saturation flag. Set to the value of PSTATE.Q on taking an exception to the current mode, and copied to PSTATE.Q on executing an exception return operation in the current mode.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

IT, bits [15:10, 26:25]

If-Then. Set to the value of PSTATE.IT on taking an exception to the current mode, and copied to PSTATE.IT on executing an exception return operation in the current mode.

SPSR.IT must contain a value that is valid for the instruction being returned to.

The IT field is split as follows:

IT[1:0] is SPSR[26:25].
IT[7:2] is SPSR[15:10].

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

J, bit [24]

RES0.

In previous versions of the architecture, the {J, T} bits determined the AArch32 Instruction set state.

Armv8 does not support either Jazelle state or T32EE state, and the T bit determines the Instruction set state.

SSBS, bit [23]

When FEAT_SSBS is implemented:

Speculative Store Bypass. Set to the value of PSTATE.SSBS on taking an exception to the current mode, and copied to PSTATE.SSBS on executing an exception return operation in the current mode.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

Otherwise:

PAN, bit [22]

When FEAT_PAN is implemented:

Privileged Access Never. Set to the value of PSTATE.PAN on taking an exception to the current mode, and copied to PSTATE.PAN on executing an exception return operation in the current mode.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

Otherwise:

DIT, bit [21]

When FEAT_DIT is implemented:

Data Independent Timing. Set to the value of PSTATE.DIT on taking an exception to the current mode, and copied to PSTATE.DIT on executing an exception return operation in the current mode.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

Otherwise:

IL, bit [20]

Illegal Execution state. Set to the value of PSTATE.IL on taking an exception to the current mode, and copied to PSTATE.IL on executing an exception return operation in the current mode.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

GE, bits [19:16]

Greater than or Equal flags. Set to the value of PSTATE.GE on taking an exception to the current mode, and copied to PSTATE.GE on executing an exception return operation in the current mode.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

E, bit [9]

Endianness. Set to the value of PSTATE.E on taking an exception to the current mode, and copied to PSTATE.E on executing an exception return operation in the current mode.

If the implementation does not support big-endian operation, SPSR.E is RES0. If the implementation does not support little-endian operation, SPSR.E is RES1. On executing an exception return operation in the current mode, if the implementation does not support big-endian operation at the Exception level being returned to, SPSR.E is RES0, and if the implementation does not support little-endian operation at the Exception level being returned to, SPSR.E is RES1.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

A, bit [8]

SError exception mask. Set to the value of PSTATE.A on taking an exception to the current mode, and copied to PSTATE.A on executing an exception return operation in the current mode.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

I, bit [7]

IRQ interrupt mask. Set to the value of PSTATE.I on taking an exception to the current mode, and copied to PSTATE.I on executing an exception return operation in the current mode.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

F, bit [6]

FIQ interrupt mask. Set to the value of PSTATE.F on taking an exception to the current mode, and copied to PSTATE.F on executing an exception return operation in the current mode.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

T, bit [5]

T32 Instruction set state. Set to the value of PSTATE.T on taking an exception to the current mode, and copied to PSTATE.T on executing an exception return operation in the current mode.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

M[4:0], bits [4:0]

Mode. Set to the value of PSTATE.M[4:0] on taking an exception to the current mode, and copied to PSTATE.M[4:0] on executing an exception return operation in the current mode.

M[4:0]	Meaning
0b10000	User.
0b10001	FIQ.
0b10010	IRQ.
0b10011	Supervisor.
0b10110	Monitor.
0b10111	Abort.
0b11010	Hyp.
0b11011	Undefined.
0b11111	System.

Other values are reserved. If SPSR.M[4:0] has a Reserved value, or a value for an unimplemented Exception level, executing an exception return operation in the current mode is an illegal return event, as described in 'Illegal return events from AArch32 state'.

The reset behavior of this field is:

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

SPSR: Saved Program Status Register

Purpose

Configuration

Attributes

Field descriptions

N, bit [31]

Z, bit [30]

C, bit [29]

V, bit [28]

Q, bit [27]

IT, bits [15:10, 26:25]

J, bit [24]

SSBS, bit [23]

When FEAT_SSBS is implemented:

Otherwise:

PAN, bit [22]

When FEAT_PAN is implemented:

Otherwise:

DIT, bit [21]

When FEAT_DIT is implemented:

Otherwise:

IL, bit [20]

GE, bits [19:16]

E, bit [9]

A, bit [8]

I, bit [7]

F, bit [6]

T, bit [5]

M[4:0], bits [4:0]

Accessing SPSR

31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
N	Z	C	V	Q	IT[1:0]		J	SSBS	PAN	DIT	IL	GE				IT[7:2]						E	A	I	F	T	M[4:0]

SPSR: Saved Program Status Register

Purpose

Configuration

Attributes

Field descriptions

N, bit [31]

Z, bit [30]

C, bit [29]

V, bit [28]

Q, bit [27]

IT, bits [15:10, 26:25]

J, bit [24]

SSBS, bit [23]When FEAT_SSBS is implemented:

Otherwise:

PAN, bit [22]When FEAT_PAN is implemented:

Otherwise:

DIT, bit [21]When FEAT_DIT is implemented:

Otherwise:

IL, bit [20]

GE, bits [19:16]

E, bit [9]

A, bit [8]

I, bit [7]

F, bit [6]

T, bit [5]

M[4:0], bits [4:0]

Accessing SPSR

SSBS, bit [23]

When FEAT_SSBS is implemented:

PAN, bit [22]

When FEAT_PAN is implemented:

DIT, bit [21]

When FEAT_DIT is implemented: