STSMAXB, STSMAXLB

Atomic signed maximum on byte, without return

This instruction atomically loads an 8-bit byte from memory, compares it against the value held in a register, and stores the larger value back to memory, treating the values as signed numbers.

STSMAXB does not have release semantics.
STSMAXLB stores to memory with release semantics, as described in Load-Acquire, Store-Release.

For information about addressing modes, see Load/Store addressing modes.

This is an alias of LDSMAXB, LDSMAXAB, LDSMAXALB, LDSMAXLB. This means:

The encodings in this description are named to match the encodings of LDSMAXB, LDSMAXAB, LDSMAXALB, LDSMAXLB.
The description of LDSMAXB, LDSMAXAB, LDSMAXALB, LDSMAXLB gives the operational pseudocode, any constrained unpredictable behavior, and any operational information for this instruction.

Integer class

(FEAT_LSE)

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
0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	R	1	Rs					0	1	0	0	0	0	Rn					1	1	1	1	1
size					VR			A								o3	opc										Rt

No memory ordering encoding

(R == 0)

STSMAXB <Ws>, [<Xn|SP>]

is equivalent to

LDSMAXB <Ws>, WZR, [<Xn|SP>]

and is always the preferred disassembly.

Release encoding

(R == 1)

STSMAXLB <Ws>, [<Xn|SP>]

is equivalent to

LDSMAXLB <Ws>, WZR, [<Xn|SP>]

and is always the preferred disassembly.

Assembler Symbols

<Ws>	Is the 32-bit name of the general-purpose register holding the data value to be operated on with the contents of the memory location, encoded in the "Rs" field.

<Xn|SP>

Is the 64-bit name of the general-purpose base register or stack pointer, encoded in the "Rn" field.

Operation

The description of LDSMAXB, LDSMAXAB, LDSMAXALB, LDSMAXLB gives the operational pseudocode for this instruction.

Operational Information

The description of LDSMAXB, LDSMAXAB, LDSMAXALB, LDSMAXLB gives the operational information for this instruction.

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