s_wait_alu GPU Native ISA AMD Scalar

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s_wait_alu

Wait for one or more ALU-centric counters to fall below specified values.

Also written as s_waitcnt_depctr. AMD's machine-readable ISA specification lists this name for the same instruction.

Encoding

Binary Layout (AMD CDNA 5)
101111111
31:23
0001000
22:16
SIMM16
15:0
 

The ENC_SOPP layout from AMD's machine-readable ISA specification (AMD CDNA 5). Opcode 8 in OP rebuilds 0xBF880000, an identifier AMD lists for this encoding. The same in AMD RDNA 4.

Format SOPP
Width 32 bits
Opcode 8
Identifier 0xBF880000

Operands

  • SIMM16
    Read. A waitcnt operand for ALU and miscellaneous dependency counters. Data format: 16 bits of arbitrary data. (OPR_WAIT_ALU, FMT_NUM_B16)

In AMD's order, as its machine-readable ISA specification lists them for the ENC_SOPP encoding (AMD CDNA 5).

GFX Target Compatibility

TargetSupport
gfx1100✅ Supported

Related

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Reference

AMDGPU / GFX ISA

Example

s_wait_alu 0

A real instruction accepted by the LLVM assembler, taken verbatim from LLVM's own AMDGPU MC test suite (gfx13_asm_sopp.s). Not from an AMD document, and not authored here.

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