ldur

Load Register (Unscaled)

LDUR <Wt>, [<Xn|SP>, #<simm>]

Loads a word using an unscaled immediate offset.

Details

Loads a 32-bit word from memory using an address calculated from a base register and an unscaled signed immediate offset. No condition flags are affected (N, Z, C, V remain unaffected). Execution is AArch64-only; the offset is applied directly without scaling and allows for more flexible address formation than scaled-offset variants.

Pseudocode Operation

address ← (Xn | SP) + SignExtend(imm9, 64); Wt ← ZeroExtend([address]<31:0>, 64)

Example

LDUR w3, [x1, #-8]

Encoding

Binary Layout
10
111
0
00
01
0
imm9
00
Rn
Rt
 
Format Load/Store
Opcode 0xB8400000
Extension Base

Operands

  • Wt
    Transfer 32-bit integer register (load/store)
  • Xn
    First source / base 64-bit integer register
  • simm
    Signed immediate offset

Reference (Arm A64 ISA)

Instruction Forms

Encoding Instruction ISA Bit pattern
0x3C400000 LDUR <Bt>, [<Xn|SP>{, #<simm>}] A64 00 | 111 | 1 | 00 | 01 | 0 | imm9 | 00 | Rn | Rt
0x7C400000 LDUR <Ht>, [<Xn|SP>{, #<simm>}] A64 01 | 111 | 1 | 00 | 01 | 0 | imm9 | 00 | Rn | Rt
0xBC400000 LDUR <St>, [<Xn|SP>{, #<simm>}] A64 10 | 111 | 1 | 00 | 01 | 0 | imm9 | 00 | Rn | Rt
0xFC400000 LDUR <Dt>, [<Xn|SP>{, #<simm>}] A64 11 | 111 | 1 | 00 | 01 | 0 | imm9 | 00 | Rn | Rt
0x3CC00000 LDUR <Qt>, [<Xn|SP>{, #<simm>}] A64 00 | 111 | 1 | 00 | 11 | 0 | imm9 | 00 | Rn | Rt
0xB8400000 LDUR <Wt>, [<Xn|SP>{, #<simm>}] A64 10 | 111 | 0 | 00 | 01 | 0 | imm9 | 00 | Rn | Rt
0xF8400000 LDUR <Xt>, [<Xn|SP>{, #<simm>}] A64 11 | 111 | 0 | 00 | 01 | 0 | imm9 | 00 | Rn | Rt

Description

Load Register (unscaled) calculates an address from a base register and an immediate offset, loads a 32-bit word or 64-bit doubleword from memory, zero-extends it, and writes it to a register. For information about memory accesses, see Load/Store addressing modes.

Operation

bits(64) address;
bits(datasize) data;

boolean privileged = PSTATE.EL != EL0;
AccessDescriptor accdesc = CreateAccDescGPR(MemOp_LOAD, FALSE, privileged, tagchecked);

if n == 31 then
    CheckSPAlignment();
    address = SP[];
else
    address = X[n, 64];

address = GenerateAddress(address, offset, accdesc);

data = Mem[address, datasize DIV 8, accdesc];
X[t, regsize] = ZeroExtend(data, regsize);