pnop
Prefixed No-Operation Instruction
No operation is performed.
Details
The pnop instruction behaves as a b $+8 instruction regardless of its suffix. However, it does not cause any side effects such as modification of the Come From Address Register.
Pseudocode Operation
No operation is performed.Programming Note
['The pnop instruction behaves as a b $+8 instruction regardless of its suffix. However, it does not cause any side effects such as modification of the Come From Address Register.', 'If the value in the suffix of a pnop instruction corresponds to a Branch instruction, an rfebb instruction, a context synchronizing instruction other than isync, or a “Service Processor Attention” instruction, the instruction form is invalid.']