flw

Single-precision floating-point load

This instruction is defined by:

  • F, version >= 0

This instruction is included in the following profiles:

  • RVA20U64 (Mandatory)

  • RVA22U64 (Mandatory)

  • RVI20U32 (Optional)

  • RVI20U64 (Optional)

Encoding

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Assembly format

flw fd, rs1, imm

Synopsis

This instruction must have data-independent timing when extension Zkt is enabled.

The flw instruction loads a single-precision floating-point value from memory at address rs1 + imm into floating-point register fd.

flw does not modify the bits being transferred; in particular, the payloads of non-canonical NaNs are preserved.

Access

M HS U VS VU

Always

Always

Always

Always

Always

Decode Variables

Bits<12> imm = $encoding[31:20];
Bits<5> rs1 = $encoding[19:15];
Bits<5> fd = $encoding[11:7];

Execution

  • IDL

  • Sail

check_f_ok($encoding);
XReg virtual_address = X[rs1] + $signed(imm);
Bits<32> sp_value = read_memory<32>(virtual_address, $encoding);
if (implemented?(ExtensionName::D)) {
  f[fd] = nan_box<32, 64>(sp_value);
} else {
  f[fd] = sp_value;
}
mark_f_state_dirty();
{
  let offset : xlenbits = sign_extend(imm);
  /* Get the address, X(rs1) + offset.
     Some extensions perform additional checks on address validity. */
  match ext_data_get_addr(rs1, offset, Read(Data), width) {
    Ext_DataAddr_Error(e)  => { ext_handle_data_check_error(e); RETIRE_FAIL },
    Ext_DataAddr_OK(vaddr) =>
      if   check_misaligned(vaddr, width)
      then { handle_mem_exception(vaddr, E_Load_Addr_Align()); RETIRE_FAIL }
      else match translateAddr(vaddr, Read(Data)) {
        TR_Failure(e, _) => { handle_mem_exception(vaddr, e); RETIRE_FAIL },
        TR_Address(addr, _) => {
          let (aq, rl, res) = (false, false, false);
          match (width) {
            BYTE => { handle_illegal(); RETIRE_FAIL },
            HALF =>
               process_fload16(rd, vaddr, mem_read(Read(Data), addr, 2, aq, rl, res)),
            WORD =>
               process_fload32(rd, vaddr, mem_read(Read(Data), addr, 4, aq, rl, res)),
            DOUBLE if sizeof(flen) >= 64 =>
               process_fload64(rd, vaddr, mem_read(Read(Data), addr, 8, aq, rl, res)),
            _ => report_invalid_width(__FILE__, __LINE__, width, "floating point load"),
          }
        }
      }
  }
}

Exceptions

This instruction may result in the following synchronous exceptions:

  • IllegalInstruction

  • LoadAccessFault

  • LoadAddressMisaligned

  • LoadPageFault