CLAC—Clear AC Flag in EFLAGS Register

Opcode/Instruction Op /En 64/32 bit Mode Support CPUID Feature Flag Description

NP 0F 01 CA

CLAC

 ZO V/V SMAP Clear the AC flag in the EFLAGS register.

Instruction Operand Encoding

Op/En Operand 1 Operand 2 Operand 3 Operand 4
ZO N/A N/A N/A N/A

Description

Clears the AC flag bit in EFLAGS register. This disables any alignment checking of user-mode data accesses. If the SMAP bit is set in the CR4 register, this disallows explicit supervisor-mode data accesses to user-mode pages.

This instruction's operation is the same in non-64-bit modes and 64-bit mode. Attempts to execute CLAC when CPL > 0 cause #UD.

Operation

EFLAGS.AC := 0;

Flags Affected

AC cleared. Other flags are unaffected.

Protected Mode Exceptions

#UD

If the LOCK prefix is used.

If the CPL > 0.

If CPUID.(EAX=07H, ECX=0H):EBX.SMAP[bit 20] = 0.

Real-Address Mode Exceptions

#UD

If the LOCK prefix is used.

If CPUID.(EAX=07H, ECX=0H):EBX.SMAP[bit 20] = 0.

Virtual-8086 Mode Exceptions

#UD The CLAC instruction is not recognized in virtual-8086 mode.

Compatibility Mode Exceptions

#UD

If the LOCK prefix is used.

If the CPL > 0.

If CPUID.(EAX=07H, ECX=0H):EBX.SMAP[bit 20] = 0.

64-Bit Mode Exceptions

#UD

If the LOCK prefix is used.

If the CPL > 0.

If CPUID.(EAX=07H, ECX=0H):EBX.SMAP[bit 20] = 0.