| Opcode/Instruction | 64/32bit Mode Support | CPUID Feature Flag | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| F2 XACQUIRE | V/V | HLE1 | A hint used with an “XACQUIRE-enabled“ instruction to start lock elision on the instruction memory operand address. |
| F3 XRELEASE | V/V | HLE | A hint used with an “XRELEASE-enabled“ instruction to end lock elision on the instruction memory operand address. |
NOTES:
1. Software is not required to check the HLE feature flag to use XACQUIRE or XRELEASE, as they are treated as regular prefix if HLE
feature flag reports 0.
The XACQUIRE prefix is a hint to start lock elision on the memory address specified by the instruction and the XRELEASE prefix is a hint to end lock elision on the memory address specified by the instruction.
The XACQUIRE prefix hint can only be used with the following instructions (these instructions are also referred to as XACQUIRE-enabled when used with the XACQUIRE prefix):
The XRELEASE prefix hint can only be used with the following instructions (also referred to as XRELEASE-enabled when used with the XRELEASE prefix):
The lock variables must satisfy the guidelines described in Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 1, Section 16.3.3, for elision to be successful, otherwise an HLE abort may be signaled.
If an encoded byte sequence that meets XACQUIRE/XRELEASE requirements includes both prefixes, then the HLE semantic is determined by the prefix byte that is placed closest to the instruction opcode. For example, an F3F2C6 will not be treated as a XRELEASE-enabled instruction since the F2H (XACQUIRE) is closest to the instruction opcode C6. Similarly, an F2F3F0 prefixed instruction will be treated as a XRELEASE-enabled instruction since F3H (XRELEASE) is closest to the instruction opcode.
Intel 64 and IA-32 Compatibility
The effect of the XACQUIRE/XRELEASE prefix hint is the same in non-64-bit modes and in 64-bit mode.
For instructions that do not support the XACQUIRE hint, the presence of the F2H prefix behaves the same way as prior hardware, according to
For instructions that do not support the XRELEASE hint, the presence of the F3H prefix behaves the same way as in prior hardware, according to
XACQUIRE
IF XACQUIRE-enabled instruction
THEN
IF (HLE_NEST_COUNT < MAX_HLE_NEST_COUNT) THEN
HLE_NEST_COUNT++
IF (HLE_NEST_COUNT = 1) THEN
HLE_ACTIVE := 1
IF 64-bit mode
THEN
restartRIP := instruction pointer of the XACQUIRE-enabled instruction
ELSE
restartEIP := instruction pointer of the XACQUIRE-enabled instruction
FI;
Enter HLE Execution (* record register state, start tracking memory state *)
FI; (* HLE_NEST_COUNT = 1*)
IF ElisionBufferAvailable
THEN
Allocate elision buffer
Record address and data for forwarding and commit checking
Perform elision
ELSE
Perform lock acquire operation transactionally but without elision
FI;
ELSE (* HLE_NEST_COUNT = MAX_HLE_NEST_COUNT*)
GOTO HLE_ABORT_PROCESSING
FI;
ELSE
Treat instruction as non-XACQUIRE F2H prefixed legacy instruction
FI;
XRELEASE
IF XRELEASE-enabled instruction
THEN
IF (HLE_NEST_COUNT > 0)
THEN
HLE_NEST_COUNT--
IF lock address matches in elision buffer THEN
IF lock satisfies address and value requirements THEN
Deallocate elision buffer
ELSE
GOTO HLE_ABORT_PROCESSING
FI;
FI;
IF (HLE_NEST_COUNT = 0)
THEN
IF NoAllocatedElisionBuffer
THEN
Try to commit transactional execution
IF fail to commit transactional execution
THEN
GOTO HLE_ABORT_PROCESSING;
ELSE (* commit success *)
HLE_ACTIVE := 0
FI;
ELSE
GOTO HLE_ABORT_PROCESSING
FI;
FI;
FI; (* HLE_NEST_COUNT > 0 *)
ELSE
Treat instruction as non-XRELEASE F3H prefixed legacy instruction
FI;
(* For any HLE abort condition encountered during HLE execution *)
HLE_ABORT_PROCESSING:
HLE_ACTIVE := 0
HLE_NEST_COUNT := 0
Restore architectural register state
Discard memory updates performed in transaction
Free any allocated lock elision buffers
IF 64-bit mode
THEN
RIP := restartRIP
ELSE
EIP := restartEIP
FI;
Execute and retire instruction at RIP (or EIP) and ignore any HLE hint
END
None.
| #GP(0) | If the use of prefix causes instruction length to exceed 15 bytes. |
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