AArch64 Register and Instruction Quick Start

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Registers

General-Purpose Registers

The aarch64 registers are named:

  • r0 through r30 - for 64-bit-wide access
  • w0 through w30 - for 32-bit-wide access (same registers - upper 16 bits are cleared on load)

Register '31' is one of two registers depending on the instruction context:

  • For instructions dealing with the stack, it is the stack pointer, named rsp
  • For all other instructions, it is a "zero" register, which returns 0 when read and discards data when written - named rzr

Usage during syscall/function call:

  • r0-r7 are used for arguments and return values
  • For syscalls, the syscall number is in r8
  • r9-r15 are for temporary values (may get trampled)
  • r16-r18 are used for intra-procedure-call and platform values (avoid)
  • The called routine is expected to save r19-r28
  • r29 and r30 are used as the frame register and link register (avoid)

See the ARM Procedure Call Reference for details.

Floating-Point and SIMD Registers

Aarch64 also defines a set of large registers for floating-point and single-instruction/multiple-data (SIMD) operations. For details, refer to the ARM documentation.

Instructions

Starter Kit

These instructions are sufficient to complete the SPO600 Assembler Lab: 

add r0,r1,r2                       // load r0 with r1+r2
add r0,r1,99                       // load r0 with r1+99
adr r0,label                       // load r0 with the address label (this actually calculates an address from the PC plus an offset)
beq label                          // branch to label if equal
bne label                          // branch to label if not equal
blt label                          // branch to label if less
bgt label                          // branch to label if greater
cmp r0,r1                          // compare register r0 with register r1
cmp r0,99                          // compare the number 99 with register r0
ldr r0,[r1,0]                      // load register r0 from the address pointed to by (r1 + (0 * size)) where size is 8 bytes for 64-bit stores, 4 bytes for 32-bit stores
ldr w0,[r1,0]                      // like ldr but reads one byte only - note the use of w0 instead of r0 for the source register name
ldur r0,[r1,0]                     // load register r0 from the address pointed to by (r1 + 0) - the mnemonic means "load unscaled register"
mov r0,r1                          // move data from r1 to r0
mov r0,99                          // load r0 with 99 (only certain immediate values are possible)
str r0,[r1,0]                      // store register r0 to address pointed to by (r1 + (0 * size)) where size is 8 bytes for 64-bit stores
strb w0,[r1,0]                     // like str but writes one byte only - note the use of w0 instead of r0 for the source register name
stur r0,[r1,0]                     // store register r0 to the address pointed to by (r1 + 0) - the mnemonic means "store unscaled register"
svc 0                              // perform a syscall
msub r0,r1,r2,r3                   // load r0 with r3-(r1*r2) (useful for calculating remainders)
madd r0,r1,r2,r3                   // load r0 with r3+(r1*r2)
mul r0,r1,r2                       // load r0 with r1*r2 (actually an alias - see ARM ARM)
push r0                            // push r0 onto the stack
pop r0                             // pop r0 off the stack
udiv r0,r1,r2                      // unsigned - divide r1 by r2, places quotient into r0 - remainder is not calculated (use msub)

References

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