BRK

Breakpoint instruction

This instruction generates a Breakpoint Instruction exception. The PE records the exception in ESR_ELx, using the EC value 0x3C, and captures the value of the immediate argument in ESR_ELx.ISS.

Within a guarded memory region, while PSTATE.BTYPE != 0b00, a BRK instruction will not generate a Branch Target exception and will generate a Breakpoint Instruction exception as normal. For more information, see PSTATE.BTYPE.

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1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	imm16																0	0	0	0	0
								opc																			op2			LL

Encoding

BRK #<imm>

Decode

let comment : bits(16) = imm16; if IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_BTI) then SetBTypeCompatible(TRUE); end;

Assembler Symbols

<imm>

Is a 16-bit unsigned immediate, in the range 0 to 65535, encoded in the "imm16" field.

Operation

AArch64_SoftwareBreakpoint(comment);

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