CMP (immediate)

Compare (immediate) subtracts an optionally-shifted immediate value from a register value. It updates the condition flags based on the result, and discards the result.

This is an alias of SUBS (immediate). This means:

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sf11100010shimm12Rn11111
opSRd

32-bit (sf == 0)

CMP <Wn|WSP>, #<imm>{, <shift>}

is equivalent to

SUBS WZR, <Wn|WSP>, #<imm>{, <shift>}

and is always the preferred disassembly.

64-bit (sf == 1)

CMP <Xn|SP>, #<imm>{, <shift>}

is equivalent to

SUBS XZR, <Xn|SP>, #<imm>{, <shift>}

and is always the preferred disassembly.

Assembler Symbols

<Wn|WSP>

Is the 32-bit name of the source general-purpose register or stack pointer, encoded in the "Rn" field.

<imm>

Is an unsigned immediate, in the range 0 to 4095, encoded in the "imm12" field.

<shift>

Is the optional left shift to apply to the immediate, defaulting to LSL #0 and encoded in sh:

sh <shift>
0 LSL #0
1 LSL #12
<Xn|SP>

Is the 64-bit name of the source general-purpose register or stack pointer, encoded in the "Rn" field.

Operation

The description of SUBS (immediate) gives the operational pseudocode for this instruction.

Operational information

If PSTATE.DIT is 1:


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