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XSAVES
XSAVES / XSAVES64 — Save Processor Extended States Supervisor
| Opcode / Instruction | Op/ En | 64/32 bit Mode Support | CPUID Feature Flag | Description |
| NP 0F C7 /5 XSAVES mem | M | V/V | XSS | Save state components specified by EDX:EAX to mem with compaction, optimizing if possible. |
| NP REX.W + 0F C7 /5 XSAVES64 mem | M | V/N.E. | XSS | Save state components specified by EDX:EAX to mem with compaction, optimizing if possible. |
| Op/En | Operand 1 | Operand 2 | Operand 3 | Operand 4 |
| M | ModRM:r/m (w) | NA | NA | NA |
Performs a full or partial save of processor state components to the XSAVE area located at the memory address specified by the destination operand. The implicit EDX:EAX register pair specifies a 64-bit instruction mask. The specific state components saved correspond to the bits set in the requested-feature bitmap (RFBM), the logical- AND of EDX:EAX and the logical-OR of XCR0 with the IA32_XSS MSR. XSAVES may be executed only if CPL = 0.
The format of the XSAVE area is detailed in Section 13.4, “XSAVE Area,” of Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Soft- ware Developer’s Manual, Volume 1.
Section 13.11, “Operation of XSAVES,” of Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 1 provides a detailed description of the operation of the XSAVES instruction. The following items provide a high- level outline:
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Execution of XSAVES is similar to that of XSAVEC. XSAVES differs from XSAVEC in that it can save state components corresponding to bits set in the IA32_XSS MSR and that it may use the modified optimization.
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XSAVES saves state component i only if RFBM[i] = 1 and XINUSE[i] = 1.1 (XINUSE is a bitmap by which the
processor tracks the status of various state components. See Section 13.6, “Processor Tracking of XSAVE- Managed State.”) Even if both bits are 1, XSAVES may optimize and not save state component i if (1) state component i has not been modified since the last execution of XRSTOR or XRSTORS; and (2) this execution of XSAVES correspond to that last execution of XRSTOR or XRSTORS as determined by XRSTOR_INFO (see the Operation section below).
- XSAVES does not modify bytes 511:464 of the legacy region of the XSAVE area (see Section 13.4.1, “Legacy
Region of an XSAVE Area”).
- XSAVES writes the logical AND of RFBM and XINUSE to the XSTATE_BV field of the XSAVE header.2 (See Section
13.4.2, “XSAVE Header.”) XSAVES sets bit 63 of the XCOMP_BV field and sets bits 62:0 of that field to RFBM[62:0]. XSAVES does not write to any parts of the XSAVE header other than the XSTATE_BV and XCOMP_BV fields.
- XSAVES always uses the compacted format of the extended region of the XSAVE area (see Section 13.4.3,
“Extended Region of an XSAVE Area”).
Use of a destination operand not aligned to 64-byte boundary (in either 64-bit or 32-bit modes) results in a general-protection (#GP) exception. In 64-bit mode, the upper 32 bits of RDX and RAX are ignored.
See Section 13.6, “Processor Tracking of XSAVE-Managed State,” of Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 1 for discussion of the bitmap XMODIFIED and of the quantity XRSTOR_INFO.
- There is an exception for state component 1 (SSE). MXCSR is part of SSE state, but XINUSE[1] may be 0 even if MXCSR does not have its initial value of 1F80H. In this case, the init optimization does not apply and XSAVEC will save SSE state as long as RFBM[1] = 1 and the modified optimization is not being applied.
- There is an exception for state component 1 (SSE). MXCSR is part of SSE state, but XINUSE[1] may be 0 even if MXCSR does not have its initial value of 1F80H. In this case, XSAVES sets XSTATE_BV[1] to 1 as long as RFBM[1] = 1.
RFBM ← (XCR0 OR IA32_XSS) AND EDX:EAX;
/* bitwise logical OR and AND */
IF in VMX non-root operation
THEN VMXNR ← 1;
ELSE VMXNR ← 0;
FI;
LAXA ← linear address of XSAVE area;
COMPMASK ← RFBM OR 80000000_00000000H;
TO_BE_SAVED ← RFBM AND XINUSE;
IF XRSTOR_INFO = CPL,VMXNR,LAXA,COMPMASK
THEN TO_BE_SAVED ← TO_BE_SAVED AND XMODIFIED;
FI;
If MXCSR ≠ 1F80H AND RFBM[1]
TO_BE_SAVED[1] = 1;
FI;
IF TO_BE_SAVED[0] = 1
THEN store x87 state into legacy region of XSAVE area;
FI;
IF TO_BE_SAVED[1] = 1
THEN store SSE state into legacy region of XSAVE area; // this step saves the XMM registers, MXCSR, and MXCSR_MASK
FI;
NEXT_FEATURE_OFFSET = 576;
// Legacy area and XSAVE header consume 576 bytes
FOR i ← 2 TO 62
IF RFBM[i] = 1
THEN
IF TO_BE_SAVED[i]
THEN
save XSAVE state component i at offset NEXT_FEATURE_OFFSET from base of XSAVE area;
IF i = 8
// state component 8 is for PT state
THEN IA32_RTIT_CTL.TraceEn[bit 0] ← 0;
FI;
FI;
NEXT_FEATURE_OFFSET = NEXT_FEATURE_OFFSET + n (n enumerated by CPUID(EAX=0DH,ECX=i):EAX);
FI;
ENDFOR;
XSTATE_BV field in XSAVE header ← TO_BE_SAVED;
XCOMP_BV field in XSAVE header ← COMPMASK;None.
XSAVES:
void _xsaves( void * , unsigned __int64);
XSAVES64:
void _xsaves64( void * , unsigned __int64);#GP(0) If CPL > 0. If a memory operand effective address is outside the CS, DS, ES, FS, or GS segment limit. If a memory operand is not aligned on a 64-byte boundary, regardless of segment.
#SS(0) If a memory operand effective address is outside the SS segment limit.
#PF(fault-code) If a page fault occurs.
#NM If CR0.TS[bit 3] = 1.
#UD If CPUID.01H:ECX.XSAVE[bit 26] = 0 or CPUID.(EAX=0DH,ECX=1):EAX.XSS[bit 3] = 0. If CR4.OSXSAVE[bit 18] = 0. If the LOCK prefix is used.
#AC If this exception is disabled a general protection exception (
#GP) is signaled if the memory operand is not aligned on a 64-byte boundary, as described above. If the alignment check exception (
#AC) is enabled (and the CPL is 3), signaling of
#AC is not guaranteed and may vary with implementation, as follows. In all implementations where
#AC is not signaled, a general protection exception is signaled in its place. In addition, the width of the alignment check may also vary with implementation. For instance, for a given implementation, an align- ment check exception might be signaled for a 2-byte misalignment, whereas a general protec- tion exception might be signaled for all other misalignments (4-, 8-, or 16-byte misalignments).
#GP If a memory operand is not aligned on a 64-byte boundary, regardless of segment. If any part of the operand lies outside the effective address space from 0 to FFFFH.
#NM If CR0.TS[bit 3] = 1.
#UD If CPUID.01H:ECX.XSAVE[bit 26] = 0 or CPUID.(EAX=0DH,ECX=1):EAX.XSS[bit 3] = 0. If CR4.OSXSAVE[bit 18] = 0. If the LOCK prefix is used.
Same exceptions as in protected mode.
Same exceptions as in protected mode.
#GP(0) If CPL > 0. If the memory address is in a non-canonical form. If a memory operand is not aligned on a 64-byte boundary, regardless of segment.
#SS(0) If a memory address referencing the SS segment is in a non-canonical form.
#PF(fault-code) If a page fault occurs.
#NM If CR0.TS[bit 3] = 1.
#UD If CPUID.01H:ECX.XSAVE[bit 26] = 0 or CPUID.(EAX=0DH,ECX=1):EAX.XSS[bit 3] = 0. If CR4.OSXSAVE[bit 18] = 0. If the LOCK prefix is used.
#AC If this exception is disabled a general protection exception (
#GP) is signaled if the memory operand is not aligned on a 64-byte boundary, as described above. If the alignment check exception (
#AC) is enabled (and the CPL is 3), signaling of
#AC is not guaranteed and may vary with implementation, as follows. In all implementations where
#AC is not signaled, a general protection exception is signaled in its place. In addition, the width of the alignment check may also vary with implementation. For instance, for a given implementation, an align- ment check exception might be signaled for a 2-byte misalignment, whereas a general protec- tion exception might be signaled for all other misalignments (4-, 8-, or 16-byte misalignments).
Source: Intel® Architecture Software Developer's Manual (May 2018)
Generated: 5-6-2018