ARM VERSION 1.2 manual 6 SWP, Is swapped with the contents of the memory location, Both Rd and Rm

ARM Instruction Reference

4.2.6SWP

Swap data between registers and memory.

Use SWP to implement semaphores.

Syntax

SWP{cond}{B} Rd, Rm, [Rn]

where:

cond is an optional condition code (see Conditional execution on page 4-4).

Bis an optional suffix. If B is present, a byte is swapped. Otherwise, a 32-bit word is swapped.

Rd	is an ARM register. Data from memory is loaded into Rd.
Rm	is an ARM register. The contents of Rm is saved to memory.
	Rm can be the same register as Rd. In this case, the contents of the register
	is swapped with the contents of the memory location.
Rn	is an ARM register. The contents of Rn specify the address in memory
	with which data is to be swapped. Rn must be a different register from
	both Rd and Rm.

Non word-aligned addresses

Non word-aligned addresses are handled in exactly the same way as an LDR and an STR instruction (see Address alignment for word transfers on page 4-10).

Architectures

These instructions are available in ARM architecture versions 2a and 3 and above.

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