4.11.4 Exception Barrier
Format:
EXCB | ! Memory format |
Operation:
{EXCB does not appear to issue until completion of all exceptions and dependencies on the
Exceptions:
None
Instruction mnemonics:
EXCB | Exception Barrier |
Qualifiers:
None
Description:
The EXCB instruction allows software to guarantee that in a pipelined implementation, all pre- vious instructions have completed any behavior related to exceptions or rounding modes before any instructions after the EXCB are issued.
In particular, all changes to the
If a
The relationship between EXCB and the FPCR is described in Section 4.7.8.1.