XABORT — Transactional Abort

Opcode/Instruction Op/En 64/32bit Mode Support CPUID Feature Flag Description

C6 F8 ib

XABORT imm8

 A V/V RTM Causes an RTM abort if in RTM execution

Instruction Operand Encoding

Op/En Operand 1 Operand2 Operand3 Operand4
A imm8 NA NA NA

Description

XABORT forces an RTM abort. Following an RTM abort, the logical processor resumes execution at the fallback address computed through the outermost XBEGIN instruction. The EAX register is updated to reflect an XABORT instruction caused the abort, and the imm8 argument will be provided in bits 31:24 of EAX.

Operation

XABORT

IF RTM_ACTIVE = 0
    THEN
         Treat as NOP;
    ELSE
         GOTO RTM_ABORT_PROCESSING;
FI;
(* For any RTM abort condition encountered during RTM execution *)
RTM_ABORT_PROCESSING:
    Restore architectural register state;
    Discard memory updates performed in transaction;
    Update EAX with status and XABORT argument;
    RTM_NEST_COUNT ← 0;
    RTM_ACTIVE ← 0;
    IF 64-bit Mode
         THEN
              RIP ← fallbackRIP;
         ELSE
              EIP ← fallbackEIP;
    FI;
END

Flags Affected

None

Intel C/C++ Compiler Intrinsic Equivalent

XABORT:

void _xabort( unsigned int);

SIMD Floating-Point Exceptions

None

Other Exceptions

#UD

CPUID.(EAX=7, ECX=0):EBX.RTM[bit 11] = 0.

If LOCK prefix is used.