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The Cortex-M4 Instruction Set
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3.10.3
IT
If-Then condition instruction.
Syntax
IT{
x
{
y
{
z
}}}
cond
where:
x
Specifies the condition switch for the second instruction in the IT block.
y
Specifies the condition switch for the third instruction in the IT block.
z
Specifies the condition switch for the fourth instruction in the IT block.
cond
Specifies the condition for the first instruction in the IT block.
The condition switch for the second, third and fourth instruction in the IT block can be either:
T
Then. Applies the condition
cond
to the instruction.
E
Else. Applies the inverse condition of
cond
to the instruction.
Note
It is possible to use
AL
(the
always
condition) for
cond
in an
IT
instruction. If this is done, all of
the instructions in the IT block must be unconditional, and each of
x
,
y
, and
z
must be
T
or
omitted but not
E
.
Operation
The
IT
instruction makes up to four following instructions conditional. The conditions can be
all the same, or some of them can be the logical inverse of the others. The conditional
instructions following the
IT
instruction form the
IT block
.
The instructions in the IT block, including any branches, must specify the condition in the
{
cond
}
part of their syntax.
Note
Your assembler might be able to generate the required
IT
instructions for conditional
instructions automatically, so that you do not have to write them yourself. See your assembler
documentation for details.
A
BKPT
instruction in an IT block is always executed, even if its condition fails.
Exceptions can be taken between an
IT
instruction and the corresponding IT block, or within an
IT block. Such an exception results in entry to the appropriate exception handler, with suitable
return information in LR and stacked PSR.
Instructions designed for use for exception returns can be used as normal to return from the
exception, and execution of the IT block resumes correctly. This is the only way that a
PC-modifying instruction is permitted to branch to an instruction in an IT block.
Restrictions
The following instructions are not permitted in an IT block:
•
IT
•
CBZ
and
CBNZ
•
CPSID
and
CPSIE.