XSAVES—Save Processor Extended States Supervisor

Opcode Instruction Op/En 64-Bit Mode Compat/Leg Mode Description
0F C7 /5 XSAVES mem M Valid Valid Save state components specified by EDX:EAX to mem with compaction, optimizing if possible.
REX.W+ 0F C7 /5 XSAVES64 mem M Valid N.E. Save state components specified by EDX:EAX to mem with compaction, optimizing if possible.

Instruction Operand Encoding

Op/En Operand 1 Operand 2 Operand 3 Operand 4
M ModRM:r/m (w) NA NA NA

Description

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 logicalAND 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 Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 1.

Section 13.10, “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 highlevel outline:

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.

1. 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.
2. 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.

Operation

RFBM ← XCR0 AND EDX:EAX;
IF in VMX non-root operation
  THEN VMXNR ← 1;
  ELSE VMXNR ← 0;
FI;
LAXA ← linear address of XSAVE area;
COMPMASK ← RFBM OR 80000000_00000000H;
IF XRSTOR_INFO = CPL,VMXNR,LAXA,COMPMASK
  THEN MODOPT ← 1;
  ELSE MODOPT ← 0;
FI;
IF RFBM[0] = 1 and XINUSE[0] = 1
  THEN store x87 state into legacy region of XSAVE area;
  /* might avoid saving if x87 state is not modified and MODOPT = 1 */
FI;
IF RFBM[1] = 1 and (XINUSE[1] = 1 or MXCSR ≠ 1F80H)
  THEN store SSE state into legacy region of XSAVE area;
  /* might avoid saving if SSE state is not modified and MODOPT = 1 */
FI;
IF RFBM[2] = 1 AND XINUSE[2] = 1
  THEN store AVX state into extended region of XSAVE area;
  /* might avoid saving if AVX state is not modified and MODOPT = 1 */
FI;
XSTATE_BV field in XSAVE header ← XINUSE AND RFBM;
XCOMP_BV field in XSAVE header ← COMPMASK;

Flags Affected

None.

Intel C/C++ Compiler Intrinsic Equivalent

XSAVES: void _xsaves( void * , unsigned __int64);
XSAVES64: void _xsaves64( void * , unsigned __int64);

Protected Mode Exceptions

#GP(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 any of the LOCK, 66H, F3H or F2H prefixes is used.
#AC If this exception is disabled a general protection exception (#GP) is signaled if the memory operand is not aligned on a 16-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 protection exception might be signaled for all other misalignments (4-, 8-, or 16-byte misalignments).

Real-Address Mode Exceptions

#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 any of the LOCK, 66H, F3H or F2H prefixes is used.

Virtual-8086 Mode Exceptions

Same exceptions as in protected mode.

Compatibility Mode Exceptions

Same exceptions as in protected mode.

64-Bit Mode Exceptions

#GP(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 any of the LOCK, 66H, F3H or F2H prefixes is used.
#AC If this exception is disabled a general protection exception (#GP) is signaled if the memory operand is not aligned on a 16-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 alignment check exception might be signaled for a 2-byte misalignment, whereas a general protection exception might be signaled for all other misalignments (4-, 8-, or 16-byte misalignments).