BLSMSK — Get Mask Up to Lowest Set Bit

Opcode/Instruction	Op/En	64/32-bit Mode	CPUID Feature Flag	Description
VEX.LZ.0F38.W0 F3 /2 BLSMSK r32, r/m32	VM	V/V	BMI1	Set all lower bits in r32 to “1” starting from bit 0 to lowest set bit in r/m32.
VEX.LZ.0F38.W1 F3 /2 BLSMSK r64, r/m64	VM	V/N.E.	BMI1	Set all lower bits in r64 to “1” starting from bit 0 to lowest set bit in r/m64.

Instruction Operand Encoding ¶

Op/En	Operand 1	Operand 2	Operand 3	Operand 4
VM	VEX.vvvv (w)	ModRM:r/m (r)	N/A	N/A

Description ¶

Sets all the lower bits of the destination operand to “1” up to and including lowest set bit (=1) in the source operand. If source operand is zero, BLSMSK sets all bits of the destination operand to 1 and also sets CF to 1.

This instruction is not supported in real mode and virtual-8086 mode. The operand size is always 32 bits if not in 64-bit mode. In 64-bit mode operand size 64 requires VEX.W1. VEX.W1 is ignored in non-64-bit modes. An attempt to execute this instruction with VEX.L not equal to 0 will cause #UD.

Operation ¶

temp := (SRC-1) XOR (SRC) ;
SF := temp[OperandSize -1];
ZF := 0;
IF SRC = 0
    CF := 1;
ELSE
    CF := 0;
FI
DEST := temp;

Flags Affected ¶

SF is updated based on the result. CF is set if the source if zero. ZF and OF flags are cleared. AF and PF flag are undefined.

Intel C/C++ Compiler Intrinsic Equivalent ¶

BLSMSK unsigned __int32 _blsmsk_u32(unsigned __int32 src);

BLSMSK unsigned __int64 _blsmsk_u64(unsigned __int64 src);

SIMD Floating-Point Exceptions ¶

None.

Other Exceptions ¶

See Table 2-29, “Type 13 Class Exception Conditions.”