# `rldiclx` — Rotate Left Doubleword Immediate then Clear Left

> **Category:** [Integer ALU](../categories/alu.md) · **Form:** [MD](../forms/MD.md) · **Opcode:** `0x78000000`

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## Assembler Mnemonics

| Mnemonic | XML entry | Flags | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `rldicl` | `rldiclx` | — | Rotate Left Doubleword Immediate then Clear Left |
| `rldicl.` | `rldiclx` | Rc=1 | Rotate Left Doubleword Immediate then Clear Left |

## Syntax

```asm
rldicl[Rc] [RA], [RS], [SH], [MB]
```

## Encoding

### `rldiclx` — form `MD`

- **Opcode word:** `0x78000000`
- **Primary opcode (bits 0–5):** `30`
- **Extended opcode:** —
- **Synchronising:** no

| Bits | Field | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 0–5 | `OPCD` | primary opcode (30) |
| 6–10 | `RS` | source GPR |
| 11–15 | `RA` | destination GPR |
| 16–20 | `sh` | shift amount low 5 bits |
| 21–26 | `mb/me` | 6-bit mask field (swapped halves) |
| 27–29 | `XO` | extended opcode |
| 30 | `sh5` | shift amount high bit |
| 31 | `Rc` | record-form flag |

## Operands

| Field | Role | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `RS` | rldiclx: read | Source GPR (alias for RD in some stores). |
| `SH` | rldiclx: read | Shift amount. |
| `MB` | rldiclx: read | Mask begin bit. |
| `RA` | rldiclx: write | Source GPR (`r0`–`r31`). |
| `CR` | rldiclx: write (conditional) | Condition-register update. When `Rc=1`, CR field 0 (or CR6 for vector compares, CR1 for FPU) is updated from the result. |

## Register Effects

### `rldiclx`

- **Reads (always):** `RS`, `SH`, `MB`
- **Reads (conditional):** _none_
- **Writes (always):** `RA`
- **Writes (conditional):** `CR`

## Status-Register Effects

- `rldiclx`: **CR0** ← signed-compare(result, 0) with `SO ← XER[SO]`, when `Rc=1`.

## Operation (pseudocode)

```
; Pseudocode derives directly from the xenia-rs interpreter
; arm (see Implementation References). Operation semantics:
;   - Read source operands from the fields listed under Operands.
;   - Apply the arithmetic / logical / memory action described
;     in the Description field above.
;   - Write results to the destination register(s); update any
;     status bits enumerated under Status-Register Effects.
; Consult the IBM AIX reference link under IBM Reference for
; canonical PPC-style pseudocode where xenia's expression is
; terse.
```

## C Translation Example

```c
/* C translation: the xenia-rs interpreter arm below in           */
/* Implementation References is the authoritative semantic        */
/* snapshot. Translate it line-by-line:                            */
/*   - ctx.gpr[N]  -> r[N]       (or f[]/v[] for FPRs/VRs)        */
/*   - mem.read_u*/write_u* -> mem_read_u*_be / mem_write_u*_be   */
/*   - ctx.update_cr_signed(fld, v) -> update_cr_signed(fld, v)   */
/*   - ctx.xer_ca / xer_ov / xer_so -> xer.CA / xer.OV / xer.SO   */
/* The Register Effects and Status-Register Effects tables above  */
/* enumerate every side effect a faithful translation must emit.  */
```

## Implementation References

**`rldiclx`**
- xenia-canary XML: [`tools/ppc-instructions.xml` — search for `mnem="rldiclx"`](../../xenia-canary/tools/ppc-instructions.xml)
- xenia-canary emit: [`src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_alu.cc:929`](../../xenia-canary/src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_alu.cc#L929)
- xenia-rs opcode: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/opcode.rs:61`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/opcode.rs#L61)
- xenia-rs decoder: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/decoder.rs:728`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/decoder.rs#L728)
- xenia-rs interpreter: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/interpreter.rs:762-771`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/interpreter.rs#L762-L771)
<details><summary>xenia-rs interpreter body (frozen snapshot)</summary>

```rust
        PpcOpcode::rldiclx => {
            let rs = ctx.gpr[instr.rs()];
            let sh = instr.sh64();
            let mb = instr.mb_md();
            let rotated = rs.rotate_left(sh);
            let mask = rld_mask_left(mb);
            ctx.gpr[instr.ra()] = rotated & mask;
            if instr.rc_bit() { ctx.update_cr_signed(0, ctx.gpr[instr.ra()] as i64); }
            ctx.pc += 4;
        }
```
</details>

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## Special Cases & Edge Conditions

- **`RA ← ROTL64(RS, SH) & MASK(MB, 63)`.** Rotate left by `SH`, then clear bits 0 through `MB-1`. The mask retains bits `MB..63`.
- **The Swiss-army knife of bit extraction.** Many assembler shorthands lower to this single instruction:
  - `srdi RA, RS, n` ≡ `rldicl RA, RS, 64-n, n` — logical right shift by `n`.
  - `clrldi RA, RS, n` ≡ `rldicl RA, RS, 0, n` — clear top `n` bits.
  - `extrdi RA, RS, n, b` ≡ `rldicl RA, RS, b+n, 64-n` — extract `n` bits starting at `b`.
- **`SH` is 6 bits, immediate** (bits 16–20 + bit 30). Xenia uses `instr.sh64()` to assemble them.
- **`MB` is 6 bits, split-encoded** (`(instr.mb() << 1) | ((raw >> 1) & 1)`).
- **`Rc=1` CR0 is correctly 64-bit.** Uses `as i64` directly ([`interpreter.rs:551`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/interpreter.rs#L551)).
- **No `XER` effect.**
- **Often appears in compiled disassembly** as a generic 64-bit shift. Decoding back to the simplified mnemonic above makes the intent obvious.

## Related Instructions

- [`rldicrx`](rldicrx.md) — clear-right counterpart (`MASK(0, ME)`).
- [`rldicx`](rldicx.md) — clear both ends.
- [`rldclx`](rldclx.md) — register-shift version.
- [`rlwinmx`](rlwinmx.md) — 32-bit cousin.
- `srdi`, `clrldi`, `extrdi` (simplified mnemonics).

## IBM Reference

- [AIX 7.3 — `rldicl` (Rotate Left Doubleword Immediate then Clear Left)](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3.0?topic=set-rldicl-rotate-left-double-word-immediate-then-clear-left-instruction)
- [AIX 7.3 — Simplified shift/extract mnemonics](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3.0?topic=mnemonics-rotate-shift)