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Bundles state that lives OUTSIDE the xenia-rs repo so a fresh clone on
another machine can be brought up to identical configuration via
migration/setup.sh:

  - claude-memory/             ~/.claude/projects/-home-fabi-RE-Project-Sylpheed/memory/
                               (103 files, 1.1 MB - MEMORY.md + every
                                project_xenia_rs_*.md from audits
                                addis_signext through audit-058)
  - project-root/dot-claude/   <project-root>/.claude/settings.json
                               (Stop hook + permissions)
  - project-root/ppc-manual/   <project-root>/ppc-manual/
                               (PowerPC reference docs, 397 files, 3.7 MB)
  - project-root/run-canary.sh <project-root>/run-canary.sh
  - README.md                  Human-readable setup checklist
  - setup.sh                   Idempotent installer (also reclones
                               xenia-canary at pinned HEAD 6de80dffe)
  - MANIFEST.md                Per-file mapping + per-file-not-bundled
                               restoration recipe

Excluded from bundle (not shippable via git):
  - Sylpheed ISO (7.8 GB; copyright; manual copy required)
  - sylpheed.db (395 MB; regenerable from XEX via analysis tooling)
  - target/ build artifacts (rebuild on target)
  - audit-runs probe firehoses (.log/.stdout/.stderr ~11 GB; rerun if needed)
  - audit-runs memory dumps (.bin ~4.5 GB; rerun audit-026/027/029 if needed)
  - xenia-canary checkout (setup.sh reclones from
    git.mc02.dev/fabi/Xenia-Canary.git at HEAD 6de80dffe)

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# `icbi` — Instruction Cache Block Invalidate
> **Category:** [Memory](../categories/memory.md) · **Form:** [X](../forms/X.md) · **Opcode:** `0x7c0007ac`
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## Assembler Mnemonics
| Mnemonic | XML entry | Flags | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `icbi` | `icbi` | — | Instruction Cache Block Invalidate |
## Syntax
```asm
icbi [RA], [RB]
```
## Encoding
### `icbi` — form `X`
- **Opcode word:** `0x7c0007ac`
- **Primary opcode (bits 05):** `31`
- **Extended opcode:** `982`
- **Synchronising:** no
| Bits | Field | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 05 | `OPCD` | primary opcode |
| 610 | `RT/FRT/VRT` | destination |
| 1115 | `RA/FRA/VRA` | source A |
| 1620 | `RB/FRB/VRB` | source B |
| 2130 | `XO` | extended opcode (10 bits) |
| 31 | `Rc` | record-form flag |
## Operands
| Field | Role | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `RA0` | icbi: read | Source GPR; when the encoded register number is 0 the operand is the literal 64-bit zero, **not** `r0`. |
| `RB` | icbi: read | Source GPR. |
## Register Effects
### `icbi`
- **Reads (always):** `RA0`, `RB`
- **Reads (conditional):** _none_
- **Writes (always):** _none_
- **Writes (conditional):** _none_
## Status-Register Effects
_No condition-register or status-register effects._
## 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
**`icbi`**
- xenia-canary XML: [`tools/ppc-instructions.xml` — search for `mnem="icbi"`](../../xenia-canary/tools/ppc-instructions.xml)
- xenia-canary emit: [`src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_memory.cc:1183`](../../xenia-canary/src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_memory.cc#L1183)
- xenia-rs opcode: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/opcode.rs:32`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/opcode.rs#L32)
- xenia-rs decoder: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/decoder.rs:850`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/decoder.rs#L850)
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## Special Cases & Edge Conditions
- **Self-modifying code primitive.** Removes the line containing `EA` from the instruction cache so a subsequent fetch reads from memory. Required after writing new instructions because the I-cache is not coherent with the D-cache or with main memory.
- **Standard recipe.** The full sequence is: `stw` (write new code) → [`dcbst`](dcbst.md) (push dirty data through D-cache to memory) → [`sync`](sync.md) (wait for memory) → `icbi` (drop stale I-cache line) → [`isync`](isync.md) (drain prefetch / refetch). Skipping any of these can leave the CPU executing stale instructions.
- **Cache line size.** Xenon's I-cache line is 128 bytes; the low seven bits of `EA` are ignored.
- **`RA0` semantics.** When `RA = 0`, base is the literal zero. `icbi 0, RB` invalidates the line containing address `RB`.
- **Unprivileged.** `icbi` is problem-state, unlike its data-side cousin [`dcbi`](dcbi.md).
- **No exception on bad address.** Treated as a hint at the hardware level — invalidating an absent line is harmless.
- **Per-thread effect.** On the multithreaded Xenon core, `icbi` propagates across hardware threads sharing the same L1 I-cache; cross-core invalidation requires bus broadcast handled implicitly by the cache coherence protocol.
- **Xenia models as no-op.** No I-cache is simulated; rebuilds of generated code (when applicable) are triggered by the JIT cache-watcher, not by `icbi` itself.
## Related Instructions
- [`dcbst`](dcbst.md) — D-cache write-back (paired step before `icbi`).
- [`dcbf`](dcbf.md), [`dcbi`](dcbi.md) — D-cache push / invalidate.
- [`isync`](isync.md) — instruction-stream barrier (paired step after `icbi`).
- [`sync`](sync.md) — full memory barrier between `dcbst` and `icbi`.
## IBM Reference
- [AIX 7.3 — `icbi` (Instruction Cache Block Invalidate)](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3.0?topic=set-icbi-instruction-cache-block-invalidate-instruction)
- `PowerISA v2.07B Book II` § "Instruction Storage" for the canonical self-modifying-code sequence.