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  - claude-memory/             ~/.claude/projects/-home-fabi-RE-Project-Sylpheed/memory/
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  - project-root/run-canary.sh <project-root>/run-canary.sh
  - README.md                  Human-readable setup checklist
  - setup.sh                   Idempotent installer (also reclones
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  - MANIFEST.md                Per-file mapping + per-file-not-bundled
                               restoration recipe

Excluded from bundle (not shippable via git):
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  - audit-runs memory dumps (.bin ~4.5 GB; rerun audit-026/027/029 if needed)
  - xenia-canary checkout (setup.sh reclones from
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# `stdbrx` — Store Doubleword Byte-Reverse Indexed
> **Category:** [Memory](../categories/memory.md) · **Form:** [X](../forms/X.md) · **Opcode:** `0x7c000528`
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## Assembler Mnemonics
| Mnemonic | XML entry | Flags | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `stdbrx` | `stdbrx` | — | Store Doubleword Byte-Reverse Indexed |
## Syntax
```asm
stdbrx [RS], [RA0], [RB]
```
## Encoding
### `stdbrx` — form `X`
- **Opcode word:** `0x7c000528`
- **Primary opcode (bits 05):** `31`
- **Extended opcode:** `660`
- **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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `RS` | stdbrx: read | Source GPR (alias for RD in some stores). |
| `RA0` | stdbrx: read | Source GPR; when the encoded register number is 0 the operand is the literal 64-bit zero, **not** `r0`. |
| `RB` | stdbrx: read | Source GPR. |
## Register Effects
### `stdbrx`
- **Reads (always):** `RS`, `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
**`stdbrx`**
- xenia-canary XML: [`tools/ppc-instructions.xml` — search for `mnem="stdbrx"`](../../xenia-canary/tools/ppc-instructions.xml)
- xenia-canary emit: [`src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_memory.cc:691`](../../xenia-canary/src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_memory.cc#L691)
- xenia-rs opcode: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/opcode.rs:69`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/opcode.rs#L69)
- xenia-rs decoder: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/decoder.rs:829`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/decoder.rs#L829)
- xenia-rs interpreter: [`crates/xenia-cpu/src/interpreter.rs:4632-4639`](../../xenia-rs/crates/xenia-cpu/src/interpreter.rs#L4632-L4639)
<details><summary>xenia-rs interpreter body (frozen snapshot)</summary>
```rust
PpcOpcode::stdbrx => {
let ea = ea_indexed(ctx, instr);
if let Some(t) = ctx.reservation_table.as_ref().filter(|t| t.is_enabled()) {
if t.has_active_reservers() { t.invalidate_for_write(ea); }
}
mem.write_u64(ea, ctx.gpr[instr.rs()].swap_bytes());
ctx.pc += 4;
}
```
</details>
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## Special Cases & Edge Conditions
- **Writes little-endian doubleword.** Reverses the 8 bytes of `RS` and stores them at `EA`. Compared to a regular `std`, the byte at `EA` becomes `RS[56:63]` (least-significant), and the byte at `EA+7` becomes `RS[0:7]` (most-significant). The xenia snapshot calls `mem.write_u64(ea, ctx.gpr[instr.rs()].swap_bytes())`.
- **Used to emit little-endian payloads.** Symmetric counterpart of [`ldbrx`](ldbrx.md). Common when writing PC-side file formats, network packets, or PE/COFF headers from PowerPC code.
- **X-form only — no update form, no DS-form.** Only the indexed form exists. `EA = (RA|0) + RB`. Pointer-bumping requires a separate `addi`.
- **`RA0` semantics.** When `RA = 0`, base is literal zero. `stdbrx RS, 0, RB` writes at exact `RB`.
- **Alignment.** Hardware tolerates unaligned 8-byte writes. Cache-inhibited storage may raise alignment exceptions on real hardware.
- **No CR / FPSCR effects.** Pure data movement.
- **Cache-line straddling cost.** As with `std`, writes that cross a 128-byte line boundary touch two cache lines; keep doublewords 8-byte aligned for best performance.
## Related Instructions
- [`ldbrx`](ldbrx.md) — load doubleword byte-reverse (the matching load).
- [`stwbrx`](stwbrx.md), [`sthbrx`](sthbrx.md) — narrower byte-reverse stores.
- [`std`](std.md), [`stdx`](std.md) — non-reversing doubleword stores.
## IBM Reference
- [AIX 7.3 — `stdbrx` (Store Doubleword Byte-Reverse Indexed)](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3.0?topic=set-stdbrx-store-double-word-byte-reverse-indexed-instruction)
- `PowerISA v2.07B Book II` § "Byte-Reverse Storage Access".