rep movs loads stos

rep

Operation
IF AddressSize = 16
    THEN
        Use CX for CountReg;
        Implicit Source/Dest operand for memory use of SI/DI;
    ELSE IF AddressSize = 64
        THEN Use RCX for CountReg; 
        Implicit Source/Dest operand for memory use of RSI/RDI;
    ELSE
        Use ECX for CountReg;
        Implicit Source/Dest operand for memory use of ESI/EDI;
FI;
WHILE CountReg ≠ 0
DO
Service pending interrupts (if any);
Execute associated string instruction;
CountReg ← (CountReg – 1);
IF CountReg = 0
THEN exit WHILE loop; FI;
IF (Repeat prefix is REPZ or REPE) and (ZF = 0)
or (Repeat prefix is REPNZ or REPNE) and (ZF = 1)
THEN exit WHILE loop; FI;
OD;

movs

Operation
DEST ← SRC;
Non-64-bit Mode:
IF (Byte move)
THEN IF DF = 0
THEN 
(E)SI ← (E)SI + 1; 
(E)DI ← (E)DI + 1; 
ELSE 
(E)SI ← (E)SI – 1; 
(E)DI ← (E)DI – 1; 
FI;
ELSE IF (Word move)
THEN IF DF = 0
(E)SI ← (E)SI + 2; 
(E)DI ← (E)DI + 2; 
FI;
ELSE 
(E)SI ← (E)SI – 2; 
(E)DI ← (E)DI – 2; 
FI;
ELSE IF (Doubleword move)
THEN IF DF = 0
(E)SI ← (E)SI + 4; 
(E)DI ← (E)DI + 4; 
FI;
ELSE 
(E)SI ← (E)SI – 4; 
(E)DI ← (E)DI – 4; 
FI;
FI;

loads

Operation
IF AL ← SRC; (* Byte load *)
THEN AL ← SRC; (* Byte load *)
IF DF = 0
THEN (E)SI ← (E)SI + 1; 
ELSE (E)SI ← (E)SI – 1; 
FI;
ELSE IF AX ← SRC; (* Word load *)
THEN IF DF = 0
THEN (E)SI ← (E)SI + 2; 
ELSE (E)SI ← (E)SI – 2; 
IF;
FI;
ELSE IF EAX ← SRC; (* Doubleword load *)
THEN IF DF = 0
THEN (E)SI ← (E)SI + 4; 
ELSE (E)SI ← (E)SI – 4; 
FI;
FI;
ELSE IF RAX ← SRC; (* Quadword load *)
THEN IF DF = 0
THEN (R)SI ← (R)SI + 8; 
ELSE (R)SI ← (R)SI – 8; 
FI;
FI;
FI;

stos

Operation
Non-64-bit Mode:
IF (Byte store)
THEN
DEST ← AL;
THEN IF DF = 0
THEN (E)DI ← (E)DI + 1; 
ELSE (E)DI ← (E)DI – 1; 
FI;
ELSE IF (Word store)
THEN
DEST ← AX;
THEN IF DF = 0
THEN (E)DI ← (E)DI + 2; 
ELSE (E)DI ← (E)DI – 2; 
FI;
FI;
ELSE IF (Doubleword store)
THEN
DEST ← EAX;
THEN IF DF = 0
THEN (E)DI ← (E)DI + 4; 
ELSE (E)DI ← (E)DI – 4; 
FI;
FI;
FI;