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<h1>SGDT—Store Global Descriptor Table Register</h1>
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<th>Opcode*</th>
<th>Instruction</th>
<th>Op/En</th>
<th>64-Bit Mode</th>
<th>Compat/Leg Mode</th>
<th>Description</th></tr>
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<td>0F 01 /0</td>
<td>SGDT <em>m</em></td>
<td>M</td>
<td>Valid</td>
<td>Valid</td>
<td>Store GDTR to <em>m.</em></td></tr></table>
<p><strong>NOTES:</strong></p>
<p>*</p>
<p>See IA-32 Architecture Compatibility section below.</p>
<h3>Instruction Operand Encoding</h3>
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<td>Op/En</td>
<td>Operand 1</td>
<td>Operand 2</td>
<td>Operand 3</td>
<td>Operand 4</td></tr>
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<td>M</td>
<td>ModRM:r/m (w)</td>
<td>NA</td>
<td>NA</td>
<td>NA</td></tr></table>
<h2>Description</h2>
<p>Stores the content of the global descriptor table register (GDTR) in the destination operand. The destination operand specifies a memory location.</p>
<p>In legacy or compatibility mode, the destination operand is a 6-byte memory location. If the operand-size attribute is 16 bits, the limit is stored in the low 2 bytes and the 24-bit base address is stored in bytes 3-5, and byte 6 is zero-filled. If the operand-size attribute is 32 bits, the 16-bit limit field of the register is stored in the low 2 bytes of the memory location and the 32-bit base address is stored in the high 4 bytes.</p>
<p>In IA-32e mode, the operand size is fixed at 8+2 bytes. The instruction stores an 8-byte base and a 2-byte limit.</p>
<p>SGDT is useful only by operating-system software. However, it can be used in application programs without causing an exception to be generated. See “LGDT/LIDT—Load Global/Interrupt Descriptor Table Register” in Chapter 3, <em>Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 2A</em>, for information on loading the GDTR and IDTR.</p>
<h2>IA-32 Architecture Compatibility</h2>
<p>The 16-bit form of the SGDT is compatible with the Intel 286 processor if the upper 8 bits are not referenced. The Intel 286 processor fills these bits with 1s; the Pentium 4, Intel Xeon, P6 processor family, Pentium, Intel486, and Intel386™ processors fill these bits with 0s.</p>
<h2>Operation</h2>
<pre>IF instruction is SGDT
IF OperandSize = 16
THEN
DEST[0:15] ← GDTR(Limit);
DEST[16:39] ← GDTR(Base); (* 24 bits of base address stored *)
DEST[40:47] ← 0;
ELSE IF (32-bit Operand Size)
DEST[0:15] ← GDTR(Limit);
DEST[16:47] ← GDTR(Base); (* Full 32-bit base address stored *)
FI;
ELSE (* 64-bit Operand Size *)
DEST[0:15] ← GDTR(Limit);
DEST[16:79] ← GDTR(Base); (* Full 64-bit base address stored *)
FI;
FI;</pre>
<h2>Flags Affected</h2>
<p>None.</p>
<h2>Protected Mode Exceptions</h2>
<table class="exception-table">
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<td>#UD</td>
<td>
<p>If the destination operand is a register.</p>
<p>If the LOCK prefix is used.</p></td></tr>
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<td>#GP(0)</td>
<td>
<p>If the destination is located in a non-writable segment.</p>
<p>If a memory operand effective address is outside the CS, DS, ES, FS, or GS segment limit.</p>
<p>If the DS, ES, FS, or GS register is used to access memory and it contains a NULL segment selector.</p></td></tr>
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<td>#SS(0)</td>
<td>If a memory operand effective address is outside the SS segment limit.</td></tr>
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<td>#PF(fault-code)</td>
<td>If a page fault occurs.</td></tr>
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<td>#AC(0)</td>
<td>If alignment checking is enabled and an unaligned memory reference is made while the current privilege level is 3.</td></tr></table>
<h2>Real-Address Mode Exceptions</h2>
<table class="exception-table">
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<td>#UD</td>
<td>
<p>If the destination operand is a register.</p>
<p>If the LOCK prefix is used.</p></td></tr>
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<td>#GP</td>
<td>If a memory operand effective address is outside the CS, DS, ES, FS, or GS segment limit.</td></tr>
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<td>#SS</td>
<td>If a memory operand effective address is outside the SS segment limit.</td></tr></table>
<h2>Virtual-8086 Mode Exceptions</h2>
<table class="exception-table">
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<td>#UD</td>
<td>
<p>If the destination operand is a register.</p>
<p>If the LOCK prefix is used.</p></td></tr>
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<td>#GP(0)</td>
<td>If a memory operand effective address is outside the CS, DS, ES, FS, or GS segment limit.</td></tr>
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<td>#SS(0)</td>
<td>If a memory operand effective address is outside the SS segment limit.</td></tr>
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<td>#PF(fault-code)</td>
<td>If a page fault occurs.</td></tr>
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<td>#AC(0)</td>
<td>If alignment checking is enabled and an unaligned memory reference is made.</td></tr></table>
<h2>Compatibility Mode Exceptions</h2>
<p>Same exceptions as in protected mode.</p>
<h2>64-Bit Mode Exceptions</h2>
<table class="exception-table">
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<td>#SS(0)</td>
<td>If a memory address referencing the SS segment is in a non-canonical form.</td></tr>
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<td>#UD</td>
<td>
<p>If the destination operand is a register.</p>
<p>If the LOCK prefix is used.</p></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>#GP(0)</td>
<td>If the memory address is in a non-canonical form.</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>#PF(fault-code)</td>
<td>If a page fault occurs.</td></tr>
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<td>#AC(0)</td>
<td>If alignment checking is enabled and an unaligned memory reference is made while the current privilege level is 3.</td></tr></table></body></html>