Versions of the CMSE example code that use the new instructions in Armv8.1-M should be created. While some of the instructions (EG CLRM and VSCCLRM) just provide performance and code size improvements, correct usage of the new FPCXT payloads is required to fix an ABI issue.

For example:

• Many examples (including sections 8.3.1, 8.3.2, 8.3.3, 8.4.2) have a long string of mov r?, #0 instructions to clear the registers. These can be replaced by the new CLRM clear multiple instruction.

• The FPCXTS payload should be saved and restored around a Secure -> Non-secure call. This should be incorporated into the example shown in section 8.3.1

• The FPCXTNS payload should be saved and restored on entry/exit from a cmse_nonsecure_entry function that either uses floating point, or calls another function that may use floating-point. This could be added to a new version of the example in section 8.4.2, although it might be cleaner to have a simpler example that doesn’t also involve stacked arguments.

• Section 8.4.2 contains the following code to detect if an FP context is active, and to clear the registers if they contain secure data:

@14: check SFPA bit to see if FP is used
    mrs     r1, control
    tst     r1, #8
    bne     .LdoneFP
    @15: clear floating point caller-saved registers (soft ABI)
    mov     r1, #0
    vmov    s0, s1, r1, r1
    vmov    s2, s3, r1, r1
    ...
    vmov    s30, s31, r1, r1
    @16: clear floating point flags
    vmsr    fpscr, r1
.LdoneFP:

This code can be replaced by the new VSCCLRM instruction