FNOP—No Operation

Opcode	Instruction	64-Bit Mode	Compat/Leg Mode	Description
D9 D0	FNOP	Valid	Valid	No operation is performed.

Description

Performs no FPU operation. This instruction takes up space in the instruction stream but does not affect the FPU or machine context, except the EIP register and the FPU Instruction Pointer.

This instruction’s operation is the same in non-64-bit modes and 64-bit mode.

FPU Flags Affected

C0, C1, C2, C3 undefined.

Floating-Point Exceptions

None

Protected Mode Exceptions

#NM	CR0.EM[bit 2] or CR0.TS[bit 3] = 1.
#MF	If there is a pending x87 FPU exception.
#UD	If the LOCK prefix is used.

Real-Address Mode Exceptions

Same exceptions as in protected mode.

Virtual-8086 Mode Exceptions

Same exceptions as in protected mode.

Compatibility Mode Exceptions

Same exceptions as in protected mode.

64-Bit Mode Exceptions

Same exceptions as in protected mode.