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TRCITECR_EL2

TRCITECR_EL2, Instrumentation Trace Control Register (EL2)

The TRCITECR_EL2 characteristics are:

Purpose

Provides EL2 controls for Trace Instrumentation.

Configuration

This register is present only when FEAT_ITE is implemented, System register access to the trace unit registers is implemented, and FEAT_AA64 is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to TRCITECR_EL2 are UNDEFINED.

If EL2 is not implemented, this register is RES0 from EL3.

Attributes

TRCITECR_EL2 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

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313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
RES0
RES0E2EE0HE

Bits [63:2]

Reserved, RES0.

E2E, bit [1]

EL2 Instrumentation Trace Enable.

E2EMeaning
0b0

Instrumentation trace prohibited at EL2.

0b1

Instrumentation trace not prohibited at EL2.

The reset behavior of this field is:

E0HE, bit [0]

EL0 Instrumentation Trace Enable.

E0HEMeaning
0b0

Instrumentation trace prohibited at EL0 when HCR_EL2.TGE == 1.

0b1

Instrumentation trace not prohibited at EL0 when HCR_EL2.TGE == 1.

This field is ignored by the PE when any of the following are true:

The reset behavior of this field is:

Accessing TRCITECR_EL2

When the Effective value of HCR_EL2.E2H is 1, without explicit synchronization, accesses from EL2 using the accessor name TRCITECR_EL2 or TRCITECR_EL1 are not guaranteed to be ordered with respect to accesses using the other accessor name.

Accesses to this register use the following encodings in the System register encoding space:

MRS <Xt>, TRCITECR_EL2

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b1000b00010b00100b011

if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_ITE) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_TRC_SR) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64)) then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() IN {'xx1'} then AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else Undefined(); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().EnITE == '0' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().EnITE == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; else X{64}(t) = TRCITECR_EL2(); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X{64}(t) = TRCITECR_EL2(); end;

MSR TRCITECR_EL2, <Xt>

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b1000b00010b00100b011

if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_ITE) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_TRC_SR) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64)) then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() IN {'xx1'} then AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else Undefined(); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().EnITE == '0' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().EnITE == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; else TRCITECR_EL2() = X{64}(t); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then TRCITECR_EL2() = X{64}(t); end;

MRS <Xt>, TRCITECR_EL1

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0000b00010b00100b011

if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_ITE) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_TRC_SR) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64)) then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().EnITE == '0' then Undefined(); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT2) && ((HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3().FGTEn2 == '0') || HDFGRTR2_EL2().nTRCITECR_EL1 == '0') then AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().EnITE == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; elsif EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() IN {'111'} then X{64}(t) = NVMem(0x888); else X{64}(t) = TRCITECR_EL1(); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().EnITE == '0' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().EnITE == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; elsif ELIsInHost(EL2) then X{64}(t) = TRCITECR_EL2(); else X{64}(t) = TRCITECR_EL1(); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X{64}(t) = TRCITECR_EL1(); end;

MSR TRCITECR_EL1, <Xt>

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0000b00010b00100b011

if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_ITE) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_TRC_SR) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64)) then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().EnITE == '0' then Undefined(); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT2) && ((HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3().FGTEn2 == '0') || HDFGWTR2_EL2().nTRCITECR_EL1 == '0') then AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().EnITE == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; elsif EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() IN {'111'} then NVMem(0x888) = X{64}(t); else TRCITECR_EL1() = X{64}(t); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().EnITE == '0' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().EnITE == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; elsif ELIsInHost(EL2) then TRCITECR_EL2() = X{64}(t); else TRCITECR_EL1() = X{64}(t); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then TRCITECR_EL1() = X{64}(t); end;


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