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<register_page>
  <registers>
  
    <register execution_state="AArch64" is_register="True" is_internal="True" is_stub_entry="False">
      <reg_short_name>UAO</reg_short_name>
        
        <reg_long_name>User Access Override</reg_long_name>



      
            <reg_condition otherwise="UNDEFINED">when FEAT_UAO is implemented and FEAT_AA64 is implemented</reg_condition>
      




          <reg_reset_value></reg_reset_value>

      <reg_mappings>
        




      </reg_mappings>

        <reg_purpose>
          
    
      <purpose_text>
        <para>Allows access to the User Access Override bit.</para>
      </purpose_text>

        </reg_purpose>

      <reg_groups>
            <reg_group>PSTATE</reg_group>
      </reg_groups>
      
      
        
      <reg_attributes>
          
    
      <attributes_text>
        <para>UAO is a 64-bit register.</para>
      </attributes_text>

      </reg_attributes>
      <reg_fieldsets>
        






<fields id="fieldset_0" length="64">
  <text_before_fields/>
  <field id="fieldset_0-63_24" has_partial_fieldset="False" is_linked_to_partial_fieldset="False" is_access_restriction_possible="False" is_variable_length="False" is_constant_value="False" is_partial_field="False" is_conditional_field_name="False" rwtype="RES0">
    <field_msb>63</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>24</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>63:24</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before"/>
    <field_description order="before">
      <para>Reserved, <arm-defined-word>RES0</arm-defined-word>.</para>
    </field_description>
  </field>
  <field id="fieldset_0-23_23" has_partial_fieldset="False" is_linked_to_partial_fieldset="False" is_access_restriction_possible="False" is_variable_length="False" is_constant_value="False" is_partial_field="False" is_conditional_field_name="False">
    <field_name>UAO</field_name>
    <field_msb>23</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>23</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>23</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before">
      <para>User Access Override.</para>
    </field_description>
    <field_description order="after"><para>The Effective value of PSTATE.UAO is 0 when execution is at EL0.</para>
<para>The Effective value of PSTATE.UAO is 1 when any of the following is true:</para>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem><content>
<para>Execution is at EL1, and <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-hcr_el2.xml">HCR_EL2</register_link>.{NV, NV1} is {1, 1}.</para>
</content>
</listitem><listitem><content>
<para>Execution is at EL2, and the Effective value of HCR_EL2.{E2H, TGE} is not {1, 1}.</para>
</content>
</listitem><listitem><content>
<para>Execution is at EL3.</para>
</content>
</listitem></list></field_description>
    <field_values impdef="False">
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b0</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Explicit Memory Effects generated by unprivileged memory access instructions and described as unprivileged are unprivileged.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
      <field_value_instance>
        <field_value>0b1</field_value>
        <field_value_description>
          <para>Explicit Memory Effects generated by unprivileged memory access instructions and described as unprivileged are privileged.</para>
        </field_value_description>
      </field_value_instance>
    </field_values>
  </field>
  <field id="fieldset_0-22_0" has_partial_fieldset="False" is_linked_to_partial_fieldset="False" is_access_restriction_possible="False" is_variable_length="False" is_constant_value="False" is_partial_field="False" is_conditional_field_name="False" rwtype="RES0">
    <field_msb>22</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>0</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>22:0</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before"/>
    <field_description order="before">
      <para>Reserved, <arm-defined-word>RES0</arm-defined-word>.</para>
    </field_description>
  </field>
  <text_after_fields/>
</fields>




<reg_fieldset length="64">
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-63_24" msb="63" lsb="24"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-23_23" msb="23" lsb="23"/>
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-22_0" msb="22" lsb="0"/>
</reg_fieldset>


      </reg_fieldsets>

      <access_mechanisms>
          


  
    
      <access_permission_text>
        <para>For more information about the operation of the MSR (immediate) accessor, see <xref linkend="#A64.instructions.MSR_imm">'MSR (immediate)'</xref>.</para>
      </access_permission_text>





    
        
        <access_mechanism accessor="MRS UAO" type="SystemAccessor">
            <encoding>
            <access_instruction>MRS &lt;Xt&gt;, UAO</access_instruction>
                
                <enc n="op0" v="0b11"/>
                
                <enc n="op1" v="0b000"/>
                
                <enc n="CRn" v="0b0100"/>
                
                <enc n="CRm" v="0b0010"/>
                
                <enc n="op2" v="0b100"/>
            </encoding>
            <access_permission>
                <ps name="MRS" sections="1" secttype="access_permission">
                <pstext>
if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_UAO) &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64)) then
    Undefined();
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then
    Undefined();
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then
    X{64}(t) = Zeros{40} :: PSTATE.UAO :: Zeros{23};
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then
    X{64}(t) = Zeros{40} :: PSTATE.UAO :: Zeros{23};
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then
    X{64}(t) = Zeros{40} :: PSTATE.UAO :: Zeros{23};
end;
                </pstext>
                </ps>
            </access_permission>
        </access_mechanism>
    
        
        <access_mechanism accessor="MSRregister UAO" type="SystemAccessor">
            <encoding>
            <access_instruction>MSR UAO, &lt;Xt&gt;</access_instruction>
                
                <enc n="op0" v="0b11"/>
                
                <enc n="op1" v="0b000"/>
                
                <enc n="CRn" v="0b0100"/>
                
                <enc n="CRm" v="0b0010"/>
                
                <enc n="op2" v="0b100"/>
            </encoding>
            <access_permission>
                <ps name="MSRregister" sections="1" secttype="access_permission">
                <pstext>
if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_UAO) &amp;&amp; IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64)) then
    Undefined();
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then
    Undefined();
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then
    PSTATE.UAO = X{64}(t)[23];
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then
    PSTATE.UAO = X{64}(t)[23];
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then
    PSTATE.UAO = X{64}(t)[23];
end;
                </pstext>
                </ps>
            </access_permission>
        </access_mechanism>
    
        
        <access_mechanism accessor="MSRimmediate UAO" type="SystemAccessor">
            <encoding>
            <access_instruction>MSR UAO, #&lt;imm&gt;</access_instruction>
                
                <enc n="op0" v="0b00"/>
                
                <enc n="op1" v="0b000"/>
                
                <enc n="CRn" v="0b0100"/>
                
                <enc n="op2" v="0b011"/>
            </encoding>
        </access_mechanism>

      </access_mechanisms>

      <arch_variants>
      </arch_variants>
  </register>
</registers>
<timestamp>2026-03-26 20:27:25</timestamp>
<commit_id>2026-03_rel</commit_id>
</register_page>