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  <registers>
  
    <register is_register="True" is_internal="False" is_stub_entry="False">
      <reg_short_name>EDCIDSR</reg_short_name>
        
        <reg_long_name>External Debug Context ID Sample Register</reg_long_name>

        <power_domain_text>EDCIDSR is in the Core power domain</power_domain_text>


      
            <reg_condition otherwise="RES0">when FEAT_PCSRv8 is implemented and FEAT_PCSRv8p2 is not implemented</reg_condition>
      

    
  <reg_address
      external_access="True"
    mem_map_access="True"
      power_domain="None"
  >
    <reg_component>Debug</reg_component>
    <reg_offset><hexnumber>0x0A4</hexnumber></reg_offset>
    <reg_instance>EDCIDSR</reg_instance>
    <reg_access>
      
        
      <reg_access_state>
          <reg_access_level>When DoubleLockStatus(), or !IsCorePowered(), or OSLockStatus()</reg_access_level>
          <reg_access_type>ERROR</reg_access_type>
      </reg_access_state>
        
      <reg_access_state>
          <reg_access_type>RO</reg_access_type>
      </reg_access_state>
    </reg_access>
</reg_address>



          <reg_reset_value></reg_reset_value>

      <reg_mappings>
        




      </reg_mappings>

        <reg_purpose>
          
    
      <purpose_text>
        <para>Contains the sampled value of the Context ID, captured on reading <register_link state="ext" id="ext-edpcsr.xml">EDPCSR</register_link>[31:0].</para>
      </purpose_text>

        </reg_purpose>

      <reg_groups>
          <reg_group>Debug</reg_group>
      </reg_groups>
      <reg_configuration>
        
    
      <configuration_text>
        <para>Implemented only if the <arm-defined-word>OPTIONAL</arm-defined-word> PC Sample-based Profiling Extension is implemented in the external debug registers space.</para>

      </configuration_text>
      <configuration_text>
        <note><para><xref linkend="#FEAT_PCSRv8p2">FEAT_PCSRv8p2</xref> implements the PC Sample-based Profiling Extension in the Performance Monitors registers space.</para></note>
      </configuration_text>

      </reg_configuration>
      
      
        
      <reg_attributes>
          
    
      <attributes_text>
        <para>EDCIDSR is a 32-bit register.</para>
      </attributes_text>

      </reg_attributes>
      <reg_fieldsets>
        






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  <text_before_fields/>
  <field id="fieldset_0-31_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">
    <field_name>CONTEXTIDR</field_name>
    <field_msb>31</field_msb>
    <field_lsb>0</field_lsb>
    <rel_range>31:0</rel_range>
    <field_description order="before"><para>Context ID. The value of <xref linkend="#BABFCJFG">CONTEXTIDR</xref> that is associated with the most recent <register_link state="ext" id="ext-edpcsr.xml">EDPCSR</register_link> sample. When the most recent <register_link state="ext" id="ext-edpcsr.xml">EDPCSR</register_link> sample is generated:</para>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem><content>If EL1 is using AArch64, then the Context ID is sampled from <register_link state="AArch64" id="AArch64-contextidr_el1.xml">CONTEXTIDR_EL1</register_link>.</content>
</listitem><listitem><content>If EL1 is using AArch32, then the Context ID is sampled from <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-contextidr.xml">CONTEXTIDR</register_link>.</content>
</listitem><listitem><content>If EL3 is implemented and is using AArch32, then <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-contextidr.xml">CONTEXTIDR</register_link> is a banked register, and EDCIDSR samples the current banked copy of <register_link state="AArch32" id="AArch32-contextidr.xml">CONTEXTIDR</register_link> for the Security state that is associated with the most recent <register_link state="ext" id="ext-edpcsr.xml">EDPCSR</register_link> sample.</content>
</listitem></list>
<para>Because the value written to EDCIDSR is an indirect read of <xref linkend="#BABFCJFG">CONTEXTIDR</xref>, it is <arm-defined-word>CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE</arm-defined-word> whether EDCIDSR is set to the original or new value if <register_link state="ext" id="ext-edpcsr.xml">EDPCSR</register_link> samples:</para>
<list type="unordered">
<listitem><content>An instruction that writes to <xref linkend="#BABFCJFG">CONTEXTIDR</xref>.</content>
</listitem><listitem><content>The next Context synchronization event.</content>
</listitem><listitem><content>Any instruction executed between these two instructions.</content>
</listitem></list></field_description>
    <field_resets>
      <field_reset reset_type="Cold">
        <field_reset_standard_text>AU</field_reset_standard_text>
      </field_reset>
    </field_resets>
  </field>
  <text_after_fields/>
</fields>




<reg_fieldset length="32">
  <fieldat id="fieldset_0-31_0" msb="31" lsb="0"/>
</reg_fieldset>


      </reg_fieldsets>

      <access_mechanisms>
          


  
    
      <access_permission_text>
        <para><arm-defined-word>IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED</arm-defined-word> extensions to external debug might make the value of this register <arm-defined-word>UNKNOWN</arm-defined-word>, see <xref linkend="#BABCBGEF">'Permitted behavior that might make the PC Sample-based profiling registers UNKNOWN'</xref>.</para>
      </access_permission_text>





    

      </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>