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PMICNTR_EL0
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PMICNTR_EL0, Performance Monitors Instruction Counter Register

The PMICNTR_EL0 characteristics are:

Purpose

If event counting is not prohibited and the instruction counter is enabled, the counter increments for each architecturally-executed instruction, according to the configuration specified by PMICFILTR_EL0.

Configuration

AArch64 System register PMICNTR_EL0 bits [63:0] are architecturally mapped to External register PMICNTR_EL0[63:0].

This register is present only when FEAT_PMUv3_ICNTR is implemented and FEAT_AA64 is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to PMICNTR_EL0 are UNDEFINED.

Attributes

PMICNTR_EL0 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

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313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
ICNT
ICNT

ICNT, bits [63:0]

Instruction Counter.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Accessing PMICNTR_EL0

PMICNTR_EL0 treats permitted reads-as-zero and ignores permitted writes if all of the following are true:

PMICNTR_EL0 ignores permitted writes if all of the following are true:

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

MRS <Xt>, PMICNTR_EL0

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0110b10010b01000b000

if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_PMUv3_ICNTR) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64)) then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().EnPM2 == '0' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then Undefined(); elsif PMUSERENR_EL0().UEN == '0' then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2().TGE == '1' then AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL1, 0x18); end; elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELIsInHost(EL0) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT2) && ((HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3().FGTEn2 == '0') || HDFGRTR2_EL2().nPMICNTR_EL0 == '0') then AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && MDCR_EL2().TPM == '1' then AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().EnPM2 == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; elsif IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_PMUv3p9) && PMUSERENR_EL0().UEN == '1' && PMUACR_EL1().F0 == '0' then X{64}(t) = Zeros{64}; else X{64}(t) = PMICNTR_EL0(); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().EnPM2 == '0' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then Undefined(); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT2) && ((HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3().FGTEn2 == '0') || HDFGRTR2_EL2().nPMICNTR_EL0 == '0') then AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && MDCR_EL2().TPM == '1' then AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().EnPM2 == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; else X{64}(t) = PMICNTR_EL0(); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().EnPM2 == '0' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().EnPM2 == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; else X{64}(t) = PMICNTR_EL0(); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X{64}(t) = PMICNTR_EL0(); end;

MSR PMICNTR_EL0, <Xt>

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0110b10010b01000b000

if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_PMUv3_ICNTR) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64)) then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().EnPM2 == '0' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then Undefined(); elsif PMUSERENR_EL0().UEN == '0' then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2().TGE == '1' then AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL1, 0x18); end; elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELIsInHost(EL0) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT2) && ((HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3().FGTEn2 == '0') || HDFGWTR2_EL2().nPMICNTR_EL0 == '0') then AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && MDCR_EL2().TPM == '1' then AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().EnPM2 == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; elsif IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_PMUv3p9) && PMUSERENR_EL0().UEN == '1' && (PMUACR_EL1().F0 == '0' || PMUSERENR_EL0().IR == '1') then return; else PMICNTR_EL0() = X{64}(t); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().EnPM2 == '0' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then Undefined(); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT2) && ((HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3().FGTEn2 == '0') || HDFGWTR2_EL2().nPMICNTR_EL0 == '0') then AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && MDCR_EL2().TPM == '1' then AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().EnPM2 == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; else PMICNTR_EL0() = X{64}(t); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().EnPM2 == '0' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().EnPM2 == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; else PMICNTR_EL0() = X{64}(t); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then PMICNTR_EL0() = X{64}(t); end;

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