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CP15DMB: Data Memory Barrier System instruction

Purpose

Performs a Data Memory Barrier.

Arm deprecates any use of this System instruction, and strongly recommends that software use the DMB instruction instead.

Configuration

This instruction is present only when AArch32 is supported. Otherwise, direct accesses to CP15DMB are UNDEFINED.

Attributes

CP15DMB is a 32-bit System instruction.

Field descriptions

This instruction has no applicable fields.

The value in the register specified by <Rt> is ignored.

Executing CP15DMB

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

MCR{<c>}{<q>} <coproc>, {#}<opc1>, <Rt>, <CRn>, <CRm>{, {#}<opc2>}

coprocopc1CRnCRmopc2
0b11110b0000b01110b10100b101

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then if !ELUsingAArch32(EL1) && !ELIsInHost(EL0) && SCTLR_EL1.CP15BEN == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif ELIsInHost(EL0) && SCTLR_EL2.CP15BEN == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif ELUsingAArch32(EL1) && SCTLR.CP15BEN == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && !ELIsInHost(EL0) && HSTR_EL2.T7 == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR.T7 == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x03); else CP15DMB(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR_EL2.T7 == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR.T7 == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x03); elsif SCTLR.CP15BEN == '0' then UNDEFINED; else CP15DMB(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HSCTLR.CP15BEN == '0' then UNDEFINED; else CP15DMB(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if SCTLR.CP15BEN == '0' then UNDEFINED; else CP15DMB();