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CCSIDR_EL1: Current Cache Size ID Register

Purpose

Provides information about the architecture of the currently selected cache.

Configuration

AArch64 System register CCSIDR_EL1 bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to AArch32 System register CCSIDR[31:0].

AArch64 System register CCSIDR_EL1 bits [63:32] are architecturally mapped to AArch32 System register CCSIDR2[31:0].

The implementation includes one CCSIDR_EL1 for each cache that it can access. CSSELR_EL1 selects which Cache Size ID Register is accessible.

Attributes

CCSIDR_EL1 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

When FEAT_CCIDX is implemented:

6362616059585756555453525150494847464544434241403938373635343332
313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
RES0NumSets
RES0AssociativityLineSize
Note

The parameters NumSets, Associativity, and LineSize in these registers define the architecturally visible parameters that are required for the cache maintenance by Set/Way instructions. They are not guaranteed to represent the actual microarchitectural features of a design. You cannot make any inference about the actual sizes of caches based on these parameters.

Bits [63:56]

Reserved, RES0.

NumSets, bits [55:32]

(Number of sets in cache) - 1, therefore a value of 0 indicates 1 set in the cache. The number of sets does not have to be a power of 2.

Bits [31:24]

Reserved, RES0.

Associativity, bits [23:3]

(Associativity of cache) - 1, therefore a value of 0 indicates an associativity of 1. The associativity does not have to be a power of 2.

LineSize, bits [2:0]

(Log2(Number of bytes in cache line)) - 4. For example:

Note

The C++ 17 specification has two defined parameters relating to the granularity of memory that does not interfere. For generic software and tools, Arm will set the hardware_destructive_interference_size parameter to 256 bytes and the hardware_constructive_interference_size parameter to 64 bytes.

When FEAT_MTE2 is implemented, where a cache only holds Allocation tags, this field is RES0.

Otherwise:

6362616059585756555453525150494847464544434241403938373635343332
313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
RES0
UNKNOWNNumSetsAssociativityLineSize
Note

The parameters NumSets, Associativity, and LineSize in these registers define the architecturally visible parameters that are required for the cache maintenance by Set/Way instructions. They are not guaranteed to represent the actual microarchitectural features of a design. You cannot make any inference about the actual sizes of caches based on these parameters.

Bits [63:32]

Reserved, RES0.

Bits [31:28]

Reserved, UNKNOWN.

NumSets, bits [27:13]

(Number of sets in cache) - 1, therefore a value of 0 indicates 1 set in the cache. The number of sets does not have to be a power of 2.

Associativity, bits [12:3]

(Associativity of cache) - 1, therefore a value of 0 indicates an associativity of 1. The associativity does not have to be a power of 2.

LineSize, bits [2:0]

(Log2(Number of bytes in cache line)) - 4. For example:

When FEAT_MTE2 is implemented, where a cache only holds Allocation tags, this field is RES0.

Note

The C++ 17 specification has two defined parameters relating to the granularity of memory that does not interfere. For generic software and tools, Arm will set the hardware_destructive_interference_size parameter to 256 bytes and the hardware_constructive_interference_size parameter to 64 bytes.

Accessing CCSIDR_EL1

If CSSELR_EL1.{TnD, Level, InD} is programmed to a cache level that is not implemented, then on a read of the CCSIDR_EL1 the behavior is CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE, and can be one of the following:

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

MRS <Xt>, CCSIDR_EL1

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0010b00000b00000b000

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then if IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_IDST) then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.TGE == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL1, 0x18); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.TID2 == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.TID4 == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) && (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3.FGTEn == '1') && HFGRTR_EL2.CCSIDR_EL1 == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = CCSIDR_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then X[t, 64] = CCSIDR_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X[t, 64] = CCSIDR_EL1;