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CNTP_CTL_EL0: Counter-timer Physical Timer Control Register

Purpose

Control register for the EL1 physical timer.

Configuration

AArch64 System register CNTP_CTL_EL0 bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to AArch32 System register CNTP_CTL[31:0].

Attributes

CNTP_CTL_EL0 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

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RES0
RES0ISTATUSIMASKENABLE

Bits [63:3]

Reserved, RES0.

ISTATUS, bit [2]

The status of the timer. This bit indicates whether the timer condition is met:

ISTATUSMeaning
0b0

Timer condition is not met.

0b1

Timer condition is met.

When the value of the ENABLE bit is 1, ISTATUS indicates whether the timer condition is met. ISTATUS takes no account of the value of the IMASK bit. If the value of ISTATUS is 1 and the value of IMASK is 0 then the timer interrupt is asserted.

When the value of the ENABLE bit is 0, the ISTATUS field is UNKNOWN.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Access to this field is RO.

IMASK, bit [1]

Timer interrupt mask bit. Permitted values are:

IMASKMeaning
0b0

Timer interrupt is not masked by the IMASK bit.

0b1

Timer interrupt is masked by the IMASK bit.

For more information, see the description of the ISTATUS bit.

The reset behavior of this field is:

ENABLE, bit [0]

Enables the timer. Permitted values are:

ENABLEMeaning
0b0

Timer disabled.

0b1

Timer enabled.

Setting this bit to 0 disables the timer output signal, but the timer value accessible from CNTP_TVAL_EL0 continues to count down.

Note

Disabling the output signal might be a power-saving option.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Accessing CNTP_CTL_EL0

When the Effective value of HCR_EL2.E2H is 1, without explicit synchronization, access from EL3 using the mnemonic CNTP_CTL_EL0 or CNTP_CTL_EL02 are not guaranteed to be ordered with respect to accesses using the other mnemonic.

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

MRS <Xt>, CNTP_CTL_EL0

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0110b11100b00100b001

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then if !ELIsInHost(EL0) && CNTKCTL_EL1.EL0PTEN == '0' then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.TGE == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL1, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELIsInHost(EL2) && CNTHCTL_EL2.EL1PCEN == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif ELIsInHost(EL2) && HCR_EL2.TGE == '0' && CNTHCTL_EL2.EL1PTEN == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif ELIsInHost(EL0) && CNTHCTL_EL2.EL0PTEN == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif ELIsInHost(EL0) && SCR_EL3.NS == '0' && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SEL2) then X[t, 64] = CNTHPS_CTL_EL2; elsif ELIsInHost(EL0) && SCR_EL3.NS == '1' then X[t, 64] = CNTHP_CTL_EL2; else X[t, 64] = CNTP_CTL_EL0; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && !ELIsInHost(EL2) && CNTHCTL_EL2.EL1PCEN == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif ELIsInHost(EL2) && CNTHCTL_EL2.EL1PTEN == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() == '111' then X[t, 64] = NVMem[0x180]; else X[t, 64] = CNTP_CTL_EL0; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if ELIsInHost(EL2) && SCR_EL3.NS == '0' && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SEL2) then X[t, 64] = CNTHPS_CTL_EL2; elsif ELIsInHost(EL2) && SCR_EL3.NS == '1' then X[t, 64] = CNTHP_CTL_EL2; else X[t, 64] = CNTP_CTL_EL0; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X[t, 64] = CNTP_CTL_EL0;

MSR CNTP_CTL_EL0, <Xt>

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0110b11100b00100b001

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then if !ELIsInHost(EL0) && CNTKCTL_EL1.EL0PTEN == '0' then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.TGE == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL1, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELIsInHost(EL2) && CNTHCTL_EL2.EL1PCEN == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif ELIsInHost(EL2) && HCR_EL2.TGE == '0' && CNTHCTL_EL2.EL1PTEN == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif ELIsInHost(EL0) && CNTHCTL_EL2.EL0PTEN == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif ELIsInHost(EL0) && SCR_EL3.NS == '0' && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SEL2) then CNTHPS_CTL_EL2 = X[t, 64]; elsif ELIsInHost(EL0) && SCR_EL3.NS == '1' then CNTHP_CTL_EL2 = X[t, 64]; else CNTP_CTL_EL0 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && !ELIsInHost(EL2) && CNTHCTL_EL2.EL1PCEN == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif ELIsInHost(EL2) && CNTHCTL_EL2.EL1PTEN == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() == '111' then NVMem[0x180] = X[t, 64]; else CNTP_CTL_EL0 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if ELIsInHost(EL2) && SCR_EL3.NS == '0' && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SEL2) then CNTHPS_CTL_EL2 = X[t, 64]; elsif ELIsInHost(EL2) && SCR_EL3.NS == '1' then CNTHP_CTL_EL2 = X[t, 64]; else CNTP_CTL_EL0 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then CNTP_CTL_EL0 = X[t, 64];

MRS <Xt>, CNTP_CTL_EL02

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b1010b11100b00100b001

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() == '101' then if EL2Enabled() && !ELIsInHost(EL0) && CNTHCTL_EL2.EL1NVPCT == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = NVMem[0x180]; elsif EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() IN {'xx1'} then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if ELIsInHost(EL2) then X[t, 64] = CNTP_CTL_EL0; else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if ELIsInHost(EL2) then X[t, 64] = CNTP_CTL_EL0; else UNDEFINED;

MSR CNTP_CTL_EL02, <Xt>

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b1010b11100b00100b001

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() == '101' then if EL2Enabled() && !ELIsInHost(EL0) && CNTHCTL_EL2.EL1NVPCT == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else NVMem[0x180] = X[t, 64]; elsif EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() IN {'xx1'} then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if ELIsInHost(EL2) then CNTP_CTL_EL0 = X[t, 64]; else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if ELIsInHost(EL2) then CNTP_CTL_EL0 = X[t, 64]; else UNDEFINED;