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DC ISW: Data or unified Cache line Invalidate by Set/Way

Purpose

Invalidate data cache by set/way.

When FEAT_MTE2 is implemented, this instruction might invalidate Allocation Tags from caches. When it invalidates Allocation Tags from caches, it also cleans them.

Configuration

AArch64 System instruction DC ISW performs the same function as AArch32 System instruction DCISW.

Attributes

DC ISW is a 64-bit System instruction.

Field descriptions

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RES0
SetWayLevelRES0

Bits [63:32]

Reserved, RES0.

SetWay, bits [31:4]

Contains two fields:

Bits[L-1:4] are RES0.

A = Log2(ASSOCIATIVITY), L = Log2(LINELEN), B = (L + S), S = Log2(NSETS).

ASSOCIATIVITY, LINELEN (line length, in bytes), and NSETS (number of sets) have their usual meanings and are the values for the cache level being operated on. The values of A and S are rounded up to the next integer.

Level, bits [3:1]

Cache level to operate on, minus 1. For example, this field is 0 for operations on L1 cache, or 1 for operations on L2 cache.

Bit [0]

Reserved, RES0.

Executing DC ISW

If this instruction is executed with a set, way or level argument that is larger than the value supported by the implementation then the behavior is CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE and one of the following occurs:

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

DC ISW, <Xt>

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b010b0000b01110b01100b010

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.TSW == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) && (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3.FGTEn == '1') && HFGITR_EL2.DCISW == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else AArch64.DC(X[t, 64], CacheType_Data, CacheOp_Invalidate, CacheOpScope_SetWay); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then AArch64.DC(X[t, 64], CacheType_Data, CacheOp_Invalidate, CacheOpScope_SetWay); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then AArch64.DC(X[t, 64], CacheType_Data, CacheOp_Invalidate, CacheOpScope_SetWay);