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GCSCR_EL1: Guarded Control Stack Control Register (EL1)

Purpose

Controls the Guarded Control Stack at EL1.

Configuration

This register is present only when FEAT_GCS is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to GCSCR_EL1 are UNDEFINED.

Attributes

GCSCR_EL1 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

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RES0
RES0STREnPUSHMEnRES0EXLOCKENRVCHKENRES0PCRSEL

Bits [63:10]

Reserved, RES0.

STREn, bit [9]

Execution of the following instructions are trapped:

STREnMeaning
0b0

Execution of any of the specified instructions at EL1 causes a GCS exception.

0b1

This control does not cause any instructions to be trapped.

The reset behavior of this field is:

PUSHMEn, bit [8]

Trap GCSPUSHM instruction.

PUSHMEnMeaning
0b0

Execution of a GCSPUSHM instruction at EL1 causes a Trap exception.

0b1

This control does not cause any instructions to be trapped.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Bit [7]

Reserved, RES0.

EXLOCKEN, bit [6]

Exception state lock.

Prevents MSR instructions from writing to ELR_EL1 or SPSR_EL1.

EXLOCKENMeaning
0b0

EL1 exception state locking disabled.

0b1

EL1 exception state locking enabled.

The reset behavior of this field is:

RVCHKEN, bit [5]

Return value check enable.

RVCHKENMeaning
0b0

Return value checking disabled at EL1.

0b1

Return value checking enabled at EL1.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Bits [4:1]

Reserved, RES0.

PCRSEL, bit [0]

Guarded Control Stack procedure call return enable selection.

PCRSELMeaning
0b0

Guarded Control Stack at EL1 is not PCR Selected.

0b1

Guarded Control Stack at EL1 is PCR Selected.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Accessing GCSCR_EL1

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

MRS <Xt>, GCSCR_EL1

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0000b00100b01010b000

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) && (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3.FGTEn == '1') && HFGRTR_EL2.nGCS_EL1 == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() == '111' then X[t, 64] = NVMem[0x8D0]; else X[t, 64] = GCSCR_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif ELIsInHost(EL2) then X[t, 64] = GCSCR_EL2; else X[t, 64] = GCSCR_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X[t, 64] = GCSCR_EL1;

MSR GCSCR_EL1, <Xt>

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0000b00100b01010b000

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) && (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3.FGTEn == '1') && HFGWTR_EL2.nGCS_EL1 == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() == '111' then NVMem[0x8D0] = X[t, 64]; else GCSCR_EL1 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif ELIsInHost(EL2) then GCSCR_EL2 = X[t, 64]; else GCSCR_EL1 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then GCSCR_EL1 = X[t, 64];

When FEAT_VHE is implemented

MRS <Xt>, GCSCR_EL12

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b1010b00100b01010b000

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() == '101' then X[t, 64] = NVMem[0x8D0]; elsif EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() IN {'xx1'} then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if ELIsInHost(EL2) then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = GCSCR_EL1; else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if ELIsInHost(EL2) then X[t, 64] = GCSCR_EL1; else UNDEFINED;

When FEAT_VHE is implemented

MSR GCSCR_EL12, <Xt>

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b1010b00100b01010b000

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() == '101' then NVMem[0x8D0] = 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 if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else GCSCR_EL1 = X[t, 64]; else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if ELIsInHost(EL2) then GCSCR_EL1 = X[t, 64]; else UNDEFINED;