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GCSPR_EL0: Guarded Control Stack Pointer Register (EL0)

Purpose

Contains the Guarded Control Stack Pointer at EL0.

Configuration

This register is present only when FEAT_GCS is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to GCSPR_EL0 are UNDEFINED.

Attributes

GCSPR_EL0 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

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PTR[63:3]
PTR[63:3]RES0

PTR[63:3], bits [63:3]

EL0 Guarded Control Stack Pointer bits [63:3].

The reset behavior of this field is:

Bits [2:0]

Reserved, RES0.

Accessing GCSPR_EL0

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

MRS <Xt>, GCSPR_EL0

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0110b00100b01010b001

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif (!EL2Enabled() || HCR_EL2.TGE != '1') && GCSCRE0_EL1.nTR == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL1, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.TGE == '1' && GCSCRE0_EL1.nTR == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELIsInHost(EL0) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) && (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3.FGTEn == '1') && HFGRTR_EL2.nGCS_EL0 == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = GCSPR_EL0; 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_EL0 == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = GCSPR_EL0; 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); else X[t, 64] = GCSPR_EL0; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X[t, 64] = GCSPR_EL0;

MSR GCSPR_EL0, <Xt>

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0110b00100b01010b001

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_EL0 == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else GCSPR_EL0 = 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); else GCSPR_EL0 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then GCSPR_EL0 = X[t, 64];