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IFSR32_EL2: Instruction Fault Status Register (EL2)

Purpose

Allows access to the AArch32 IFSR register from AArch64 state only. Its value has no effect on execution in AArch64 state.

Configuration

AArch64 System register IFSR32_EL2 bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to AArch32 System register IFSR[31:0].

This register is present only when EL1 is capable of using AArch32. Otherwise, direct accesses to IFSR32_EL2 are UNDEFINED.

If EL2 is not implemented but EL3 is implemented, and EL1 is capable of using AArch32, then this register is not RES0.

Attributes

IFSR32_EL2 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

When TTBCR.EAE == 0:

6362616059585756555453525150494847464544434241403938373635343332
313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
RES0
RES0FnVRES0ExTRES0FS[4]LPAERES0FS[3:0]

Bits [63:17]

Reserved, RES0.

FnV, bit [16]

FAR not Valid, for a synchronous External abort other than a synchronous External abort on a translation table walk.

FnVMeaning
0b0

IFAR is valid.

0b1

IFAR is not valid, and holds an UNKNOWN value.

This field is valid only for a synchronous External abort other than a synchronous External abort on a translation table walk. It is RES0 for all other Prefetch Abort exceptions.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Bits [15:13]

Reserved, RES0.

ExT, bit [12]

External abort type. This bit can be used to provide an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED classification of External aborts.

In an implementation that does not provide any classification of External aborts, this bit is RES0.

For aborts other than External aborts this bit always returns 0.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Bit [11]

Reserved, RES0.

FS, bits [10, 3:0]

Fault Status bits. Bits [10] and [3:0] are interpreted together.

FSMeaningApplies when
0b00001

PC alignment fault.

0b00010

Debug exception.

0b00011

Access flag fault, level 1.

0b00101

Translation fault, level 1.

0b00110

Access flag fault, level 2.

0b00111

Translation fault, level 2.

0b01000

Synchronous External abort, not on translation table walk.

0b01001

Domain fault, level 1.

0b01011

Domain fault, level 2.

0b01100

Synchronous External abort, on translation table walk, level 1.

0b01101

Permission fault, level 1.

0b01110

Synchronous External abort, on translation table walk, level 2.

0b01111

Permission fault, level 2.

0b10000

TLB conflict abort.

0b10100

IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED fault (Lockdown fault).

0b11001

Synchronous parity or ECC error on memory access, not on translation table walk.

When FEAT_RAS is not implemented
0b11100

Synchronous parity or ECC error on translation table walk, level 1.

When FEAT_RAS is not implemented
0b11110

Synchronous parity or ECC error on translation table walk, level 2.

When FEAT_RAS is not implemented

All other values are reserved.

For more information about the lookup level associated with a fault, see 'The level associated with MMU faults on a Short-descriptor translation table lookup'.

The FS field is split as follows:

The reset behavior of this field is:

LPAE, bit [9]

On taking a Data Abort exception, this bit is set as follows:

LPAEMeaning
0b0

Using the Short-descriptor translation table formats.

0b1

Using the Long-descriptor translation table formats.

Hardware does not interpret this bit to determine the behavior of the memory system, and therefore software can set this bit to 0 or 1 without affecting operation.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Bits [8:4]

Reserved, RES0.

When TTBCR.EAE == 1:

6362616059585756555453525150494847464544434241403938373635343332
313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
RES0
RES0FnVRES0ExTRES0LPAERES0STATUS

Bits [63:17]

Reserved, RES0.

FnV, bit [16]

FAR not Valid, for a synchronous External abort other than a synchronous External abort on a translation table walk.

FnVMeaning
0b0

IFAR is valid.

0b1

IFAR is not valid, and holds an UNKNOWN value.

This field is valid only for a synchronous External abort other than a synchronous External abort on a translation table walk. It is RES0 for all other Prefetch Abort exceptions.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Bits [15:13]

Reserved, RES0.

ExT, bit [12]

External abort type. This bit can be used to provide an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED classification of External aborts.

In an implementation that does not provide any classification of External aborts, this bit is RES0.

For aborts other than External aborts this bit always returns 0.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Bits [11:10]

Reserved, RES0.

LPAE, bit [9]

On taking a Data Abort exception, this bit is set as follows:

LPAEMeaning
0b0

Using the Short-descriptor translation table formats.

0b1

Using the Long-descriptor translation table formats.

Hardware does not interpret this bit to determine the behavior of the memory system, and therefore software can set this bit to 0 or 1 without affecting operation.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Bits [8:6]

Reserved, RES0.

STATUS, bits [5:0]

Fault status bits. Possible values of this field are:

STATUSMeaningApplies when
0b000000

Address size fault in translation table base register.

0b000001

Address size fault, level 1.

0b000010

Address size fault, level 2.

0b000011

Address size fault, level 3.

0b000101

Translation fault, level 1.

0b000110

Translation fault, level 2.

0b000111

Translation fault, level 3.

0b001001

Access flag fault, level 1.

0b001010

Access flag fault, level 2.

0b001011

Access flag fault, level 3.

0b001101

Permission fault, level 1.

0b001110

Permission fault, level 2.

0b001111

Permission fault, level 3.

0b010000

Synchronous External abort, not on translation table walk.

0b010101

Synchronous External abort on translation table walk, level 1.

0b010110

Synchronous External abort on translation table walk, level 2.

0b010111

Synchronous External abort on translation table walk, level 3.

0b011000

Synchronous parity or ECC error on memory access, not on translation table walk.

When FEAT_RAS is not implemented
0b011101

Synchronous parity or ECC error on memory access on translation table walk, level 1.

When FEAT_RAS is not implemented
0b011110

Synchronous parity or ECC error on memory access on translation table walk, level 2.

When FEAT_RAS is not implemented
0b011111

Synchronous parity or ECC error on memory access on translation table walk, level 3.

When FEAT_RAS is not implemented
0b100001

PC alignment fault.

0b100010

Debug exception.

0b110000

TLB conflict abort.

All other values are reserved.

When FEAT_RAS is implemented, 0b011000, 0b011101, 0b011110, and 0b011111 are reserved.

For more information about the lookup level associated with a fault, see 'The level associated with MMU faults on a Long-descriptor translation table lookup'.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Accessing IFSR32_EL2

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

MRS <Xt>, IFSR32_EL2

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b1000b01010b00000b001

if !HaveAArch32EL(EL1) then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() IN {'xx1'} then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then X[t, 64] = IFSR32_EL2; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X[t, 64] = IFSR32_EL2;

MSR IFSR32_EL2, <Xt>

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b1000b01010b00000b001

if !HaveAArch32EL(EL1) then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() IN {'xx1'} then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then IFSR32_EL2 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then IFSR32_EL2 = X[t, 64];