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PMICNTR_EL0: Performance Monitors Instruction Counter Register

Purpose

If event counting is not prohibited and the instruction counter is enabled, the counter increments for each architecturally-executed instruction, according to the configuration specified by PMICFILTR_EL0.

Configuration

AArch64 System register PMICNTR_EL0 bits [63:0] are architecturally mapped to External register PMU.PMICNTR_EL0[63:0].

This register is present only when FEAT_PMUv3_ICNTR is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to PMICNTR_EL0 are UNDEFINED.

Attributes

PMICNTR_EL0 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

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313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
ICNT
ICNT

ICNT, bits [63:0]

Instruction Counter.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Accessing PMICNTR_EL0

PMICNTR_EL0 treats permitted reads-as-zero and ignores permitted writes if all of the following are true:

PMICNTR_EL0 ignores permitted writes if all of the following are true:

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

MRS <Xt>, PMICNTR_EL0

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0110b10010b01000b000

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.EnPM2 == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif PMUSERENR_EL0.UEN == '0' then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.TGE == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL1, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELIsInHost(EL0) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT2) && HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.FGTEn2 == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELIsInHost(EL0) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT2) && HDFGRTR2_EL2.nPMICNTR_EL0 == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && MDCR_EL2.TPM == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.EnPM2 == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = PMICNTR_EL0; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.EnPM2 == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT2) && ((HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.FGTEn2 == '0') || HDFGRTR2_EL2.nPMICNTR_EL0 == '0') then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && MDCR_EL2.TPM == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.EnPM2 == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = PMICNTR_EL0; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.EnPM2 == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.EnPM2 == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = PMICNTR_EL0; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X[t, 64] = PMICNTR_EL0;

MSR PMICNTR_EL0, <Xt>

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0110b10010b01000b000

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.EnPM2 == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif PMUSERENR_EL0.UEN == '0' then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.TGE == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL1, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELIsInHost(EL0) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT2) && HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.FGTEn2 == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELIsInHost(EL0) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT2) && HDFGWTR2_EL2.nPMICNTR_EL0 == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && MDCR_EL2.TPM == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.EnPM2 == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else PMICNTR_EL0 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.EnPM2 == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT2) && ((HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.FGTEn2 == '0') || HDFGWTR2_EL2.nPMICNTR_EL0 == '0') then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && MDCR_EL2.TPM == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.EnPM2 == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else PMICNTR_EL0 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.EnPM2 == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.EnPM2 == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else PMICNTR_EL0 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then PMICNTR_EL0 = X[t, 64];