Provides a number that can be used to separate out different context numbers with the EL2 exception level, for the purpose of protecting against side-channels using branch prediction and similar resources.
This register is present only when FEAT_CSV2_2 is implemented or FEAT_CSV2_1p2 is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to SCXTNUM_EL2 are UNDEFINED.
If EL2 is not implemented, this register is RES0 from EL3.
SCXTNUM_EL2 is a 64-bit register.
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Software Context Number. A number to identify the context within the EL2 exception level.
The reset behavior of this field is:
When the Effective value of HCR_EL2.E2H is 1, without explicit synchronization, access from EL2 using the mnemonic SCXTNUM_EL2 or SCXTNUM_EL1 are not guaranteed to be ordered with respect to accesses using the other mnemonic.
Accesses to this register use the following encodings in the System register encoding space:
MRS <Xt>, SCXTNUM_EL2
| op0 | op1 | CRn | CRm | op2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0b11 | 0b100 | 0b1101 | 0b0000 | 0b111 |
if 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 if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && SCR_EL3.EnSCXT == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.EnSCXT == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = SCXTNUM_EL2; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X[t, 64] = SCXTNUM_EL2;
MSR SCXTNUM_EL2, <Xt>
| op0 | op1 | CRn | CRm | op2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0b11 | 0b100 | 0b1101 | 0b0000 | 0b111 |
if 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 if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && SCR_EL3.EnSCXT == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.EnSCXT == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else SCXTNUM_EL2 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then SCXTNUM_EL2 = X[t, 64];
MRS <Xt>, SCXTNUM_EL1
| op0 | op1 | CRn | CRm | op2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0b11 | 0b000 | 0b1101 | 0b0000 | 0b111 |
if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && SCR_EL3.EnSCXT == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() == '011' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.EnSCXT == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) && (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3.FGTEn == '1') && HFGRTR_EL2.SCXTNUM_EL1 == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.EnSCXT == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() == '111' then X[t, 64] = NVMem[0x188]; else X[t, 64] = SCXTNUM_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && SCR_EL3.EnSCXT == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.EnSCXT == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif ELIsInHost(EL2) then X[t, 64] = SCXTNUM_EL2; else X[t, 64] = SCXTNUM_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X[t, 64] = SCXTNUM_EL1;
MSR SCXTNUM_EL1, <Xt>
| op0 | op1 | CRn | CRm | op2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0b11 | 0b000 | 0b1101 | 0b0000 | 0b111 |
if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && SCR_EL3.EnSCXT == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() == '011' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.EnSCXT == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) && (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3.FGTEn == '1') && HFGWTR_EL2.SCXTNUM_EL1 == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.EnSCXT == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif EffectiveHCR_EL2_NVx() == '111' then NVMem[0x188] = X[t, 64]; else SCXTNUM_EL1 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && SCR_EL3.EnSCXT == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.EnSCXT == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif ELIsInHost(EL2) then SCXTNUM_EL2 = X[t, 64]; else SCXTNUM_EL1 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then SCXTNUM_EL1 = X[t, 64];