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TRBIDR_EL1: Trace Buffer ID Register

Purpose

Describes constraints on using the Trace Buffer Unit to software, including whether the Trace Buffer Unit can be programmed at the current Exception level.

Configuration

AArch64 System register TRBIDR_EL1 bits [63:0] are architecturally mapped to External register TRBIDR_EL1[63:0] when FEAT_TRBE_EXT is implemented.

This register is present only when FEAT_TRBE is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to TRBIDR_EL1 are UNDEFINED.

Attributes

TRBIDR_EL1 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

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RES0
RES0EARES0FPAlign

Bits [63:12]

Reserved, RES0.

EA, bits [11:8]

From Armv9.3:

External Abort handling. Describes how the PE manages External aborts on writes made by the Trace Buffer Unit to the trace buffer.

The value of this field is an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED choice of:

EAMeaning
0b0000

Not described.

0b0001

The PE ignores External aborts on writes made by the Trace Buffer Unit.

0b0010

The External abort generates an SError exception at the PE.

All other values are reserved.

From Armv9.3, the value 0b0000 is not permitted.

TRBIDR_EL1.EA describes only External aborts generated by the write to memory. External aborts on a translation table walk made by the Trace Buffer Unit generate trace buffer management events reported as MMU faults using TRBSR_EL1.

Access to this field is RO.



Otherwise:

Reserved, RES0.

Bits [7:6]

Reserved, RES0.

F, bit [5]

Flag updates. Describes how address translations performed by the Trace Buffer Unit manage the Access flag and dirty state.

The value of this field is an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED choice of:

FMeaning
0b0

Hardware management of the Access flag and dirty state for accesses made by the Trace Buffer Unit is always disabled for all translation stages.

0b1

Hardware management of the Access flag and dirty state for accesses made by the Trace Buffer Unit is controlled in the same way as explicit memory accesses in the trace buffer owning translation regime.

Note

If hardware management of the Access flag is disabled for a stage of translation, an access to a Page or Block with the Access flag bit not set in the descriptor will generate an Access Flag fault.

If hardware management of the dirty state is disabled for a stage of translation, an access to a Page or Block will ignore the Dirty Bit Modifier in the descriptor and might generate a Permission fault, depending on the values of the access permission bits in the descriptor.

From Armv9.3, the value 0 is not permitted.

Access to this field is RO.

P, bit [4]

Programming not allowed. When read at EL3, this field reads as zero. Otherwise, indicates that the trace buffer is owned by a higher Exception level or another Security state. Defined values are:

PMeaning
0b0

Programming is allowed.

0b1

Programming not allowed.

The value read from this field depends on the current Exception level and the Effective values of MDCR_EL3.NSTB, MDCR_EL3.NSTBE, and MDCR_EL2.E2TB:

Otherwise, this field reads as zero.

Align, bits [3:0]

Defines the minimum alignment constraint for writes to TRBPTR_EL1 and TRBTRG_EL1.

The value of this field is an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED choice of:

AlignMeaning
0b0000

Byte.

0b0001

Halfword.

0b0010

Word.

0b0011

Doubleword.

0b0100

16 bytes.

0b0101

32 bytes.

0b0110

64 bytes.

0b0111

128 bytes.

0b1000

256 bytes.

0b1001

512 bytes.

0b1010

1KB.

0b1011

2KB.

All other values are reserved.

Access to this field is RO.

Accessing TRBIDR_EL1

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

MRS <Xt>, TRBIDR_EL1

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0000b10010b10110b111

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) && (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3.FGTEn == '1') && HDFGRTR_EL2.TRBIDR_EL1 == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_TRBE_EXT) && OSLSR_EL1.OSLK == '0' && HaltingAllowed() && EDSCR2.TTA == '1' then Halt(DebugHalt_SoftwareAccess); else X[t, 64] = TRBIDR_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if !ELUsingAArch32(EL1) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_TRBE_EXT) && OSLSR_EL1.OSLK == '0' && HaltingAllowed() && EDSCR2.TTA == '1' then Halt(DebugHalt_SoftwareAccess); else X[t, 64] = TRBIDR_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if !ELUsingAArch32(EL1) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_TRBE_EXT) && OSLSR_EL1.OSLK == '0' && HaltingAllowed() && EDSCR2.TTA == '1' then Halt(DebugHalt_SoftwareAccess); else X[t, 64] = TRBIDR_EL1;