Branch Record Buffer Timestamp Register
Captures the Timestamp value on a BRBE freeze event.
This register is present only when FEAT_BRBE is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to BRBTS_EL1 are UNDEFINED.
BRBTS_EL1 is a 64-bit register.
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Timestamp value at the time of a BRBE freeze event.
The reset behavior of this field is:
When FEAT_BRBEv1p1 is implemented, Arm recommends that this field is preserved on a Warm reset, but it is IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED whether this field resets to 0 or is preserved.
When FEAT_BRBEv1p1 is implemented, on a Cold reset it is IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED whether this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.
Accesses to this register use the following encodings in the System register encoding space:
MRS <Xt>, BRBTS_EL1
(op0 = 0b10, op1 = 0b001, CRn = 0b1001, CRm = 0b0000, op2 = 0b010)
if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_BRBE) then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.SBRBE != '11' && SCR_EL3.NS == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.SBRBE IN {'x0'} && SCR_EL3.NS == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) && (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3.FGTEn == '1') && HDFGRTR_EL2.nBRBDATA == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.SBRBE != '11' && SCR_EL3.NS == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.SBRBE IN {'x0'} && SCR_EL3.NS == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = BRBTS_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.SBRBE != '11' && SCR_EL3.NS == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.SBRBE IN {'x0'} && SCR_EL3.NS == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.SBRBE != '11' && SCR_EL3.NS == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.SBRBE IN {'x0'} && SCR_EL3.NS == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = BRBTS_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X[t, 64] = BRBTS_EL1;
MSR BRBTS_EL1, <Xt>
(op0 = 0b10, op1 = 0b001, CRn = 0b1001, CRm = 0b0000, op2 = 0b010)
if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_BRBE) then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.SBRBE != '11' && SCR_EL3.NS == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.SBRBE IN {'x0'} && SCR_EL3.NS == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) && (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3.FGTEn == '1') && HDFGWTR_EL2.nBRBDATA == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.SBRBE != '11' && SCR_EL3.NS == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.SBRBE IN {'x0'} && SCR_EL3.NS == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else BRBTS_EL1 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.SBRBE != '11' && SCR_EL3.NS == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.SBRBE IN {'x0'} && SCR_EL3.NS == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.SBRBE != '11' && SCR_EL3.NS == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.SBRBE IN {'x0'} && SCR_EL3.NS == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else BRBTS_EL1 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then BRBTS_EL1 = X[t, 64];
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