Performance Monitors User Access Control Register
Enables or disables EL0 access to specific Performance Monitors.
This register is present only when FEAT_PMUv3p9 is implemented and FEAT_AA64 is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to PMUACR_EL1 are UNDEFINED.
PMUACR_EL1 is a 64-bit register.
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| C | P30 | P29 | P28 | P27 | P26 | P25 | P24 | P23 | P22 | P21 | P20 | P19 | P18 | P17 | P16 | P15 | P14 | P13 | P12 | P11 | P10 | P9 | P8 | P7 | P6 | P5 | P4 | P3 | P2 | P1 | P0 |
Reserved, RES0.
EL0 accesses to PMICNTR_EL0 enable. With PMUSERENR_EL0.UEN and PMUSERENR_EL0.IR, controls EL0 accesses to PMICNTR_EL0.
| F0 | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0b0 |
If the Effective value of PMUSERENR_EL0.UEN is 1, then EL0 accesses to PMICNTR_EL0 and associated controls are RAZ/WI, and permitted EL0 writes to PMZR_EL0.F0 are ignored. |
| 0b1 |
If the Effective value of PMUSERENR_EL0.UEN is 1, then EL0 accesses to PMICNTR_EL0 and associated controls are either read-only or read/write, depending on the value of PMUSERENR_EL0.IR. |
The controls associated with PMICNTR_EL0 that are accessible at EL0 are PMCNTENSET_EL0.F0, PMCNTENCLR_EL0.F0, PMOVSSET_EL0.F0, and PMOVSCLR_EL0.F0.
This field is ignored by the PE when any of the following are true:
The reset behavior of this field is:
Reserved, RES0.
EL0 accesses to PMCCNTR_EL0 enable. With PMUSERENR_EL0.EN, PMUSERENR_EL0.UEN, and PMUSERENR_EL0.CR, controls EL0 accesses to PMCCNTR_EL0.
| C | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0b0 |
If the Effective value of PMUSERENR_EL0.UEN is 1, then EL0 accesses to PMCCNTR_EL0 and associated controls are RAZ/WI, and permitted EL0 writes to PMZR_EL0.C are ignored. |
| 0b1 |
If the Effective value of PMUSERENR_EL0.UEN is 1, then EL0 accesses to PMCCNTR_EL0 and associated controls are either read-only or read/write, depending on the value of PMUSERENR_EL0.CR. |
The controls associated with PMCCNTR_EL0 that are accessible at EL0 are PMCNTENSET_EL0.C, PMCNTENCLR_EL0.C, PMOVSSET_EL0.C, and PMOVSCLR_EL0.C.
This field is ignored by the PE when any of the following are true:
The reset behavior of this field is:
EL0 accesses to PMEVCNTR<m>_EL0 enable. With PMUSERENR_EL0.EN, PMUSERENR_EL0.UEN, and PMUSERENR_EL0.ER, controls EL0 accesses to PMEVCNTR<m>_EL0.
| P<m> | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0b0 |
If the Effective value of PMUSERENR_EL0.UEN is 1, then EL0 accesses to PMEVCNTR<m>_EL0 and associated controls are RAZ/WI, and permitted EL0 writes to PMZR_EL0.P<m> are ignored. |
| 0b1 |
If the Effective value of PMUSERENR_EL0.UEN is 1, then EL0 accesses to PMEVCNTR<m>_EL0 and associated controls are either read-only or read/write, depending on the value of PMUSERENR_EL0.ER. |
The controls associated with PMEVCNTR<m>_EL0 that are accessible at EL0 are PMCNTENSET_EL0.P<m>, PMCNTENCLR_EL0.P<m>, PMOVSSET_EL0.P<m>, and PMOVSCLR_EL0.P<m>.
This field is ignored by the PE when any of the following are true:
The reset behavior of this field is:
Accessing this field has the following behavior:
Accesses to this register use the following encodings in the System register encoding space:
MRS <Xt>, PMUACR_EL1
(op0 = 0b11, op1 = 0b000, CRn = 0b1001, CRm = 0b1110, op2 = 0b100)
if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_PMUv3p9) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64)) then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !(EffectivelyAtEL0InHost() || EffectivelyAtEL0NotInHost() || PSTATE.EL == EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().EnPM2 == '0' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !(EffectivelyAtEL0InHost() || EffectivelyAtEL0NotInHost() || PSTATE.EL == EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT2) && ((HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3().FGTEn2 == '0') || HDFGRTR2_EL2().nPMUACR_EL1 == '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); end; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; else X{64}(t) = PMUACR_EL1(); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().EnPM2 == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; else X{64}(t) = PMUACR_EL1(); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X{64}(t) = PMUACR_EL1(); end;
MSR PMUACR_EL1, <Xt>
(op0 = 0b11, op1 = 0b000, CRn = 0b1001, CRm = 0b1110, op2 = 0b100)
if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_PMUv3p9) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_AA64)) then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !(EffectivelyAtEL0InHost() || EffectivelyAtEL0NotInHost() || PSTATE.EL == EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().EnPM2 == '0' then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !(EffectivelyAtEL0InHost() || EffectivelyAtEL0NotInHost() || PSTATE.EL == EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT2) && ((HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3().FGTEn2 == '0') || HDFGWTR2_EL2().nPMUACR_EL1 == '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); end; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; else PMUACR_EL1() = X{64}(t); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().EnPM2 == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3().TPM == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; else PMUACR_EL1() = X{64}(t); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then PMUACR_EL1() = X{64}(t); end;
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