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RGSR_EL1

Random Allocation Tag Seed Register.

Random Allocation Tag Seed Register.

Configuration

This register is present only when FEAT_MTE2 is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to RGSR_EL1 are UNDEFINED.

When GCR_EL1.RRND is 1, updates to RGSR_EL1 are implementation-specific.

RGSR_EL1 is a Special-purpose register.

Attributes

RGSR_EL1 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

When GCR_EL1.RRND == '0':

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RES0
RES0SEEDRES0TAG

Bits [63:24]:

Reserved, RES0.

SEED, bits [23:8]:

Seed register used for generating values returned by RandomTag() or, if FEAT_MTE_EIRG is implemented, ChooseTag()

The reset behavior of this field is:

Bits [7:4]:

Reserved, RES0.

TAG, bits [3:0]:

Tag generated by the most recent IRG instruction or, if FEAT_MTE_EIRG is implemented, EIRG state

The reset behavior of this field is:

Otherwise:

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RES0SEED
SEEDRES0TAG

Bits [63:56]:

Reserved, RES0.

SEED, bits [55:8]:

IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED.

Software is recommended to avoid writing SEED[15:0] with a value of zero, unless this has been generated by the PE in response to an earlier value with SEED being nonzero.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Bits [7:4]:

Reserved, RES0.

TAG, bits [3:0]:

IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Access Instructions

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

MRS <Xt>, RGSR_EL1

(op0 = 0b11, op1 = 0b000, CRn = 0b0001, CRm = 0b0000, op2 = 0b101)

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_MTE2) then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !(EffectivelyAtEL0InHost() || EffectivelyAtEL0NotInHost() || PSTATE.EL == EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_MTE2) && SCR_EL3().ATA == '1') then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && !ELIsInHost(EL0) && !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_MTE2) && HCR_EL2().ATA == '1') then AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_MTE2) && SCR_EL3().ATA == '1') then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; else X{64}(t) = RGSR_EL1(); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_MTE2) && SCR_EL3().ATA == '1') then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; else X{64}(t) = RGSR_EL1(); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X{64}(t) = RGSR_EL1(); end;

MSR RGSR_EL1, <Xt>

(op0 = 0b11, op1 = 0b000, CRn = 0b0001, CRm = 0b0000, op2 = 0b101)

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_MTE2) then Undefined(); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !(EffectivelyAtEL0InHost() || EffectivelyAtEL0NotInHost() || PSTATE.EL == EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_MTE2) && SCR_EL3().ATA == '1') then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then Undefined(); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && !ELIsInHost(EL0) && !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_MTE2) && HCR_EL2().ATA == '1') then AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_MTE2) && SCR_EL3().ATA == '1') then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; else RGSR_EL1() = X{64}(t); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_MTE2) && SCR_EL3().ATA == '1') then if EL3SDDUndef() then Undefined(); else AArch64_SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); end; else RGSR_EL1() = X{64}(t); end; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then RGSR_EL1() = X{64}(t); end;


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