Trace Branch Broadcast Control Register
Controls the regions in the memory map where branch broadcasting is active.
AArch64 System register TRCBBCTLR bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to External register TRCBBCTLR[31:0].
This register is present only when FEAT_ETE is implemented, System register access to the trace unit registers is implemented, TRCIDR0.TRCBB == 1, and UInt(TRCIDR4.NUMACPAIRS) > 0. Otherwise, direct accesses to TRCBBCTLR are UNDEFINED.
TRCBBCTLR is a 64-bit register.
| 63 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 |
| 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
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| RES0 | MODE | RANGE[7] | RANGE[6] | RANGE[5] | RANGE[4] | RANGE[3] | RANGE[2] | RANGE[1] | RANGE[0] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Reserved, RES0.
Mode.
| MODE | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0b0 | Exclude Mode. Branch broadcasting is not active for instructions in the address ranges defined by TRCBBCTLR.RANGE. If TRCBBCTLR.RANGE == 0x00 then branch broadcasting is active for all instructions. |
| 0b1 | Include Mode. Branch broadcasting is active for instructions in the address ranges defined by TRCBBCTLR.RANGE. If TRCBBCTLR.RANGE == 0x00 then the behavior of the trace unit is CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE. That is, the trace unit might or might not consider any instructions to be in a branch broadcasting region. |
The reset behavior of this field is:
Selects whether Address Range Comparator <m> is used with branch broadcasting.
| RANGE[<m>] | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0b0 |
The address range that Address Range Comparator <m> defines, is not selected. |
| 0b1 |
The address range that Address Range Comparator <m> defines, is selected. |
The reset behavior of this field is:
Accessing this field has the following behavior:
Must be programmed if TRCCONFIGR.BB == 1.
Writes are CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE if the trace unit is not in the Idle state.
Accesses to this register use the following encodings in the System register encoding space:
MRS <Xt>, TRCBBCTLR
(op0 = 0b10, op1 = 0b001, CRn = 0b0000, CRm = 0b1111, op2 = 0b000)
if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_ETE) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_TRC_SR) && TRCIDR0.TRCBB == '1' && UInt(TRCIDR4.NUMACPAIRS) > 0) then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && CPTR_EL3.TTA == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif CPACR_EL1.TTA == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL1, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && CPTR_EL2.TTA == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) && (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3.FGTEn == '1') && HDFGRTR_EL2.TRC == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && CPTR_EL3.TTA == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_TRBE_EXT) && OSLSR_EL1.OSLK == '0' && HaltingAllowed() && EDSCR2.TTA == '1' then Halt(DebugHalt_SoftwareAccess); else X[t, 64] = TRCBBCTLR; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && CPTR_EL3.TTA == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif CPTR_EL2.TTA == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && CPTR_EL3.TTA == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_TRBE_EXT) && OSLSR_EL1.OSLK == '0' && HaltingAllowed() && EDSCR2.TTA == '1' then Halt(DebugHalt_SoftwareAccess); else X[t, 64] = TRCBBCTLR; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if CPTR_EL3.TTA == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_TRBE_EXT) && OSLSR_EL1.OSLK == '0' && HaltingAllowed() && EDSCR2.TTA == '1' then Halt(DebugHalt_SoftwareAccess); else X[t, 64] = TRCBBCTLR;
MSR TRCBBCTLR, <Xt>
(op0 = 0b10, op1 = 0b001, CRn = 0b0000, CRm = 0b1111, op2 = 0b000)
if !(IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_ETE) && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_TRC_SR) && TRCIDR0.TRCBB == '1' && UInt(TRCIDR4.NUMACPAIRS) > 0) then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && CPTR_EL3.TTA == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif CPACR_EL1.TTA == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL1, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && CPTR_EL2.TTA == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) && (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3.FGTEn == '1') && HDFGWTR_EL2.TRC == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && CPTR_EL3.TTA == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_TRBE_EXT) && OSLSR_EL1.OSLK == '0' && HaltingAllowed() && EDSCR2.TTA == '1' then Halt(DebugHalt_SoftwareAccess); else TRCBBCTLR = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && CPTR_EL3.TTA == '1' then UNDEFINED; elsif CPTR_EL2.TTA == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && CPTR_EL3.TTA == '1' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_TRBE_EXT) && OSLSR_EL1.OSLK == '0' && HaltingAllowed() && EDSCR2.TTA == '1' then Halt(DebugHalt_SoftwareAccess); else TRCBBCTLR = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if CPTR_EL3.TTA == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_TRBE_EXT) && OSLSR_EL1.OSLK == '0' && HaltingAllowed() && EDSCR2.TTA == '1' then Halt(DebugHalt_SoftwareAccess); else TRCBBCTLR = X[t, 64];
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