PMBMAR_EL1, Profiling Buffer Memory Attribute Register

The PMBMAR_EL1 characteristics are:

Purpose

Controls Statistical Profiling Unit accesses to memory.

If the Profiling Buffer pointers specify virtual addresses, the address properties are defined by the translation tables and this register is ignored.

Configuration

This register is present only when FEAT_SPE_nVM is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to PMBMAR_EL1 are UNDEFINED.

Attributes

PMBMAR_EL1 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

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RES0
RES0SHAttr

Bits [63:10]

Reserved, RES0.

SH, bits [9:8]

Profiling Buffer shareability domain. Defines the shareability domain for Normal memory used by the Profiling Buffer.

SHMeaning
0b00

Non-shareable.

0b10

Outer Shareable.

0b11

Inner Shareable.

All other values are reserved.

This field is ignored when PMBMAR_EL1.Attr specifies any of the following memory types:

All Device and Normal Inner Non-cacheable Outer Non-cacheable memory regions are always treated as Outer Shareable.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Attr, bits [7:0]

Profiling Buffer memory type and attributes. Defines the memory type and, for Normal memory, the cacheability attributes, for memory addressed by the Profiling Buffer.

The encoding of this field is the same as that of a MAIR_ELx.Attr<n> field, as follows:

AttrMeaning
0b0000dd00Device memory. See encoding of 'dd' for the type of Device memory.
0b0000dd01If FEAT_XS is implemented: Device memory with the XS attribute set to 0. See encoding of 'dd' for the type of Device memory. Otherwise,UNPREDICTABLE.
0b0000dd1xUNPREDICTABLE.
0booooiiiiwhere oooo != 0000 and iiii != 0000Normal memory. See encoding of 'oooo' and 'iiii' for the type of Normal memory.
0b01000000If FEAT_XS is implemented: Normal Inner Non-cacheable, Outer Non-cacheable memory with the XS attribute set to 0. Otherwise,UNPREDICTABLE.
0b10100000If FEAT_XS is implemented: Normal Inner Write-through Cacheable, Outer Write-through Cacheable, Read-Allocate, No-Write Allocate, Non-transient memory with the XS attribute set to 0. Otherwise,UNPREDICTABLE.
0b11110000If FEAT_MTE2 is implemented: Tagged Normal Inner Write-Back, Outer Write-Back, Read-Allocate, Write-Allocate Non-transient memory. Otherwise,UNPREDICTABLE.
0bxxxx0000where xxxx != 0000 and xxxx != 0100 and xxxx != 1010 and xxxx != 1111UNPREDICTABLE.

dd is encoded as follows:

'dd'Meaning
0b00Device-nGnRnE memory.
0b01Device-nGnRE memory.
0b10Device-nGRE memory.
0b11Device-GRE memory.

oooo is encoded as follows:

'oooo'Meaning
0b0000See encoding of Attr.
0b00RWwhere RW != 00Normal memory, Outer Write-Through Transient.
0b0100Normal memory, Outer Non-cacheable.
0b01RWwhere RW != 00Normal memory, Outer Write-Back Transient.
0b10RWNormal memory, Outer Write-Through Non-transient.
0b11RWNormal memory, Outer Write-Back Non-transient.

R encodes the Outer Read-Allocate policy and W encodes the Outer Write-Allocate policy.

iiii is encoded as follows:

'iiii'Meaning
0b0000See encoding of Attr.
0b00RWwhere RW != 00Normal memory, Inner Write-Through Transient.
0b0100Normal memory, Inner Non-cacheable.
0b01RWwhere RW != 00Normal memory, Inner Write-Back Transient.
0b10RWNormal memory, Inner Write-Through Non-transient.
0b11RWNormal memory, Inner Write-Back Non-transient.

R encodes the Inner Read-Allocate policy and W encodes the Inner Write-Allocate policy.

In oooo and iiii, R and W are encoded as follows:

'R' or 'W'Meaning
0b0No Allocate.
0b1Allocate.

When FEAT_XS is implemented, stage 1 Inner Write-Back Cacheable, Outer Write-Back Cacheable memory types have the XS attribute set to 0.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Accessing PMBMAR_EL1

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

MRS <Xt>, PMBMAR_EL1

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0000b10010b10100b101

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SPE_nVM) then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.EnPMS4 == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && (MDCR_EL3.NSPB[0] == '0' || MDCR_EL3.NSPB[1] != SCR_EL3.NS || (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_RME) && MDCR_EL3.NSPBE != SCR_EL3.NSE)) then UNDEFINED; elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT2) && ((HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.FGTEn2 == '0') || HDFGRTR2_EL2.nPMBMAR_EL1 == '0') then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && MDCR_EL2.E2PB IN {'x0'} then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.EnPMS4 == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && (MDCR_EL3.NSPB[0] == '0' || MDCR_EL3.NSPB[1] != SCR_EL3.NS || (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_RME) && MDCR_EL3.NSPBE != SCR_EL3.NSE)) then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = PMBMAR_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && (MDCR_EL3.NSPB[0] == '0' || MDCR_EL3.NSPB[1] != SCR_EL3.NS || (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_RME) && MDCR_EL3.NSPBE != SCR_EL3.NSE)) then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.EnPMS4 == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && (MDCR_EL3.NSPB[0] == '0' || MDCR_EL3.NSPB[1] != SCR_EL3.NS || (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_RME) && MDCR_EL3.NSPBE != SCR_EL3.NSE)) then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.EnPMS4 == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = PMBMAR_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X[t, 64] = PMBMAR_EL1;

MSR PMBMAR_EL1, <Xt>

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0000b10010b10100b101

if !IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_SPE_nVM) then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.EnPMS4 == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && (MDCR_EL3.NSPB[0] == '0' || MDCR_EL3.NSPB[1] != SCR_EL3.NS || (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_RME) && MDCR_EL3.NSPBE != SCR_EL3.NSE)) then UNDEFINED; elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT2) && ((HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.FGTEn2 == '0') || HDFGWTR2_EL2.nPMBMAR_EL1 == '0') then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && MDCR_EL2.E2PB IN {'x0'} then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.EnPMS4 == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && (MDCR_EL3.NSPB[0] == '0' || MDCR_EL3.NSPB[1] != SCR_EL3.NS || (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_RME) && MDCR_EL3.NSPBE != SCR_EL3.NSE)) then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else PMBMAR_EL1 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && (MDCR_EL3.NSPB[0] == '0' || MDCR_EL3.NSPB[1] != SCR_EL3.NS || (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_RME) && MDCR_EL3.NSPBE != SCR_EL3.NSE)) then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && EL3SDDUndefPriority() && MDCR_EL3.EnPMS4 == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && (MDCR_EL3.NSPB[0] == '0' || MDCR_EL3.NSPB[1] != SCR_EL3.NS || (IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_RME) && MDCR_EL3.NSPBE != SCR_EL3.NSE)) then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.EnPMS4 == '0' then if EL3SDDUndef() then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else PMBMAR_EL1 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then PMBMAR_EL1 = X[t, 64];


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