ELR_EL2, Exception Link Register (EL2)

The ELR_EL2 characteristics are:

Purpose

When taking an exception to EL2, holds the address to return to.

Configuration

AArch64 System register ELR_EL2 bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to AArch32 System register ELR_hyp[31:0] .

This register has no effect if EL2 is not enabled in the current Security state.

RW fields in this register reset to architecturally UNKNOWN values.

Attributes

ELR_EL2 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

The ELR_EL2 bit assignments are:

6362616059585756555453525150494847464544434241403938373635343332
Return address
Return address
313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210

Bits [63:0]

Return address.

An exception return from EL2 using AArch64 makes ELR_EL2 become UNKNOWN.

When EL2 is in AArch32 Execution state and an exception is taken from EL0, EL1, or EL2 to EL3 and AArch64 execution, the upper 32-bits of ELR_EL2 are either set to 0 or hold the same value that they did before AArch32 execution. Which option is adopted is determined by an implementation, and might vary dynamically within an implementation. Correspondingly software must regard the value as being an UNKNOWN choice between the two values.

This field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

Accessing the ELR_EL2

When HCR_EL2.E2H is 1, without explicit synchronization, access from EL2 using the mnemonic ELR_EL2 or ELR_EL1 are not guaranteed to be ordered with respect to accesses using the other mnemonic.

Accesses to this register use the following encodings:

MRS <Xt>, ELR_EL2

op0CRnop1op2CRm
0b110b01000b1000b0010b0000

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.<NV2,NV> == '11' then return ELR_EL1; elsif EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.NV == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then return ELR_EL2; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then return ELR_EL2;

MSR ELR_EL2, <Xt>

op0CRnop1op2CRm
0b110b01000b1000b0010b0000

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.<NV2,NV> == '11' then ELR_EL1 = X[t]; elsif EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.NV == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then ELR_EL2 = X[t]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then ELR_EL2 = X[t];

MRS <Xt>, ELR_EL1

op0CRnop1op2CRm
0b110b01000b0000b0010b0000

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.<NV2,NV1> == '01' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2.<NV2,NV1,NV> == '111' then return NVMem[0x230]; else return ELR_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HCR_EL2.E2H == '1' then return ELR_EL2; else return ELR_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then return ELR_EL1;

MSR ELR_EL1, <Xt>

op0CRnop1op2CRm
0b110b01000b0000b0010b0000

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.<NV2,NV1> == '01' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2.<NV2,NV1,NV> == '111' then NVMem[0x230] = X[t]; else ELR_EL1 = X[t]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HCR_EL2.E2H == '1' then ELR_EL2 = X[t]; else ELR_EL1 = X[t]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then ELR_EL1 = X[t];




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