CCSIDR_EL1, Current Cache Size ID Register

The CCSIDR_EL1 characteristics are:

Purpose

Provides information about the architecture of the currently selected cache.

Configuration

AArch64 System register CCSIDR_EL1 bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to AArch32 System register CCSIDR[31:0] .

AArch64 System register CCSIDR_EL1 bits [63:32] are architecturally mapped to AArch32 System register CCSIDR2.

The implementation includes one CCSIDR_EL1 for each cache that it can access. CSSELR_EL1 selects which Cache Size ID Register is accessible.

Attributes

CCSIDR_EL1 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

The CCSIDR_EL1 bit assignments are:

When ARMv8.3-CCIDX is implemented:

6362616059585756555453525150494847464544434241403938373635343332
00000000NumSets
00000000AssociativityLineSize
313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
Note

The parameters NumSets, Associativity, and LineSize in these registers define the architecturally visible parameters that are required for the cache maintenance by Set/Way instructions. They are not guaranteed to represent the actual microarchitectural features of a design. You cannot make any inference about the actual sizes of caches based on these parameters.

Bits [63:56]

Reserved, RES0.

NumSets, bits [55:32]

(Number of sets in cache) - 1, therefore a value of 0 indicates 1 set in the cache. The number of sets does not have to be a power of 2.

Bits [31:24]

Reserved, RES0.

Associativity, bits [23:3]

(Associativity of cache) - 1, therefore a value of 0 indicates an associativity of 1. The associativity does not have to be a power of 2.

LineSize, bits [2:0]

(Log2(Number of bytes in cache line)) - 4. For example:

Otherwise:

6362616059585756555453525150494847464544434241403938373635343332
00000000000000000000000000000000
UNKNOWNNumSetsAssociativityLineSize
313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
Note

The parameters NumSets, Associativity, and LineSize in these registers define the architecturally visible parameters that are required for the cache maintenance by Set/Way instructions. They are not guaranteed to represent the actual microarchitectural features of a design. You cannot make any inference about the actual sizes of caches based on these parameters.

Bits [63:32]

Reserved, RES0.

UNKNOWN, bits [31:28]

Reserved, UNKNOWN.

NumSets, bits [27:13]

(Number of sets in cache) - 1, therefore a value of 0 indicates 1 set in the cache. The number of sets does not have to be a power of 2.

Associativity, bits [12:3]

(Associativity of cache) - 1, therefore a value of 0 indicates an associativity of 1. The associativity does not have to be a power of 2.

LineSize, bits [2:0]

(Log2(Number of bytes in cache line)) - 4. For example:

Accessing the CCSIDR_EL1

If CSSELR_EL1.Level is programmed to a cache level that is not implemented, then on a read of the CCSIDR_EL1 the behavior is CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE, and can be one of the following:

Accesses to this register use the following encodings:

MRS <Xt>, CCSIDR_EL1

op0CRnop1op2CRm
0b110b00000b0010b0000b0000

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2.TID2 == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2.TID4 == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else return CCSIDR_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then return CCSIDR_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then return CCSIDR_EL1;




13/12/2018 16:42; 6379d01c197f1d40720d32d0f84c419c9187c009

Copyright © 2010-2018 Arm Limited or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Non-Confidential.