TPIDR_EL2, EL2 Software Thread ID Register

The TPIDR_EL2 characteristics are:

Purpose

Provides a location where software executing at EL2 can store thread identifying information, for OS management purposes.

The PE makes no use of this register.

Configuration

AArch64 System register TPIDR_EL2 bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to AArch32 System register HTPIDR[31:0] .

If EL2 is not implemented, this register is RES0 from EL3.

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

TPIDR_EL2 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

The TPIDR_EL2 bit assignments are:

6362616059585756555453525150494847464544434241403938373635343332
Thread ID
Thread ID
313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210

Bits [63:0]

Thread ID. Thread identifying information stored by software running at this Exception level.

This field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

Accessing the TPIDR_EL2

Accesses to this register use the following encodings:

MRS <Xt>, TPIDR_EL2

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b1000b11010b00000b010

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.<NV2,NV> == '11' then return NVMem[0x090]; elsif EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.NV == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then return TPIDR_EL2; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then return TPIDR_EL2;

MSR TPIDR_EL2, <Xt>

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b1000b11010b00000b010

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.<NV2,NV> == '11' then NVMem[0x090] = X[t]; elsif EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.NV == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then TPIDR_EL2 = X[t]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then TPIDR_EL2 = X[t];




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