TPIDR_EL3, EL3 Software Thread ID Register

The TPIDR_EL3 characteristics are:

Purpose

Provides a location where software executing at EL3 can store thread identifying information, for OS management purposes.

The PE makes no use of this register.

Configuration

RW fields in this register reset to architecturally UNKNOWN values.

Attributes

TPIDR_EL3 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

The TPIDR_EL3 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_EL3

Accesses to this register use the following encodings:

MRS <Xt>, TPIDR_EL3

op0CRnop1op2CRm
0b110b11010b1100b0100b0000

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then return TPIDR_EL3;

MSR TPIDR_EL3, <Xt>

op0CRnop1op2CRm
0b110b11010b1100b0100b0000

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then TPIDR_EL3 = X[t];




13/12/2018 16:42; 6379d01c197f1d40720d32d0f84c419c9187c009

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