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# ICH_LR<n>_EL2, Interrupt Controller List Registers, n = 0 - 15

The ICH_LR<n>_EL2 characteristics are:

## Purpose

Provides interrupt context information for the virtual CPU interface.

## Configuration

AArch64 System register ICH_LR<n>_EL2 bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to AArch32 System register ICH_LR<n>[31:0] .

AArch64 System register ICH_LR<n>_EL2 bits [63:32] are architecturally mapped to AArch32 System register ICH_LRC<n>[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

ICH_LR<n>_EL2 is a 64-bit register.

## Field descriptions

The ICH_LR<n>_EL2 bit assignments are:

63 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32
State | HW | Group | RES0 | Priority | RES0 | pINTID
vINTID
31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0

#### State, bits [63:62]

The state of the interrupt:

State | Meaning
--- | ---
0b00 | Invalid (Inactive).
0b01 | Pending.
0b10 | Active.
0b11 | Pending and active.

The GIC updates these state bits as virtual interrupts proceed through the interrupt life cycle. Entries in the invalid state are ignored, except for the purpose of generating virtual maintenance interrupts.

For hardware interrupts, the pending and active state is held in the physical Distributor rather than the virtual CPU interface. A hypervisor must only use the pending and active state for software originated interrupts, which are typically associated with virtual devices, or SGIs.

This field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

#### HW, bit [61]

Indicates whether this virtual interrupt maps directly to a hardware interrupt, meaning that it corresponds to a physical interrupt. Deactivation of the virtual interrupt also causes the deactivation of the physical interrupt with the ID that the pINTID field indicates.

HW | Meaning
--- | ---
0b0 | The interrupt is triggered entirely by software. No notification is sent to the Distributor when the virtual interrupt is deactivated.
0b1 | The interrupt maps directly to a hardware interrupt. A deactivate interrupt request is sent to the Distributor when the virtual interrupt is deactivated, using the pINTID field from this register to indicate the physical interrupt ID. If ICH_VMCR_EL2.VEOIM is 0, this request corresponds to a write to ICC_EOIR0_EL1 or ICC_EOIR1_EL1. Otherwise, it corresponds to a write to ICC_DIR_EL1.

This field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

#### Group, bit [60]

Indicates the group for this virtual interrupt.

Group | Meaning
--- | ---
0b0 | This is a Group 0 virtual interrupt. ICH_VMCR_EL2.VFIQEn determines whether it is signaled as a virtual IRQ or as a virtual FIQ, and ICH_VMCR_EL2.VENG0 enables signaling of this interrupt to the virtual machine.
0b1 | This is a Group 1 virtual interrupt, signaled as a virtual IRQ. ICH_VMCR_EL2.VENG1 enables the signalling of this interrupt to the virtual machine. If ICH_VMCR_EL2.VCBPR is 0, then ICC_BPR1_EL1 determines if a pending Group 1 interrupt has sufficient priority to preempt current execution. Otherwise, ICH_LR<n>_EL2 determines preemption.

This field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

#### Bits [59:56]

Reserved, RES0.

#### Priority, bits [55:48]

The priority of this interrupt.

It is IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED how many bits of priority are implemented, though at least five bits must be implemented. Unimplemented bits are RES0 and start from bit[48] up to bit[50]. The number of implemented bits can be discovered from ICH_VTR_EL2.PRIbits.

This field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

#### Bits [47:45]

Reserved, RES0.

#### pINTID, bits [44:32]

Physical INTID, for hardware interrupts.

When ICH_LR<n>_EL2.HW is 0 (there is no corresponding physical interrupt), this field has the following meaning:

- Bits[44:42] : RES0.
- Bit[41] : EOI. If this bit is 1, then when the interrupt identified by vINTID is deactivated, a maintenance interrupt is asserted.
- Bits[40:32] : RES0.

When ICH_LR<n>_EL2.HW is 1 (there is a corresponding physical interrupt):

- This field indicates the physical INTID. This field is only required to implement enough bits to hold a valid value for the implemented INTID size. Any unused higher order bits are RES0.
- When ICC_CTLR_EL1.ExtRange is 0, then bits[44:42] of this field are RES0.
- If the value of pINTID is not a vald INTID, behavior is UNPREDICTABLE. If the value of pINTID indicates a PPI, this field applies to the PPI associated with this same physical PE ID as the virtual CPU interface requesting the deactivation.

A hardware physical identifier is only required in List Registers for interrupts that require deactivation. This means only 13 bits of Physical INTID are required, regardless of the number specified by ICC_CTLR_EL1.IDbits.

This field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

#### vINTID, bits [31:0]

Virtual INTID of the interrupt.

If the value of vINTID is 1020-1023 and ICH_LR<n>_EL2.State!=0b00 (Inactive), behavior is UNPREDICTABLE.

Behavior is UNPREDICTABLE if two or more List Registers specify the same vINTID when:

- ICH_LR<n>_EL2.State == 0b01.
- ICH_LR<n>_EL2.State == 0b10.
- ICH_LR<n>_EL2.State == 0b11.

It is IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED how many bits are implemented, though at least 16 bits must be implemented. Unimplemented bits are RES0. The number of implemented bits can be discovered from ICH_VTR_EL2.IDbits.

When ICC_SRE_EL1.SRE == 0, specifying a vINTID in the LPI range is UNPREDICTABLE

Note

When a VM is using memory-mapped access to the GIC, software must ensure that the correct source PE ID is provided in bits[12:10].

This field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

## Accessing the ICH_LR<n>_EL2

Accesses to this register use the following encodings:

#### MRS <Xt>, ICH_LR<n>_EL2

op0 | op1 | CRn | CRm | op2
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
0b11 | 0b100 | 0b1100 | 0b110[n:3] | 0b[n:2:0]

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.<NV2,NV> == '11' then return NVMem[0x400+8*UInt(CRm<0>:op2<2:0>)]; elsif EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.NV == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if ICC_SRE_EL2.SRE == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else return ICH_LR_EL2[UInt(CRm<0>:op2<2:0>)]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if ICC_SRE_EL3.SRE == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else return ICH_LR_EL2[UInt(CRm<0>:op2<2:0>)];

#### MSR ICH_LR<n>_EL2, <Xt>

op0 | op1 | CRn | CRm | op2
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
0b11 | 0b100 | 0b1100 | 0b110[n:3] | 0b[n:2:0]

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.<NV2,NV> == '11' then NVMem[0x400+8*UInt(CRm<0>:op2<2:0>)] = X[t]; elsif EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.NV == '1' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if ICC_SRE_EL2.SRE == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); else ICH_LR_EL2[UInt(CRm<0>:op2<2:0>)] = X[t]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then if ICC_SRE_EL3.SRE == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else ICH_LR_EL2[UInt(CRm<0>:op2<2:0>)] = X[t];

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