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SVC

Supervisor call to allow application code to call the OS. It generates an exception targeting exception level 1 (EL1).

Syntax

SVC #imm

Where:

imm

Is a 16-bit unsigned immediate, in the range 0 to 65535.

Usage

Supervisor Call causes an exception to be taken to EL1.

On executing an SVC instruction, the PE records the exception as a Supervisor Call exception, using the EC value 0x15, and the value of the immediate argument. This is reported in:

  • ESR_ELx, if the exception is taken to an Exception level that is using AArch64.
  • HSR in the ARMv8-A Architecture Reference Manual, if the exception is taken to an Exception level that is using AArch32. See Use of the HSR in the ARMv8-A Architecture Reference Manual.
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