DIT, Data Independent Timing
The DIT characteristics are:
Purpose
Allows access to the Data Independent Timing bit.
Configuration
This register is present only when ARMv8.4-DIT is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to DIT are UNDEFINED.
Some or all RW fields of this register have defined reset values. These apply only if the PE resets into an Exception level that is using AArch64. Otherwise, RW fields in this register reset to architecturally UNKNOWN values.
Attributes
DIT is a 64-bit register.
Field descriptions
The DIT 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 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
Bits [63:25]
Reserved, RES0.
DIT, bit [24]
Data Independent Timing.
DIT | Meaning |
---|---|
0b0 |
The architecture makes no statement about the timing properties of any instructions. |
0b1 |
The architecture requires that:
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The data processing instructions affected by this bit are:
-
All cryptographic instructions. These instructions are:
- AESD, AESE, AESIMC, AESMC, SHA1C, SHA1H, SHA1M, SHA1P, SHA1SU0, SHA1SU1, SHA256H, SHA256H2, SHA256SU0, SHA256SU1, SHA512H, SHA512H2, SHA512SU0, SHA512SU1, EOR3, RAX1, XAR, BCAX, SM3SS1, SM3TT1A, SM3TT1B, SM3TT2A, SM3TT2B, SM3PARTW1, SM3PARTW2, SM4E, and SM4EKEY.
-
A subset of those instructions which use the general-purpose register file. These instructions are:
- ADC, ADCS, ADD, ADDS, AND, ANDS, ASR, ASRV, BFC, BFI, BFM, BFXIL, BIC, BICS, CCMN, CCMP, CFINV, CINC, CINV, CLS, CLZ, CMN, CMP, CNEG, CSEL, CSET, CSETM, CSINC, CSINV, CSNEG, EON, EOR, EXTR, LSL, LSLV, LSR, LSRV, MADD, MNEG, MOV, MOVK, MOVN, MOVZ, MSUB, MUL, MVN, NEG, NEGS, NGC, NGCS, NOP, ORN, ORR, RBIT, RET, REV, REV16, REV32, REV64, RMIF, ROR, RORV, SBC, SBCS, SBFIZ, SBFM, SBFX, SETF8, SETF16, SMADDL, SMNEGL, SMSUBL, SMULH, SMULL, SUB, SUBS, SXTB, SXTH, SXTW, TST, UBFIZ, UBFM, UBFX, UMADDL, UMNEGL, UMSUBL, UMULH, UMULL, UXTB, and UXTH.
-
A subset of those instuctions which use the SIMD&FP register file. These instructions are:
- ABS, ADD, ADDHN, ADDHN2, ADDP, ADDV, AND, BIC, BIF, BIT, BSL, CLS, CLZ, CMEQ, CMGE, CMGT, CMHI, CMHS, CMLE, CMLT, CMTST, CNT, CRC32B, CRC32H, CRC32W, CRC32X, CRC32CB, CRC32CH, CRC32CW, CRC32CX, DUP, EOR, EXT, FCSEL, INS, MLA, MLS, MOV, MOVI, MUL, MVN, MVNI, NEG, NOT, ORN, ORR, PMUL, PMULL, PMULL2, RADDHN, RADDHN2, RBIT, REV16, REV32, RSHRN, RSHRN2, RSUBHN, RSUBHN2, SABA, SABD, SABAL, SABAL2, SABDL, SABDL2, SADALP, SADDL, SADDL2, SADDLP, SADDLV, SADDW, SADDW2, SHADD, SHL, SHLL, SHLL2, SHRN, SHRN2, SHSUB, SLI, SMAX, SMAXP, SMAXV, SMIN, SMINP, SMINV, SMLAL, SMLAL2, SMLSL, SMLSL2, SMOV, SMULL, SMULL2, SRI, SSHL, SSHLL, SSHLL2, SSHR, SSRA, SSUBL, SSUBL2, SSUBW, SSUBW2, SUB, SUBHN, SUBHN2, SXTL, SXTL2, TBL, TBX, TRN1, TRN2, UABA, UABAL, UABAL2, UABD, UABDL, UABDL2, UADALP, UADDL, UADDL2, UADDLP, UADDLV, UADDW, UADDW2, UHADD, UHSUB, UMAX, UMAXP, UMAXV, UMIN, UMINP, UMINV, UMLAL, UMLAL2, UMLSL, UMOV, UMLSL2, UMULL, UMULL2, USHL, USHLL, USHLL2, USHR, USRA, USUBL, USUBL2, USUBW, USUBW2, UXTL, UXTL2, UZP1, UZP2, XTN, XTN2, ZIP1, and ZIP2.
The architecture makes no statement about the timing properties when the PSTATE.DIT bit is not set. However, it is likely that many of these instructions have timing that is invariant of the data in many situations.
In particular, Arm strongly recommends that the Armv8.3 pointer authentication instructions do not have their timing dependent on the key value used in the pointer authentication in all cases, regardless of the PSTATE.DIT bit.
This field resets to 0.
Bits [23:0]
Reserved, RES0.
Accessing the DIT
For details on the operation of the MSR (immediate) accessor, see MSR (immediate) in the Arm® Architecture Reference Manual, Armv8, for Armv8-A architecture profile.
Accesses to this register use the following encodings:
MRS <Xt>, DIT
CRn | op0 | op1 | op2 | CRm |
---|---|---|---|---|
0b0100 | 0b11 | 0b011 | 0b101 | 0b0010 |
if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then return Zeros(39):PSTATE.DIT:Zeros(24); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then return Zeros(39):PSTATE.DIT:Zeros(24); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then return Zeros(39):PSTATE.DIT:Zeros(24); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then return Zeros(39):PSTATE.DIT:Zeros(24);
MSR DIT, <Xt>
CRn | op0 | op1 | op2 | CRm |
---|---|---|---|---|
0b0100 | 0b11 | 0b011 | 0b101 | 0b0010 |
if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then PSTATE.DIT = X[t]<24>; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then PSTATE.DIT = X[t]<24>; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then PSTATE.DIT = X[t]<24>; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then PSTATE.DIT = X[t]<24>;
MSR DIT, #<imm>
CRn | op0 | op1 | op2 |
---|---|---|---|
0b0100 | 0b00 | 0b011 | 0b010 |