PMCCNTR, Performance Monitors Cycle Count Register
The PMCCNTR characteristics are:
Purpose
Holds the value of the processor Cycle Counter, CCNT, that counts processor clock cycles. See 'Time as measured by the Performance Monitors cycle counter' in the Arm® Architecture Reference Manual, Armv8, for Armv8-A architecture profile for more information.
PMCCFILTR determines the modes and states in which the PMCCNTR can increment.
Configuration
AArch32 System register PMCCNTR bits [63:0] are architecturally mapped to AArch64 System register PMCCNTR_EL0[63:0] .
AArch32 System register PMCCNTR bits [63:0] are architecturally mapped to External register PMCCNTR_EL0[63:0] .
All counters are subject to any changes in clock frequency, including clock stopping caused by the WFI and WFE instructions. This means that it is CONSTRAINED UNPREDICTABLE whether or not PMCCNTR continues to increment when clocks are stopped by WFI and WFE instructions.
This register is in the Warm reset domain. On a Warm or Cold reset RW fields in this register reset to architecturally UNKNOWN values.
Attributes
PMCCNTR is a 64-bit register that can also be accessed as a 32-bit value. If it is accessed as a 32-bit register, accesses read and write bits [31:0] and do not modify bits [63:32].
Field descriptions
The PMCCNTR 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 |
CCNT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CCNT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
CCNT, bits [63:0]
Cycle count. Depending on the values of PMCR.{LC,D}, this field increments in one of the following ways:
- Every processor clock cycle.
- Every 64th processor clock cycle.
Writing 1 to PMCR.C sets this field to 0.
On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.
Accessing the PMCCNTR
Accesses to this register use the following encodings:
MRC{<c>}{<q>} <coproc>, {#}<opc1>, <Rt>, <CRn>, <CRm>{, {#}<opc2>}
coproc | opc1 | CRn | CRm | opc2 |
---|---|---|---|---|
0b1111 | 0b000 | 0b1001 | 0b1101 | 0b000 |
if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2.<E2H,TGE> != '11' && HSTR_EL2.T9 == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR.T9 == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x03); elsif !ELUsingAArch32(EL1) && PMUSERENR_EL0.<CR,EN> == '00' then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2.TGE == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); else AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL1, 0x03); elsif ELUsingAArch32(EL1) && PMUSERENR.<CR,EN> == '00' then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2.TGE == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR.TGE == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x00); else UNDEFINED; elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && MDCR_EL2.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HDCR.TPM == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x03); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x03); else return PMCCNTR<31:0>; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR_EL2.T9 == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR.T9 == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && MDCR_EL2.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HDCR.TPM == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x03); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x03); else return PMCCNTR<31:0>; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x03); else return PMCCNTR<31:0>; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then return PMCCNTR<31:0>;
MCR{<c>}{<q>} <coproc>, {#}<opc1>, <Rt>, <CRn>, <CRm>{, {#}<opc2>}
coproc | opc1 | CRn | CRm | opc2 |
---|---|---|---|---|
0b1111 | 0b000 | 0b1001 | 0b1101 | 0b000 |
if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2.<E2H,TGE> != '11' && HSTR_EL2.T9 == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR.T9 == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x03); elsif !ELUsingAArch32(EL1) && PMUSERENR_EL0.EN == '0' then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2.TGE == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); else AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL1, 0x03); elsif ELUsingAArch32(EL1) && PMUSERENR.EN == '0' then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2.TGE == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR.TGE == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x00); else UNDEFINED; elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && MDCR_EL2.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HDCR.TPM == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x03); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x03); else PMCCNTR = ZeroExtend(R[t]); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR_EL2.T9 == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR.T9 == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && MDCR_EL2.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x03); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HDCR.TPM == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x03); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x03); else PMCCNTR = ZeroExtend(R[t]); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x03); else PMCCNTR = ZeroExtend(R[t]); elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then PMCCNTR = ZeroExtend(R[t]);
MRRC{<c>}{<q>} <coproc>, {#}<opc1>, <Rt>, <Rt2>, <CRm>
coproc | CRm | opc1 |
---|---|---|
0b1111 | 0b1001 | 0b0000 |
if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2.<E2H,TGE> != '11' && HSTR_EL2.T9 == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x04); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR.T9 == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x04); elsif !ELUsingAArch32(EL1) && PMUSERENR_EL0.<CR,EN> == '00' then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2.TGE == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x04); else AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL1, 0x04); elsif ELUsingAArch32(EL1) && PMUSERENR.<CR,EN> == '00' then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2.TGE == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x04); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR.TGE == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x00); else UNDEFINED; elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && MDCR_EL2.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x04); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HDCR.TPM == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x04); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x04); else return PMCCNTR; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR_EL2.T9 == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x04); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR.T9 == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x04); elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && MDCR_EL2.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x04); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HDCR.TPM == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x04); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x04); else return PMCCNTR; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x04); else return PMCCNTR; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then return PMCCNTR;
MCRR{<c>}{<q>} <coproc>, {#}<opc1>, <Rt>, <Rt2>, <CRm>
coproc | CRm | opc1 |
---|---|---|
0b1111 | 0b1001 | 0b0000 |
if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2.<E2H,TGE> != '11' && HSTR_EL2.T9 == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x04); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR.T9 == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x04); elsif !ELUsingAArch32(EL1) && PMUSERENR_EL0.EN == '0' then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2.TGE == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x04); else AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL1, 0x04); elsif ELUsingAArch32(EL1) && PMUSERENR.EN == '0' then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2.TGE == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x04); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR.TGE == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x00); else UNDEFINED; elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && MDCR_EL2.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x04); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HDCR.TPM == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x04); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x04); else PMCCNTR = R[t2]:R[t]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR_EL2.T9 == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x04); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HSTR.T9 == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x04); elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && MDCR_EL2.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x04); elsif EL2Enabled() && ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HDCR.TPM == '1' then AArch32.TakeHypTrapException(0x04); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x04); else PMCCNTR = R[t2]:R[t]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && MDCR_EL3.TPM == '1' then AArch64.AArch32SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x04); else PMCCNTR = R[t2]:R[t]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then PMCCNTR = R[t2]:R[t];