CNTKCTL_EL1, Counter-timer Kernel Control register
The CNTKCTL_EL1 characteristics are:
Purpose
When ARMv8.1-VHE is not implemented, or when HCR_EL2.{E2H, TGE} is not {1, 1}, this register controls the generation of an event stream from the virtual counter, and access from EL0 to the physical counter, virtual counter, EL1 physical timers, and the virtual timer.
When ARMv8.1-VHE is implemented and HCR_EL2.{E2H, TGE} is {1, 1}, this register does not cause any event stream from the virtual counter to be generated, and does not control access to the counters and timers. The access to counters and timers at EL0 is controlled by CNTHCTL_EL2.
Configuration
AArch64 System register CNTKCTL_EL1 bits [31:0] are architecturally mapped to AArch32 System register CNTKCTL[31:0] .
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
CNTKCTL_EL1 is a 64-bit register.
Field descriptions
The CNTKCTL_EL1 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 |
| RES0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RES0 | EL0PTEN | EL0VTEN | EVNTI | EVNTDIR | EVNTEN | EL0VCTEN | EL0PCTEN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 [63:10]
Reserved, RES0.
EL0PTEN, bit [9]
When ARMv8.1-VHE is not implemented, or when HCR_EL2.{E2H, TGE} is not {1, 1}, traps EL0 accesses to the physical timer registers to EL1.
| EL0PTEN | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0b0 |
EL0 using AArch64: EL0 accesses to CNTP_CTL_EL0, CNTP_CVAL_EL0, and CNTP_TVAL_EL0 are trapped to EL1. EL0 using AArch32: EL0 accesses to CNTP_CTL, CNTP_CVAL, and CNTP_TVAL are trapped to EL1. When HCR_EL2.TGE is 1, this trap is routed to EL2. |
| 0b1 |
This control does not cause any instructions to be trapped. |
When ARMv8.1-VHE is implemented and HCR_EL2.{E2H, TGE} is {1, 1}, this control does not cause any instructions to be trapped.
This field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.
EL0VTEN, bit [8]
When ARMv8.1-VHE is not implemented, or when HCR_EL2.{E2H, TGE} is not {1, 1}, traps EL0 accesses to the virtual timer registers to EL1.
| EL0VTEN | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0b0 |
EL0 using AArch64: EL0 accesses to CNTV_CTL_EL0, CNTV_CVAL_EL0, and CNTV_TVAL_EL0 are trapped to EL1. EL0 using AArch32: EL0 accesses to CNTV_CTL, CNTV_CVAL, and CNTV_TVAL are trapped to EL1. When HCR_EL2.TGE is 1, this trap is routed to EL2. |
| 0b1 |
This control does not cause any instructions to be trapped. |
When ARMv8.1-VHE is implemented and HCR_EL2.{E2H, TGE} is {1, 1}, this control does not cause any instructions to be trapped.
This field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.
EVNTI, bits [7:4]
Selects which bit (0 to 15) of the counter register CNTVCT_EL0 is the trigger for the event stream generated from that counter, when that stream is enabled.
This field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.
EVNTDIR, bit [3]
Controls which transition of the counter register CNTVCT_EL0 trigger bit, defined by EVNTI, generates an event when the event stream is enabled:
| EVNTDIR | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0b0 |
A 0 to 1 transition of the trigger bit triggers an event. |
| 0b1 |
A 1 to 0 transition of the trigger bit triggers an event. |
This field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.
EVNTEN, bit [2]
When ARMv8.1-VHE is not implemented, or when HCR_EL2.{E2H, TGE} is not {1, 1}, enables the generation of an event stream from the counter register CNTVCT_EL0:
| EVNTEN | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0b0 |
Disables the event stream. |
| 0b1 |
Enables the event stream. |
When ARMv8.1-VHE is implemented and HCR_EL2.{E2H, TGE} is {1, 1}, this control does not enable the event stream.
This field resets to 0.
EL0VCTEN, bit [1]
When ARMv8.1-VHE is not implemented, or when HCR_EL2.{E2H, TGE} is not {1, 1}, traps EL0 accesses to the frequency register and virtual counter register to EL1.
| EL0VCTEN | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0b0 |
EL0 using AArch64: EL0 accesses to CNTVCT_EL0 are trapped to EL1. EL0 using AArch64: EL0 accesses to CNTFRQ_EL0 are trapped to EL1, if CNTKCTL_EL1.EL0PCTEN is also 0. EL0 using AArch32: EL0 accesses to CNTVCT are trapped to EL1. EL0 using AArch32: EL0 accesses to CNTFRQ are trapped to EL1, if CNTKCTL_EL1.EL0PCTEN is also 0. When HCR_EL2.TGE is 1, this trap is routed to EL2. |
| 0b1 |
This control does not cause any instructions to be trapped. |
When ARMv8.1-VHE is implemented and HCR_EL2.{E2H, TGE} is {1, 1}, this control does not cause any instructions to be trapped.
This field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.
EL0PCTEN, bit [0]
When ARMv8.1-VHE is not implemented, or when HCR_EL2.{E2H, TGE} is not {1, 1}, traps EL0 accesses to the frequency register and physical counter register to EL1.
| EL0PCTEN | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0b0 |
EL0 using AArch64: EL0 accesses to CNTPCT_EL0 are trapped to EL1. EL0 using AArch64: EL0 accesses to CNTFRQ_EL0 are trapped to EL1, if CNTKCTL_EL1.EL0VCTEN is also 0. EL0 using AArch32: EL0 accesses to CNTPCT are trapped to EL1. EL0 using AArch32: EL0 accesses to CNTFRQ are trapped to EL1, if CNTKCTL_EL1.EL0VCTEN is also 0. When HCR_EL2.TGE is 1, this trap is routed to EL2. |
| 0b1 |
This control does not cause any instructions to be trapped. |
When ARMv8.1-VHE is implemented and HCR_EL2.{E2H, TGE} is {1, 1}, this control does not cause any instructions to be trapped.
This field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.
Accessing the CNTKCTL_EL1
When HCR_EL2.E2H is 1, without explicit synchronization, access from EL3 using the mnemonic CNTKCTL_EL1 or CNTKCTL_EL12 are not guaranteed to be ordered with respect to accesses using the other mnemonic.
Accesses to this register use the following encodings:
MRS <Xt>, CNTKCTL_EL1
| op0 | op1 | CRn | CRm | op2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0b11 | 0b000 | 0b1110 | 0b0001 | 0b000 |
if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then
UNDEFINED;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then
return CNTKCTL_EL1;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then
if HCR_EL2.E2H == '1' then
return CNTHCTL_EL2;
else
return CNTKCTL_EL1;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then
return CNTKCTL_EL1;
MSR CNTKCTL_EL1, <Xt>
| op0 | op1 | CRn | CRm | op2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0b11 | 0b000 | 0b1110 | 0b0001 | 0b000 |
if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then
UNDEFINED;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then
CNTKCTL_EL1 = X[t];
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then
if HCR_EL2.E2H == '1' then
CNTHCTL_EL2 = X[t];
else
CNTKCTL_EL1 = X[t];
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then
CNTKCTL_EL1 = X[t];
MRS <Xt>, CNTKCTL_EL12
| op0 | op1 | CRn | CRm | op2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0b11 | 0b101 | 0b1110 | 0b0001 | 0b000 |
if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then
UNDEFINED;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then
if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.NV == '1' then
AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18);
else
UNDEFINED;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then
if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.E2H == '1' then
return CNTKCTL_EL1;
else
UNDEFINED;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then
if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.E2H == '1' then
return CNTKCTL_EL1;
else
UNDEFINED;
MSR CNTKCTL_EL12, <Xt>
| op0 | op1 | CRn | CRm | op2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0b11 | 0b101 | 0b1110 | 0b0001 | 0b000 |
if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then
UNDEFINED;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then
if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.NV == '1' then
AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18);
else
UNDEFINED;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then
if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.E2H == '1' then
CNTKCTL_EL1 = X[t];
else
UNDEFINED;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then
if EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.E2H == '1' then
CNTKCTL_EL1 = X[t];
else
UNDEFINED;