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PMBPTR_EL1, Profiling Buffer Write Pointer Register

The PMBPTR_EL1 characteristics are:

Purpose

Defines the current write pointer for the profiling buffer.

Configuration

This register is present only when SPE is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to PMBPTR_EL1 are UNDEFINED.

RW fields in this register reset to architecturally UNKNOWN values.

Attributes

PMBPTR_EL1 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

The PMBPTR_EL1 bit assignments are:

6362616059585756555453525150494847464544434241403938373635343332
PTR
PTR
313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210

PTR, bits [63:0]

Current write address. Defines the virtual address of the next entry to be written to the buffer.

The architecture places restrictions on the values software can write to the pointer. For more information see 'Restrictions on the current write pointer' in the Arm® Architecture Reference Manual, Armv8, for Armv8-A architecture profile, section D6.3.5.

Note

As a result, an implementation might treat some of bits[M:0], where M is defined by PMBIDR_EL1.Align, as RES0.

On a management interrupt, PMBPTR_EL1 is frozen.

On a Warm reset, this field resets to an architecturally UNKNOWN value.

Accessing the PMBPTR_EL1

Accesses to this register use the following encodings:

MRS <Xt>, PMBPTR_EL1

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0000b10010b10100b001
if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then
    UNDEFINED;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then
    if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && MDCR_EL2.E2PB == 'x0' then
        AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18);
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR_EL3.NS == '0' && MDCR_EL3.NSPB != '01' then
        AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18);
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR_EL3.NS == '1' && MDCR_EL3.NSPB != '11' then
        AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18);
    elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2.<NV2,NV1,NV> == '1x1' then
        return NVMem[0x810];
    else
        return PMBPTR_EL1;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then
    if HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR_EL3.NS == '0' && MDCR_EL3.NSPB != '01' then
        AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18);
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR_EL3.NS == '1' && MDCR_EL3.NSPB != '11' then
        AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18);
    else
        return PMBPTR_EL1;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then
    return PMBPTR_EL1;

MSR PMBPTR_EL1, <Xt>

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0000b10010b10100b001
if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then
    UNDEFINED;
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then
    if EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && MDCR_EL2.E2PB == 'x0' then
        AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18);
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR_EL3.NS == '0' && MDCR_EL3.NSPB != '01' then
        AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18);
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR_EL3.NS == '1' && MDCR_EL3.NSPB != '11' then
        AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18);
    elsif EL2Enabled() && !ELUsingAArch32(EL2) && HCR_EL2.<NV2,NV1,NV> == '1x1' then
        NVMem[0x810] = X[t];
    else
        PMBPTR_EL1 = X[t];
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then
    if HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR_EL3.NS == '0' && MDCR_EL3.NSPB != '01' then
        AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18);
    elsif HaveEL(EL3) && !ELUsingAArch32(EL3) && SCR_EL3.NS == '1' && MDCR_EL3.NSPB != '11' then
        AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18);
    else
        PMBPTR_EL1 = X[t];
elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then
    PMBPTR_EL1 = X[t];


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