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AArch32 Functions.Exclusive Pseudocode

Library pseudocode for aarch32/functions/exclusive/AArch32.ExclusiveMonitorsPass

// AArch32.ExclusiveMonitorsPass()
// ===============================

// Return TRUE if the Exclusives monitors for the current PE include all of the addresses
// associated with the virtual address region of size bytes starting at address.
// The immediately following memory write must be to the same addresses.

boolean AArch32.ExclusiveMonitorsPass(bits(32) address, integer size)

    // It is IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED whether the detection of memory aborts happens
    // before or after the check on the local Exclusives monitor. As a result a failure
    // of the local monitor can occur on some implementations even if the memory
    // access would give an memory abort.

    acctype = AccType_ATOMIC;
    iswrite = TRUE;

    aligned = AArch32.CheckAlignment(address, size, acctype, iswrite);

    passed = AArch32.IsExclusiveVA(address, ProcessorID(), size);
    if !passed then
        return FALSE;
    memaddrdesc = AArch32.TranslateAddress(address, acctype, iswrite, aligned, size);

    // Check for aborts or debug exceptions
    if IsFault(memaddrdesc) then
        AArch32.Abort(address, memaddrdesc.fault);

    passed = IsExclusiveLocal(memaddrdesc.paddress, ProcessorID(), size);
    ClearExclusiveLocal(ProcessorID());

    if passed then
        if memaddrdesc.memattrs.shareable then
            passed = IsExclusiveGlobal(memaddrdesc.paddress, ProcessorID(), size);

    return passed;

Library pseudocode for aarch32/functions/exclusive/AArch32.IsExclusiveVA

// An optional IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED test for an exclusive access to a virtual
// address region of size bytes starting at address.
//
// It is permitted (but not required) for this function to return FALSE and
// cause a store exclusive to fail if the virtual address region is not
// totally included within the region recorded by MarkExclusiveVA().
//
// It is always safe to return TRUE which will check the physical address only.
boolean AArch32.IsExclusiveVA(bits(32) address, integer processorid, integer size);

Library pseudocode for aarch32/functions/exclusive/AArch32.MarkExclusiveVA

// Optionally record an exclusive access to the virtual address region of size bytes
// starting at address for processorid.
AArch32.MarkExclusiveVA(bits(32) address, integer processorid, integer size);

Library pseudocode for aarch32/functions/exclusive/AArch32.SetExclusiveMonitors

// AArch32.SetExclusiveMonitors()
// ==============================

// Sets the Exclusives monitors for the current PE to record the addresses associated
// with the virtual address region of size bytes starting at address.

AArch32.SetExclusiveMonitors(bits(32) address, integer size)

    acctype = AccType_ATOMIC;
    iswrite = FALSE;
    aligned = (address == Align(address, size));
    memaddrdesc = AArch32.TranslateAddress(address, acctype, iswrite, aligned, size);

    // Check for aborts or debug exceptions
    if IsFault(memaddrdesc) then
        return;

    if memaddrdesc.memattrs.shareable then
        MarkExclusiveGlobal(memaddrdesc.paddress, ProcessorID(), size);

    MarkExclusiveLocal(memaddrdesc.paddress, ProcessorID(), size);

    AArch32.MarkExclusiveVA(address, ProcessorID(), size);
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