GCSCR_EL2, Guarded Control Stack Control Register (EL2)

The GCSCR_EL2 characteristics are:

Purpose

Controls the Guarded control stack at EL2.

Configuration

This register is present only when FEAT_GCS is implemented. Otherwise, direct accesses to GCSCR_EL2 are UNDEFINED.

Attributes

GCSCR_EL2 is a 64-bit register.

Field descriptions

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313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
RES0
RES0STREnPUSHMEnRES0EXLOCKENRVCHKENRES0PCRSEL

Bits [63:10]

Reserved, RES0.

STREn, bit [9]

Execution of the following instructions are trapped:

STREnMeaning
0b0

Execution of any of the specified instructions at EL2 cause a GCS exception.

0b1

This control does not cause any instructions to be trapped.

The reset behavior of this field is:

PUSHMEn, bit [8]

Trap GCSPUSHM instruction.

PUSHMEnMeaning
0b0

Execution of a GCSPUSHM instruction at EL2 causes a Trap exception.

0b1

This control does not cause any instructions to be trapped.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Bit [7]

Reserved, RES0.

EXLOCKEN, bit [6]

Exception state lock.

Prevents MSR instructions from writing to ELR_EL2 or SPSR_EL2.

EXLOCKENMeaning
0b0

EL2 exception state locking disabled.

0b1

EL2 exception state locking enabled.

The reset behavior of this field is:

RVCHKEN, bit [5]

Return value check enable.

RVCHKENMeaning
0b0

Return value checking disabled at EL2.

0b1

Return value checking enabled at EL2.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Bits [4:1]

Reserved, RES0.

PCRSEL, bit [0]

Guarded control stack procedure call return enable selection.

PCRSELMeaning
0b0

Guarded control stack at EL2 is not PCR Selected.

0b1

Guarded control stack at EL2 is PCR Selected.

The reset behavior of this field is:

Accessing GCSCR_EL2

When FEAT_VHE is implemented, and HCR_EL2.E2H is 1, without explicit synchronization, accesses from EL2 using the register name GCSCR_EL2 or GCSCR_EL1 are not guaranteed to be ordered with respect to accesses using the other register name.

Accesses to this register use the following encodings in the System register encoding space:

MRS <Xt>, GCSCR_EL2

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b1000b00100b01010b000

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 Halted() && HaveEL(EL3) && EDSCR.SDD == '1' && boolean IMPLEMENTATION_DEFINED "EL3 trap priority when SDD == '1'" && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if Halted() && EDSCR.SDD == '1' then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else X[t, 64] = GCSCR_EL2; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X[t, 64] = GCSCR_EL2;

MSR GCSCR_EL2, <Xt>

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b1000b00100b01010b000

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 Halted() && HaveEL(EL3) && EDSCR.SDD == '1' && boolean IMPLEMENTATION_DEFINED "EL3 trap priority when SDD == '1'" && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if Halted() && EDSCR.SDD == '1' then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); else GCSCR_EL2 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then GCSCR_EL2 = X[t, 64];

MRS <Xt>, GCSCR_EL1

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0000b00100b01010b000

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if Halted() && HaveEL(EL3) && EDSCR.SDD == '1' && boolean IMPLEMENTATION_DEFINED "EL3 trap priority when SDD == '1'" && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) && (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3.FGTEn == '1') && HFGRTR_EL2.nGCS_EL1 == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if Halted() && EDSCR.SDD == '1' then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.<NV2,NV1,NV> == '111' then X[t, 64] = NVMem[0x8D0]; else X[t, 64] = GCSCR_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if Halted() && HaveEL(EL3) && EDSCR.SDD == '1' && boolean IMPLEMENTATION_DEFINED "EL3 trap priority when SDD == '1'" && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if Halted() && EDSCR.SDD == '1' then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HCR_EL2.E2H == '1' then X[t, 64] = GCSCR_EL2; else X[t, 64] = GCSCR_EL1; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then X[t, 64] = GCSCR_EL1;

MSR GCSCR_EL1, <Xt>

op0op1CRnCRmop2
0b110b0000b00100b01010b000

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then UNDEFINED; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL1 then if Halted() && HaveEL(EL3) && EDSCR.SDD == '1' && boolean IMPLEMENTATION_DEFINED "EL3 trap priority when SDD == '1'" && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif EL2Enabled() && IsFeatureImplemented(FEAT_FGT) && (!HaveEL(EL3) || SCR_EL3.FGTEn == '1') && HFGWTR_EL2.nGCS_EL1 == '0' then AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL2, 0x18); elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if Halted() && EDSCR.SDD == '1' then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif EL2Enabled() && HCR_EL2.<NV2,NV1,NV> == '111' then NVMem[0x8D0] = X[t, 64]; else GCSCR_EL1 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL2 then if Halted() && HaveEL(EL3) && EDSCR.SDD == '1' && boolean IMPLEMENTATION_DEFINED "EL3 trap priority when SDD == '1'" && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then UNDEFINED; elsif HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3.GCSEn == '0' then if Halted() && EDSCR.SDD == '1' then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.SystemAccessTrap(EL3, 0x18); elsif HCR_EL2.E2H == '1' then GCSCR_EL2 = X[t, 64]; else GCSCR_EL1 = X[t, 64]; elsif PSTATE.EL == EL3 then GCSCR_EL1 = X[t, 64];


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