hpmcounter18h

User-mode Hardware Performance Counter 15, high half

Alias for M-mode CSR mhpmcounter18h.

Privilege mode access is controlled with mcounteren.HPM18, scounteren.HPM18, and hcounteren.HPM18 as follows:

mcounteren.HPM18

scounteren.HPM18

hcounteren.HPM18

hpmcounter18h behavior

S-mode

U-mode

VS-mode

VU-mode

0

-

-

IllegalInstruction

IllegalInstruction

IllegalInstruction

IllegalInstruction

1

0

0

read-only

IllegalInstruction

VirtualInstruction

VirtualInstruction

1

1

0

read-only

read-only

VirtualInstruction

VirtualInstruction

1

0

1

read-only

IllegalInstruction

read-only

VirtualInstruction

1

1

1

read-only

read-only

read-only

read-only

Attributes

CSR Address

0xc92

Defining extension

  • Sscofpmf, version >= 0

Length

64-bit

Privilege Mode

U

Format

hpmcounter18h format
Figure 1. hpmcounter18h format

Field Summary

Name Location Type Reset Value

COUNT

63:0

RO-H

UNDEFINED_LEGAL

Fields

COUNT

Location

hpmcounter18h[63:0]

Description

Alias of mhpmcounter18h.COUNT.

Type

RO-H

Read-Only with Hardware update

Writes are ignored. Reads reflect a value dynamically generated by hardware.
Reset value

UNDEFINED_LEGAL

Software read

This CSR may return a value that is different from what is stored in hardware.

  • Pruned

  • Original

if (mode() == PrivilegeMode::S) {
  raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
} else if (mode() == PrivilegeMode::U) {
  raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
} else if (mode() == PrivilegeMode::VS) {
  if (true && CSR[mcounteren] == 1'b1) {
    raise(ExceptionCode::VirtualInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
  } else {
    raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
  }
} else if (mode() == PrivilegeMode::VU) {
  raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
}
return read_hpm_counter(18)[63:32];
if (mode() == PrivilegeMode::S) {
  if (CSR[mcounteren].HPM18 == 1'b0) {
    raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
  }
} else if (mode() == PrivilegeMode::U) {
  if (CSR[misa].S == 1'b1) {
    if ((CSR[mcounteren].HPM18 & CSR[scounteren].HPM18) == 1'b0) {
      raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
    }
  } else if (CSR[mcounteren].HPM18 == 1'b0) {
    raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
  }
} else if (mode() == PrivilegeMode::VS) {
  if (CSR[hcounteren].HPM18 == 1'b0 && CSR[mcounteren] == 1'b1) {
    raise(ExceptionCode::VirtualInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
  } else if (CSR[mcounteren].HPM18 == 1'b0) {
    raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
  }
} else if (mode() == PrivilegeMode::VU) {
  if (CSR[hcounteren].HPM18 & CSR[scounteren].HPM18) == 1'b0) && (CSR[mcounteren].HPM18 == 1'b1 {
    raise(ExceptionCode::VirtualInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
  } else if (CSR[mcounteren].HPM18 == 1'b0) {
    raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
  }
}
return read_hpm_counter(18)[63:32];