instret

Instructions retired counter for RDINSTRET Instruction

Alias for M-mode CSR minstret.

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

mcounteren.IR

scounteren.IR

hcounteren.IR

instret 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

0xc02

Defining extension

  • Zicntr, version >= 0

Length

64-bit

Privilege Mode

U

Format

instret format
Figure 1. instret format

Field Summary

Name Location Type Reset Value

COUNT

63:0

RO-H

0

Fields

COUNT

Location

instret[63:0]

Description

Alias of minstret.COUNT.

Type

RO-H

Read-Only with Hardware update

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

0

Software read

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

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  • Original

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