CSDB

Consumption of Speculative Data Barrier is a memory barrier that controls speculative execution and data value prediction.

No instruction other than branch instructions appearing in program order after the CSDB can be speculatively executed using the results of any:

For purposes of the definition of CSDB, PSTATE.{N,Z,C,V} is not considered a data value. This definition permits:

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CRmop2

CSDB

SystemHintOp op; case CRm:op2 of when '0000 000' op = SystemHintOp_NOP; when '0000 001' op = SystemHintOp_YIELD; when '0000 010' op = SystemHintOp_WFE; when '0000 011' op = SystemHintOp_WFI; when '0000 100' op = SystemHintOp_SEV; when '0000 101' op = SystemHintOp_SEVL; when '0010 000' if !HaveRASExt() then EndOfInstruction(); // Instruction executes as NOP op = SystemHintOp_ESB; when '0010 001' if !HaveStatisticalProfiling() then EndOfInstruction(); // Instruction executes as NOP op = SystemHintOp_PSB; when '0010 100' op = SystemHintOp_CSDB; otherwise EndOfInstruction(); // Instruction executes as NOP

Operation

case op of when SystemHintOp_YIELD Hint_Yield(); when SystemHintOp_WFE if IsEventRegisterSet() then ClearEventRegister(); else if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then // Check for traps described by the OS which may be EL1 or EL2. AArch64.CheckForWFxTrap(EL1, TRUE); if PSTATE.EL IN {EL0, EL1} && EL2Enabled() && !IsInHost() then // Check for traps described by the Hypervisor. AArch64.CheckForWFxTrap(EL2, TRUE); if HaveEL(EL3) && PSTATE.EL != EL3 then // Check for traps described by the Secure Monitor. AArch64.CheckForWFxTrap(EL3, TRUE); WaitForEvent(); when SystemHintOp_WFI if !InterruptPending() then if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then // Check for traps described by the OS which may be EL1 or EL2. AArch64.CheckForWFxTrap(EL1, FALSE); if PSTATE.EL IN {EL0, EL1} && EL2Enabled() && !IsInHost() then // Check for traps described by the Hypervisor. AArch64.CheckForWFxTrap(EL2, FALSE); if HaveEL(EL3) && PSTATE.EL != EL3 then // Check for traps described by the Secure Monitor. AArch64.CheckForWFxTrap(EL3, FALSE); WaitForInterrupt(); when SystemHintOp_SEV SendEvent(); when SystemHintOp_SEVL SendEventLocal(); when SystemHintOp_ESB SynchronizeErrors(); AArch64.ESBOperation(); if PSTATE.EL IN {EL0, EL1} && EL2Enabled() then AArch64.vESBOperation(); TakeUnmaskedSErrorInterrupts(); when SystemHintOp_PSB ProfilingSynchronizationBarrier(); when SystemHintOp_CSDB ConsumptionOfSpeculativeDataBarrier(); otherwise // do nothing


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