Hypervisor Call causes an exception to EL2. Software executing at EL1 can use this instruction to call the hypervisor to request a service.
The HVC instruction is undefined:
On executing an HVC instruction, the PE records the exception as a Hypervisor Call exception in ESR_ELx, using the EC value 0x16, and the value of the immediate argument.
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HVC #<imm>
bits(16) imm = imm16;
if !HaveEL(EL2) || PSTATE.EL == EL0 || (PSTATE.EL == EL1 && (!IsSecureEL2Enabled() && IsSecure())) then UNDEFINED; hvc_enable = if HaveEL(EL3) then SCR_EL3.HCE else NOT(HCR_EL2.HCD); if hvc_enable == '0' then UNDEFINED; else AArch64.CallHypervisor(imm);
Internal version only: isa v33.11seprel, AdvSIMD v29.05, pseudocode v2021-09_rel, sve v2021-09_rc3d ; Build timestamp: 2021-10-06T11:41
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