Send Event Local is a hint instruction that causes an event to be signaled locally without requiring the event to be signaled to other PEs in the multiprocessor system. It can prime a wait-loop which starts with a WFE instruction.
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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 '0000 110' if !HaveDGHExt() then EndOfInstruction(); // Instruction executes as NOP op = SystemHintOp_DGH; when '0000 111' SEE "XPACLRI"; when '0001 xxx' case op2 of when '000' SEE "PACIA1716"; when '010' SEE "PACIB1716"; when '100' SEE "AUTIA1716"; when '110' SEE "AUTIB1716"; otherwise EndOfInstruction(); // Instruction executes as NOP 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 010' if !HaveSelfHostedTrace() then EndOfInstruction(); // Instruction executes as NOP op = SystemHintOp_TSB; when '0010 100' op = SystemHintOp_CSDB; when '0011 xxx' case op2 of when '000' SEE "PACIAZ"; when '001' SEE "PACIASP"; when '010' SEE "PACIBZ"; when '011' SEE "PACIBSP"; when '100' SEE "AUTIAZ"; when '101' SEE "AUTHASP"; when '110' SEE "AUTIBZ"; when '111' SEE "AUTIBSP"; when '0100 xx0' op = SystemHintOp_BTI; // Check branch target compatibility between BTI instruction and PSTATE.BTYPE SetBTypeCompatible(BTypeCompatible_BTI(op2<2:1>)); otherwise EndOfInstruction(); // Instruction executes as NOP
case op of when SystemHintOp_YIELD Hint_Yield(); when SystemHintOp_DGH Hint_DGH(); when SystemHintOp_WFE integer localtimeout = -1; // No local timeout event is generated Hint_WFE(localtimeout, WFxType_WFE); when SystemHintOp_WFI integer localtimeout = -1; // No local timeout event is generated Hint_WFI(localtimeout, WFxType_WFI); when SystemHintOp_SEV SendEvent(); when SystemHintOp_SEVL SendEventLocal(); when SystemHintOp_ESB if HaveTME() && TSTATE.depth > 0 then FailTransaction(TMFailure_ERR, FALSE); SynchronizeErrors(); AArch64.ESBOperation(); if PSTATE.EL IN {EL0, EL1} && EL2Enabled() then AArch64.vESBOperation(); TakeUnmaskedSErrorInterrupts(); when SystemHintOp_PSB ProfilingSynchronizationBarrier(); when SystemHintOp_TSB TraceSynchronizationBarrier(); when SystemHintOp_CSDB ConsumptionOfSpeculativeDataBarrier(); when SystemHintOp_BTI SetBTypeNext('00'); otherwise // do nothing
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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