Wait For Event is a hint instruction that indicates that the PE can enter a low-power state and remain there until a wakeup event occurs. Wakeup events include the event signaled as a result of executing the SEV instruction on any PE in the multiprocessor system. For more information, see Wait For Event mechanism and Send event.
As described in Wait For Event mechanism and Send event, the execution of a WFE instruction that would otherwise cause entry to a low-power state can be trapped to a higher Exception level. See:
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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
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