⚠️ Constrain/optimize MTVAL and MCOUNTEREN CSRs #671
Merged
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.
Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.
Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.
You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.
Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.
This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.
Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.
Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.
Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
mtval
: The hardware setsmtval
to all-zero if a BREAKPOINT exception is encountered. This is explicitly permitted by the RISC-V priv. spec. and removes some redundancy (and logic):mepc
already points to the trap-causing instruction.mcounteren
: The CSRs is now implemented as a single flip-flop. Hence, user-mode access can only be granted for all counter CSRs or denied for all counter CSRs.