HVC

Hypervisor call

This instruction 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 syndrome value 0x16, and the value of the immediate argument.

313029282726252423222120191817161514131211109876543210
11010100000imm1600010
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Encoding

HVC #<imm>

Decode for this encoding

if !HaveEL(EL2) then EndOfDecode(Decode_UNDEF); end; let imm : bits(16) = imm16;

Assembler Symbols

<imm>

Is a 16-bit unsigned immediate, in the range 0 to 65535, encoded in the "imm16" field.

Operation

if PSTATE.EL == EL0 then Undefined(); end; if PSTATE.EL == EL1 && !EL2Enabled() then Undefined(); end; if !HaveEL(EL3) && HCR_EL2().HCD == '1' then Undefined(); end; if HaveEL(EL3) && SCR_EL3().HCE == '0' then Undefined(); end; AArch64_CallHypervisor(imm);


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