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diff --git a/src/hypervisor.tex b/src/hypervisor.tex index 46334e1..6df0ebc 100644 --- a/src/hypervisor.tex +++ b/src/hypervisor.tex @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ possible operating modes of a RISC-V hart with the hypervisor extension. \label{h-operating-modes} \end{table*} -\section{Hypervisor CSRs} +\section{Hypervisor and Virtual Supervisor CSRs} An OS or hypervisor running in HS-mode uses the supervisor CSRs to interact with the exception, interrupt, and address-translation subsystems. @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ two-level address translation and to control the behavior of a VS-mode guest: Furthermore, several {\em virtual supervisor} CSRs (VS CSRs) are replicas of the normal supervisor CSRs. -For example, {\tt vsstatus} is the VS CSR that mirrors the usual +For example, {\tt vsstatus} is the VS CSR that duplicates the usual {\tt sstatus} CSR. When V=1, the VS CSRs substitute for the corresponding supervisor CSRs, @@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ XLEN when executing in VS-mode. \subsection{Hypervisor Status Register ({\tt hstatus})} The {\tt hstatus} register is an HSXLEN-bit read/write register -formatted as shown in Figure~\ref{hstatusreg}. The {\tt hstatus} +formatted as shown in Figure~\ref{hstatusreg-rv32} when HSXLEN=32 and +Figure~\ref{hstatusreg} when HSXLEN=64. +The {\tt hstatus} register provides facilities analogous to the {\tt mstatus} register that track and control the exception behavior of a VS-mode guest. @@ -133,9 +135,9 @@ that track and control the exception behavior of a VS-mode guest. {\footnotesize \begin{center} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{4pt} -\begin{tabular}{ScccRccccFc} +\begin{tabular}{YcccRcccccWc} \\ -\instbitrange{HSXLEN-1}{23} & +\instbitrange{31}{23} & \instbit{22} & \instbit{21} & \instbit{20} & @@ -144,7 +146,8 @@ that track and control the exception behavior of a VS-mode guest. \instbit{8} & \instbit{7} & \instbit{6} & -\instbitrange{5}{1} & +\instbit{5} & +\instbitrange{4}{1} & \instbit{0} \\ \hline \multicolumn{1}{|c|}{\wpri} & @@ -156,18 +159,86 @@ that track and control the exception behavior of a VS-mode guest. \multicolumn{1}{c|}{SP2P} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{SPV} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{STL} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{VSBE} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{SPRV} \\ +\hline +9 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 10 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 4 & 1 \\ +\end{tabular} +\end{center} +} +\vspace{-0.1in} +\caption{Hypervisor-mode status register ({\tt hstatus}) for RV32.} +\label{hstatusreg-rv32} +\end{figure*} + +\begin{figure*}[h!] +{\footnotesize +\begin{center} +\setlength{\tabcolsep}{4pt} +\begin{tabular}{MFScccc} +\\ +\instbitrange{HSXLEN-1}{34} & +\instbitrange{33}{32} & +\instbitrange{31}{23} & +\instbit{22} & +\instbit{21} & +\instbit{20} & + \\ +\hline +\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{\wpri} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{VSXL[1:0]} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{VTSR} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{VTVM} & + \\ +\hline +HSXLEN-34 & 2 & 9 & 1 & 1 & 1 & \\ +\end{tabular} +\begin{tabular}{cOcccccFc} +\\ +& +\instbitrange{19}{10} & +\instbit{9} & +\instbit{8} & +\instbit{7} & +\instbit{6} & +\instbit{5} & +\instbitrange{4}{1} & +\instbit{0} \\ +\hline + & +\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{\wpri} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{SP2V} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{SP2P} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{SPV} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{STL} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{VSBE} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{SPRV} \\ \hline -HSXLEN-23 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 10 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 5 & 1 \\ + & 10 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 4 & 1 \\ \end{tabular} \end{center} } \vspace{-0.1in} -\caption{Hypervisor-mode status register ({\tt hstatus}).} +\caption{Hypervisor-mode status register ({\tt hstatus}) for RV64.} \label{hstatusreg} \end{figure*} +The VSXL field controls the effective XLEN for VS-mode (known as VSXLEN), +which may differ from the XLEN for HS-mode (HSXLEN). +When HSXLEN=32, the VSXL field does not exist, and VSXLEN=32. +When HSXLEN=64, VSXL is a \warl\ field that is encoded the same as the +MXL field of {\tt misa}, shown in Table~\ref{misabase} on +page~\pageref{misabase}. +In particular, the implementation may hardwire VSXL so that VSXLEN=HSXLEN. + +If HSXLEN is changed from 32 to a wider width, and if field VSXL is not +hardwired to a forced value, it gets the value corresponding to the +widest supported width not wider than the new HSXLEN. + The {\tt hstatus} fields VTSR and VTVM are defined analogously to the {\tt mstatus} fields TSR and TVM, but affect the trapping behavior of the SRET and virtual-memory management instructions only when V=1. @@ -191,8 +262,15 @@ On an access or page fault due to guest physical address translation, STL is set to 1. For any other trap into HS-mode, STL is set to 0. -The SPRV bit modifies the privilege with which loads and stores execute when -not in M-mode. +The VSBE bit is a \warl\ field that controls the endianness of explicit +memory accesses made from VS-mode. +If VSBE=0, explicit load and store memory accesses made from VS-mode are +little-endian, and if VSBE=1, they are big-endian. +An implementation may hardwire VSBE to specify always the same endianness +as for HS-mode. + +The SPRV bit modifies the privilege with which loads and stores execute +in HS-mode. When SPRV=0, translation and protection behave as normal. When SPRV=1, load and store memory addresses are translated and protected, and endianness is applied, as though the current virtualization mode were set to @@ -215,10 +293,8 @@ Table~\ref{h-sprv} enumerates the cases. \label{h-sprv} \end{table*} -\begin{commentary} -For simplicity, SPRV is in effect even when in U-mode, VS-mode, or VU-mode, but -in normal use will only be enabled for short sequences in HS-mode. -\end{commentary} +An MRET or SRET instruction that changes the operating mode to U-mode, +VS-mode, or VU-mode also sets SPRV=0. \subsection{Hypervisor Trap Delegation Registers ({\tt hedeleg} and {\tt hideleg})} @@ -321,18 +397,18 @@ to the guest virtual machine. When the CY, TM, IR, or HPM{\em n} bit in the {\tt hcounteren} register is clear, attempts to read the {\tt cycle}, {\tt time}, {\tt instret}, or -{\tt hpmcounter{\em n}} register while V=1 will cause an illegal +{\tt hpmcounter}{\em n} register while V=1 will cause an illegal instruction exception. When one of these bits is set, access to the corresponding register is -permitted when V=1. +permitted when V=1, unless prevented for some other reason. +In VU-mode, a counter is not readable unless the applicable bits are set +in both {\tt hcounteren} and {\tt scounteren}. {\tt hcounteren} must be implemented. However, any of the bits may contain a hardwired value of zero, indicating reads to the corresponding counter will cause an exception when V=1. Hence, they are effectively \warl\ fields. -A bit in {\tt hcounteren} reads as zero (hardwired to zero) if the -corresponding bit in {\tt mcounteren} is clear. \subsection{Hypervisor Guest Address Translation and Protection Register ({\tt hgatp})} \label{sec:hgatp} @@ -483,7 +559,8 @@ may be necessary to execute an HFENCE.GVMA instruction The {\tt vsstatus} register is a VSXLEN-bit read/write register that is VS-mode's version of supervisor register {\tt sstatus}, formatted as -shown in Figure~\ref{vsstatusreg}. +shown in Figure~\ref{vsstatusreg} when VSXLEN=32 and +Figure~\ref{vsstatusreg} when VSXLEN=64. When V=1, {\tt vsstatus} substitutes for the usual {\tt sstatus}, so instructions that normally read or modify {\tt sstatus} actually access {\tt vsstatus} instead. @@ -492,7 +569,58 @@ instructions that normally read or modify {\tt sstatus} actually access {\footnotesize \begin{center} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{4pt} -\begin{tabular}{cScScccc} +\scalebox{0.95}{ +\begin{tabular}{cWcccccWcccccWcc} +\\ +\instbit{31} & +\instbitrange{30}{20} & +\instbit{19} & +\instbit{18} & +\instbit{17} & +\instbitrange{16}{15} & +\instbitrange{14}{13} & +\instbitrange{12}{9} & +\instbit{8} & +\instbit{7} & +\instbit{6} & +\instbit{5} & +\instbit{4} & +\instbitrange{3}{2} & +\instbit{1} & +\instbit{0} \\ +\hline +\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{SD} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{MXR} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{SUM} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{XS[1:0]} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{FS[1:0]} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{SPP} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{UBE} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{SPIE} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{UPIE} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{SIE} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{UIE} +\\ +\hline +1 & 11 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 2 & 2 & 4 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 2 & 1 & 1 \\ +\end{tabular}} +\end{center} +} +\vspace{-0.1in} +\caption{Virtual supervisor status register ({\tt vsstatus}) for RV32.} +\label{vsstatusreg-rv32} +\end{figure*} + +\begin{figure*}[h!] +{\footnotesize +\begin{center} +\setlength{\tabcolsep}{4pt} +\begin{tabular}{cSFScccc} \\ \instbit{VSXLEN-1} & \instbitrange{VSXLEN-2}{34} & @@ -505,7 +633,7 @@ instructions that normally read or modify {\tt sstatus} actually access \hline \multicolumn{1}{|c|}{SD} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} & -\multicolumn{1}{c|}{UXL} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{UXL[1:0]} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{MXR} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{SUM} & @@ -514,14 +642,15 @@ instructions that normally read or modify {\tt sstatus} actually access \hline 1 & VSXLEN-35 & 2 & 12 & 1 & 1 & 1 & \\ \end{tabular} -\begin{tabular}{ccccccccccc} +\begin{tabular}{cccccccccccc} \\ & \instbitrange{16}{15} & \instbitrange{14}{13} & \instbitrange{12}{9} & \instbit{8} & -\instbitrange{7}{6} & +\instbit{7} & +\instbit{6} & \instbit{5} & \instbit{4} & \instbitrange{3}{2} & @@ -529,18 +658,19 @@ instructions that normally read or modify {\tt sstatus} actually access \instbit{0} \\ \hline & -\multicolumn{1}{c|}{XS[1:0]} & -\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{FS[1:0]} & +\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{XS[1:0]} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{FS[1:0]} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{SPP} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{UBE} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{SPIE} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{UPIE} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{SIE} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{UIE} \\ \hline - & 2 & 2 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 1 & 1 & 2 & 1 & 1 \\ + & 2 & 2 & 4 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 2 & 1 & 1 \\ \end{tabular} \end{center} } @@ -549,15 +679,44 @@ instructions that normally read or modify {\tt sstatus} actually access \label{vsstatusreg} \end{figure*} -Fields UPIE and UIE are aliases of the same fields in the HS-level +Fields UPIE and UIE of {\tt vsstatus} are aliases of the same fields in +the HS-level {\tt sstatus}. +The other fields of {\tt vsstatus} exist independently of HS-level {\tt sstatus}. +The UXL field controls the effective XLEN for VU-mode, which may differ +from the XLEN for VS-mode (VSXLEN). +When VSXLEN=32, the UXL field does not exist, and VU-mode XLEN=32. +When VSXLEN=64, UXL is a \warl\ field that is encoded the same as the MXL +field of {\tt misa}, shown in Table~\ref{misabase} on +page~\pageref{misabase}. +In particular, the implementation may hardwire field UXL so that VU-mode +XLEN=VSXLEN. + +If VSXLEN is changed from 32 to a wider width, and if field UXL is not +hardwired to a forced value, it gets the value corresponding to the +widest supported width not wider than the new VSXLEN. + When V=1, both {\tt vsstatus}.FS and the HS-level {\tt sstatus}.FS are in effect. Attempts to execute a floating-point instruction when either field is 0 (Off) raise an illegal-instruction exception. Modifying the floating-point state when V=1 causes both fields to be set to 3 (Dirty). +\begin{commentary} +For a hypervisor to benefit from the extension context status, it must +have its own copy in the HS-level {\tt sstatus}, maintained independently +of a guest OS running in VS-mode. +While a version of the extension context status obviously must exist in +{\tt vsstatus} for VS-mode, a hypervisor cannot rely on this version +being maintained correctly, given that VS-level software can change +{\tt vsstatus}.FS arbitrarily. +If the HS-level {\tt sstatus}.FS were not independently active and +maintained by the hardware in parallel with {\tt vsstatus}.FS while V=1, +hypervisors would always be forced to conservatively swap all +floating-point state when context-switching between virtual machines. +\end{commentary} + Read-only fields SD and XS summarize the extension context status as it is visible to VS-mode only. For example, the value of the HS-level {\tt sstatus}.FS does not affect @@ -1006,62 +1165,80 @@ fence for all memory-management data structures. \section{Machine-Level CSRs} -The hypervisor extension augments the {\tt mstatus} CSR. +The hypervisor extension augments machine status registers {\tt mstatus} +and (for RV32 only) {\tt mstatush}. -\subsection{Machine Status Register ({\tt mstatus})} +\subsection{Machine Status Registers ({\tt mstatus} and {\tt mstatush})} -The hypervisor extension adds two fields to the machine-mode {\tt mstatus} CSR, -MPV and MTL, -and modifies the behavior of several existing fields. -Figure~\ref{hypervisor-mstatus} shows the {\tt mstatus} register when the -hypervisor extension is provided. +The hypervisor extension adds two fields, MPV and MTL, to the +machine-level {\tt mstatus} or {\tt mstatush} CSR, and modifies the +behavior of several existing {\tt mstatus} fields. +Figure~\ref{hypervisor-mstatus} shows the modified {\tt mstatus} register +when the hypervisor extension is provided and MXLEN=64. +When MXLEN=32, the hypervisor extension adds fields not to {\tt mstatus} +but to {\tt mstatush}, which must exist. +Figure~\ref{hypervisor-mstatush} shows the {\tt mstatush} register when +the hypervisor extension is provided and MXLEN=32. \begin{figure*}[h!] {\footnotesize \begin{center} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{4pt} -\scalebox{0.95}{ -\begin{tabular}{cRcccccFcccccc} +\begin{tabular}{cMccccFFc} \\ \instbit{MXLEN-1} & \instbitrange{MXLEN-2}{40} & \instbit{39} & \instbit{38} & -\instbitrange{37}{36} & +\instbit{37} & +\instbit{36} & \instbitrange{35}{34} & \instbitrange{33}{32} & -\instbitrange{31}{23} & -\instbit{22} & -\instbit{21} & -\instbit{20} & -\instbit{19} & -\instbit{18} & \\ \hline \multicolumn{1}{|c|}{SD} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{MPV} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{MTL} & -\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{MBE} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{SBE} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{SXL[1:0]} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{UXL[1:0]} & -\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} & + \\ +\hline +1 & MXLEN-41 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 2 & 2 & \\ +\end{tabular} +\begin{tabular}{cEccccccWWc} +\\ +& +\instbitrange{31}{23} & +\instbit{22} & +\instbit{21} & +\instbit{20} & +\instbit{19} & +\instbit{18} & +\instbit{17} & +\instbitrange{16}{15} & +\instbitrange{14}{13} & + \\ +\hline + & +\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{\wpri} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{TSR} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{TW} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{TVM} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{MXR} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{SUM} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{MPRV} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{XS[1:0]} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{FS[1:0]} & \\ \hline -1 & MXLEN-41 & 1 & 1 & 2 & 2 & 2 & 9 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & \\ -\end{tabular}} -\scalebox{0.95}{ -\begin{tabular}{cccccccccccccccc} + & 9 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 2 & 2 & \\ +\end{tabular} +\begin{tabular}{cFWcccccccccc} \\ & -\instbit{17} & -\instbitrange{16}{15} & -\instbitrange{14}{13} & \instbitrange{12}{11} & \instbitrange{10}{9} & \instbit{8} & @@ -1075,14 +1252,11 @@ hypervisor extension is provided. \instbit{0} \\ \hline & -\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{MPRV} & -\multicolumn{1}{c|}{XS[1:0]} & -\multicolumn{1}{c|}{FS[1:0]} & -\multicolumn{1}{c|}{MPP[1:0]} & +\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{MPP[1:0]} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{SPP} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{MPIE} & -\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{UBE} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{SPIE} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{UPIE} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{MIE} & @@ -1090,15 +1264,45 @@ hypervisor extension is provided. \multicolumn{1}{c|}{SIE} & \multicolumn{1}{c|}{UIE} \\ \hline - & 1 & 2 & 2 & 2 & 2 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 \\ -\end{tabular}} + & 2 & 2 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 \\ +\end{tabular} \end{center} } \vspace{-0.1in} -\caption{Machine-mode status register ({\tt mstatus}) for RV64.} +\caption{Machine-mode status register ({\tt mstatus}) for RV64 when the hypervisor extension is provided.} \label{hypervisor-mstatus} \end{figure*} +\begin{figure*}[h!] +{\footnotesize +\begin{center} +\setlength{\tabcolsep}{4pt} +\begin{tabular}{LccccF} +\\ +\instbitrange{31}{8} & +\instbit{7} & +\instbit{6} & +\instbit{5} & +\instbit{4} & +\instbitrange{3}{0} \\ +\hline +\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{\wpri} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{MPV} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{MTL} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{MBE} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{SBE} & +\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\wpri} \\ +\hline +24 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 4 \\ +\end{tabular} +\end{center} +} +\vspace{-0.1in} +\caption{Additional machine-mode status register ({\tt mstatush}) for RV32 when the hypervisor extension is provided. +The format of {\tt mstatus} is unchanged for RV32.} +\label{hypervisor-mstatush} +\end{figure*} + The MPV bit (Machine Previous Virtualization Mode) is written by the implementation whenever a trap is taken into M-mode. Just as the MPP bit is set to the privilege mode at the time of the trap, the MPV bit is set to the value of the virtualization @@ -1112,22 +1316,13 @@ On an access or page fault due to guest physical address translation, MTL is set to 1. For any other trap into M-mode, MTL is set to 0. -\begin{commentary} -For RV32, MPV and MTL are not in {\tt mstatus}. -Instead, the plan is for these fields to be in a different CSR, {\tt mstatush}, -that is expected to be defined in a future version of the privileged -architecture. -\end{commentary} - -The SXL field controls the value of XLEN for HS-mode, while -the UXL field controls the value of XLEN for VS-mode and U-mode. - -The TSR and TVM fields only affect execution in HS-mode, not in VS-mode. - +The TSR and TVM fields of {\tt mstatus} affect execution only in HS-mode, +not in VS-mode. The TW field affects execution in all modes except M-mode. The hypervisor extension changes the behavior of the the Modify Privilege -field, MPRV. When MPRV=0, translation and protection behave as normal. When +field, MPRV, of {\tt mstatus}. +When MPRV=0, translation and protection behave as normal. When MPRV=1, loads and stores are translated and protected as though the current privilege mode were set to MPP and the current virtualization mode were set to MPV. Table~\ref{h-mprv} enumerates the cases. @@ -1154,20 +1349,12 @@ register but is not a superset of {\tt vsstatus}. Because {\tt vsstatus} fields UPIE and UIE are aliased in the HS-level {\tt sstatus}, they are also aliased in {\tt mstatus}. -\section{Base ISA Control} - -The SXL field of {\tt mstatus} determines XLEN for HS-mode. - -The UXL field of the HS-level {\tt sstatus} determines XLEN for both -VS-mode and U-mode, while {\tt vsstatus}.UXL determines XLEN for -VU-mode. - \section{Two-Level Address Translation} \label{sec:two-level-translation} -Whenever the current virtualization mode V is 1 (and assuming both -{\tt mstatus}.MPRV=0 and {\tt hstatus}.SPRV=0), two-level address translation -and protection is in effect. +Whenever the current virtualization mode V is 1 (and assuming +{\tt mstatus}.MPRV=0), two-level address translation and protection is in +effect. For any virtual memory access, the original virtual address is first converted by VS-level address translation, as controlled by the {\tt vsatp} register, into a {\em guest physical address}. @@ -1421,11 +1608,6 @@ calls from VS-mode use cause 10. Table~\ref{hcauses} lists the possible M-mode and HS-mode exception codes when the hypervisor extension is present. -\begin{commentary} -HS-mode and VS-mode ECALLs use different cause values so they can be delegated -separately. -\end{commentary} - \begin{table*}[h!] \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{|r|r|l|l|} @@ -1475,6 +1657,11 @@ separately. \label{hcauses} \end{table*} +\begin{commentary} +HS-mode and VS-mode ECALLs use different cause values so they can be delegated +separately. +\end{commentary} + When a trap occurs in HS-mode or U-mode, it goes to M-mode, unless delegated by {\tt medeleg} or {\tt mideleg}, in which case it goes to HS-mode. If the N extension for user-mode interrupts is implemented, then U-mode @@ -1555,8 +1742,10 @@ MRET first determines what the new operating mode will be according to the values of MPP and MPV in {\tt mstatus}, as encoded in Table~\ref{h-mpp}. MRET then in {\tt mstatus} sets MPV=0, MPP=0, MIE=MPIE, and MPIE=1. +If the new operating mode will be U, VS, or VU, MRET also sets +{\tt hstatus}.SPRV=0. Lastly, MRET sets the virtualization and privilege modes as previously -determined, and also sets {\tt pc}={\tt mepc}. +determined, and sets {\tt pc}={\tt mepc}. The SRET instruction is used to return from a trap taken into HS-mode or VS-mode. Its behavior depends on the current virtualization mode. @@ -1568,8 +1757,10 @@ SRET then sets {\tt hstatus}.SPV={\tt hstatus}.SP2V, {\tt sstatus}.SPP={\tt hstatus}.SP2P, {\tt hstatus}.SP2V=0, {\tt hstatus}.SP2P=0, {\tt sstatus}.SIE={\tt sstatus}.SPIE, and {\tt sstatus}.SPIE=1. +If the new operating mode will be U, VS, or VU, SRET also sets +{\tt hstatus}.SPRV=0. Lastly, SRET sets the virtualization and privilege modes as previously -determined, and also sets {\tt pc}={\tt sepc}. +determined, and sets {\tt pc}={\tt sepc}. When executed in VS-mode (i.e., V=1), SRET sets the privilege mode according to Table~\ref{h-vspp}, then in {\tt vsstatus} sets SPP=0, SIE=SPIE, and SPIE=1, and |