From fb9e8b944edbce1201fb05beb6fade00f94ae937 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Kruckemyer <47680170+dkruckemyer-ventana@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 14:01:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify CBO access size (#1431) Define access size to be size of cache block for PMP/PMA checks --- src/cmo.adoc | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/cmo.adoc b/src/cmo.adoc index f8d604480..42941bb44 100644 --- a/src/cmo.adoc +++ b/src/cmo.adoc @@ -337,6 +337,9 @@ _This specification assumes that the above constraints will typically be met for main memory regions and may be met for certain I/O regions._ ==== +Additionally, for the purposes of PMP and PMA checks, the access size of a CMO +instruction equals the size of the cache block accessed by the instruction. + The Zicboz extension introduces an additional supported access type PMA for cache-block zero instructions. Main memory regions are required to support accesses by cache-block zero instructions; however, I/O regions may specify