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ab_riscv_interpreter/zicsr/
zicsr_helpers.rs

1//! Opaque helpers for Zicsr extension
2
3use crate::{CsrError, Csrs};
4use ab_riscv_primitives::prelude::*;
5use core::hint::cold_path;
6
7/// CSR privilege level check helper.
8///
9/// Returns `Err` if `current` is below the privilege level encoded in `csr_index` bits `[9:8]`.
10/// May return `Ok(())` for invalid CSRs for efficiency reasons since those will be rejected by
11/// extensions anyway.
12#[inline(always)]
13#[doc(hidden)]
14pub fn check_csr_privilege_level<Reg, C, CustomError>(
15    csrs: &C,
16    csr_index: u16,
17) -> Result<(), CsrError<CustomError>>
18where
19    Reg: Register,
20    C: Csrs<Reg, CustomError>,
21{
22    let current = csrs.privilege_level();
23    let required_bits = ((csr_index >> 8u8) & 0b11) as u8;
24    // Privilege level uses two bits. Using machine value as a placeholder (`0b11`) allows the
25    // compiler to optimize this whole function away if `csrs.privilege_level()` returns fixed
26    // `PrivilegeLevel::Machine` value, which is the most common case since `0b11` is larger or
27    // equal than any other 2-bit value. Invalid level will still be rejected at a later stage as
28    // unknown CSR.
29    let required = PrivilegeLevel::from_bits(required_bits).unwrap_or(PrivilegeLevel::Machine);
30
31    if current >= required {
32        Ok(())
33    } else {
34        cold_path();
35        Err(CsrError::InsufficientPrivilege {
36            csr_index,
37            required,
38            current,
39        })
40    }
41}