sfence.w.inval

Order writes before sfence

This instruction is defined by:

Encoding

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Synopsis

The sfence.w.inval instruction guarantees that any previous stores already visible to the current RISC-V hart are ordered before subsequent sinval.vma instructions executed by the same hart.

Access

M HS U VS VU

Always

Sometimes

Never

Sometimes

Never

Decode Variables

Execution

  • Pruned, XLEN == 64

  • Original

if (mode() == PrivilegeMode::U) {
  raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
}
if (mode() == PrivilegeMode::VU) {
  raise(ExceptionCode::VirtualInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
}
VmaOrderType vma_type;
vma_type.global = true;
vma_type.smode = true;
vma_type.vsmode = true;
vma_type.gstage = true;
order_pgtbl_writes_before_vmafence(vma_type);
if (mode() == PrivilegeMode::U) {
  raise(ExceptionCode::IllegalInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
}
if (CSR[misa].H == 1 && mode() == PrivilegeMode::VU) {
  raise(ExceptionCode::VirtualInstruction, mode(), $encoding);
}
VmaOrderType vma_type;
vma_type.global = true;
vma_type.smode = true;
if (CSR[misa].H == 1) {
  vma_type.vsmode = true;
  vma_type.gstage = true;
}
order_pgtbl_writes_before_vmafence(vma_type);

Exceptions

This instruction may result in the following synchronous exceptions:

  • IllegalInstruction

  • VirtualInstruction