On 9/24/26 12:24 PM, Khushit Shah wrote:
>
>> On 16 Sep 2026, at 8:15 PM, Eric Auger <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
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>> Introduce a script that takes as input the Registers.json file
>> delivered in the AARCHMRS Features Model downloadable from the
>> Arm Developer A-Profile Architecture Exploration Tools page:
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__developer.arm.com_Architectures_A-2DProfile-2520Architecture-23Downloads&d=DwIDAg&c=s883GpUCOChKOHiocYtGcg&r=PGWMyignA0NiDmTlyP7vOTHozBws_VN86yrVmSMkBp0&m=SAaDSqqwmIC1nbrh-28kms6KiFYKvW8H_CIOKWgWjucuAn37j49gnNNnMIpoP_bK&s=sxOID-2FnhcQ56l1mmjKbXtXpcERk4oOXYiF3-6fenk&e=
>>  
>> and outputs the list of ID regs in target/arm/cpu-sysregs.h.inc
>> under the form of DEF(<name>, <op0>, <op1>, <crn>, <crm>, <op2>).
>>
>> We only care about IDregs with opcodes satisfying:
>> op0 = 3, op1 = {0,1,3}, crn = 0, crm within [0, 7], op2 within [0, 7]
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <[email protected]>
>> [CH: note correct op1 range, don't skip CCSIDR]
>> Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <[email protected]>
>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> scripts/update-aarch64-cpu-sysregs-header.py | 146 +++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 146 insertions(+)
>> create mode 100755 scripts/update-aarch64-cpu-sysregs-header.py
>>
>> diff --git a/scripts/update-aarch64-cpu-sysregs-header.py 
>> b/scripts/update-aarch64-cpu-sysregs-header.py
>> new file mode 100755
>> index 0000000000..ef1471a197
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/scripts/update-aarch64-cpu-sysregs-header.py
>> @@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
>> +#!/usr/bin/env python3
>> +
>> +# This script takes as input the Registers.json file delivered in
>> +# the AARCHMRS Features Model downloadable from the Arm Developer
>> +# A-Profile Architecture Exploration Tools page:
>> +# 
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__developer.arm.com_Architectures_A-2DProfile-2520Architecture-23Downloads&d=DwIDAg&c=s883GpUCOChKOHiocYtGcg&r=PGWMyignA0NiDmTlyP7vOTHozBws_VN86yrVmSMkBp0&m=SAaDSqqwmIC1nbrh-28kms6KiFYKvW8H_CIOKWgWjucuAn37j49gnNNnMIpoP_bK&s=sxOID-2FnhcQ56l1mmjKbXtXpcERk4oOXYiF3-6fenk&e=
>>  
>> +# and outputs the list of ID regs in target/arm/cpu-sysregs.h.inc
>> +# under the form of DEF(<name>, <op0>, <op1>, <crn>, <crm>, <op2>)
>> +#
>> +# Copyright (C) 2026 Red Hat, Inc.
>> +#
>> +# Authors: Eric Auger <[email protected]>
>> +#
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
>> +
>> +
>> +import json
>> +import os
>> +import sys
>> +
>> +def is_demux_register(r):
>> +    name = r.get('name', '')
>> +
>> +    if name.startswith("CCSIDR"):
>> +        return True
>> +
>> +    return False
>> +
>> +# Some regs have op code values like 000x, 001x. Anyway we don't need
>> +# them. Besides some regs are undesired in the generated file such as
>> +# VMPIDR_EL2 and VPIDR_EL2 which are outside of the IDreg scope we
>> +# are interested in and are tricky to decode as their system accessor
>> +# refer to MPIDR_EL1/MIDR_EL1 respectively
>> +
>> +skiplist = ['ALLINT', 'PM', 'S1_', 'S3_', 'SVCR', \
>> +            'VMPIDR_EL2', 'VPIDR_EL2’]
> I see VMPIDR_EL2/VPIDR_EL2 have op1=0100, they will automatically get 
> skipped, why is this needed?

because op1=4 is outside of the IDreg range:
    op0 = 3, op1 = {0,1,3}, crn = 0, crm within [0, 7], op2 within [0, 7]

Eric
>
> Warm Regards,
> Khushit
>> +# returns the int value of a given @opcode for a reg @encoding
>> +def get_opcode(encoding, opcode):
>> +    fvalue = encoding.get(opcode)
>> +    if fvalue:
>> +        value = fvalue.get('value')
>> +        if isinstance(value, str):
>> +            value = value.strip("'")
>> +            value = int(value, 2)
>> +            return value
>> +    return -1
>> +
>> +def extract_idregs_from_registers_json(filename):
>> +    """
>> +    Load a Registers.json file and extract all ID registers, decode their
>> +    opcode and dump the information in target/arm/cpu-sysregs.h.inc
>> +
>> +    Args:
>> +        filename (str): The path to the Registers.json
>> +    returns:
>> +        idregs: list of ID regs and their encoding
>> +    """
>> +    if not os.path.exists(filename):
>> +        print(f"Error: {filename} could not be found!")
>> +        return {}
>> +
>> +    try:
>> +        with open(filename, 'r') as f:
>> +            register_data = json.load(f)
>> +
>> +    except json.JSONDecodeError:
>> +        print(f"Could not decode json from '{filename}'!")
>> +        return {}
>> +    except Exception as e:
>> +        print(f"Unexpected error while reading {filename}: {e}")
>> +        return {}
>> +
>> +    registers = [
>> +        r for r in register_data
>> +        if isinstance(r, dict)
>> +        and r.get('_type') == 'Register'
>> +        and not is_demux_register(r)
>> +    ]
>> +
>> +    idregs = {}
>> +
>> +    for register in registers:
>> +        reg_name = register.get('name')
>> +
>> +        is_skipped = any(term in (reg_name or "").upper() for term in 
>> skiplist)
>> +
>> +        if reg_name and not is_skipped:
>> +            accessors = register.get('accessors', [])
>> +
>> +            for accessor in accessors:
>> +                type = accessor.get('_type')
>> +                if type in ['Accessors.SystemAccessor']:
>> +                    encoding_list = accessor.get('encoding')
>> +
>> +                    if isinstance(encoding_list, list) and encoding_list 
>> and \
>> +                       isinstance(encoding_list[0], dict):
>> +                        encoding_wrapper = encoding_list[0]
>> +                        encoding_source = encoding_wrapper.get('encodings', 
>> \
>> +                                                               
>> encoding_wrapper)
>> +
>> +                        if isinstance(encoding_source, dict):
>> +                                op0 = get_opcode(encoding_source, 'op0')
>> +                                op1 = get_opcode(encoding_source, 'op1')
>> +                                op2 = get_opcode(encoding_source, 'op2')
>> +                                crn = get_opcode(encoding_source, 'CRn')
>> +                                crm = get_opcode(encoding_source, 'CRm')
>> +                                encoding_str=f"{op0} {op1} {crn} {crm} 
>> {op2}"
>> +
>> +                # ID regs are assumed within this scope
>> +                if op0 == 3 and (op1 == 0 or op1 == 1 or op1 == 3) and \
>> +                   crn == 0 and (crm >= 0 and crm <= 7) and (op2 >= 0 and 
>> op2 <= 7):
>> +                    idregs[reg_name] = encoding_str
>> +
>> +    return idregs
>> +
>> +if __name__ == "__main__":
>> +    # Single arg expected: the path to the Registers.json file
>> +    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
>> +        print("Usage: python scripts/update-aarch64-cpu-sysregs-header.py "
>> +              "<path_to_registers_json>")
>> +        sys.exit(1)
>> +    else:
>> +        json_file_path = sys.argv[1]
>> +
>> +    extracted_registers = extract_idregs_from_registers_json(json_file_path)
>> +
>> +    if extracted_registers:
>> +        output_list = extracted_registers.items()
>> +
>> +        # Sort by register name
>> +        sorted_output = sorted(output_list, key=lambda item: item[0])
>> +
>> +        # format lines as DEF(<name>, <op0>, <op1>, <crn>, <crm>, <op2>)
>> +        final_output = ""
>> +        for reg_name, encoding in sorted_output:
>> +            reformatted_encoding = encoding.replace(" ", ", ")
>> +            final_output += f"DEF({reg_name}, {reformatted_encoding})\n"
>> +
>> +        with open("target/arm/cpu-sysregs.h.inc", 'w') as f:
>> +            f.write("/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */\n\n")
>> +            f.write("/* This file is autogenerated by ")
>> +            f.write("scripts/update-aarch64-cpu-sysregs-header.py */\n")
>> +            f.write("/* DEF(<name>, <op0>, <op1>, <crn>, <crm>, <op2>) 
>> */\n\n")
>> +            f.write(final_output)
>> +        print("updated target/arm/cpu-sysregs.h.inc")
>> -- 
>> 2.53.0
>>


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