Cortex™-A8 Technical Reference Manual 3.2.38. c6, Data Fault Address Register

The purpose of the Data Fault Address Register (DFAR) is to hold the Modified Virtual Address (MVA) of the fault when a precise abort occurs.

The DFAR is:

The Data Fault Address Register bits [31:0] contain the MVA where the precise abort occurred.

Table 3.71 shows the results of attempted access for each mode.

Table 3.71. Results of access to the Data Fault Address Register^[32]

Secure privileged		Nonsecure privileged		Secure User		Nonsecure User
Read	Write	Read	Write	Read	Write	Read	Write
Secure data	Secure data	Nonsecure data	Nonsecure data	Undefined	Undefined	Undefined	Undefined

To access the DFAR, read or write CP15 with:

MRC p15, 0, <Rd>, c6, c0, 0 ; Read Data Fault Address Register

MCR p15, 0, <Rd>, c6, c0, 0 ; Write Data Fault Address Register

A write to this register sets the DFAR to the value of the data written. This is useful for a debugger to restore the value of the DFAR.

The processor also updates the DFAR on debug exception entry because of watchpoints. See Effect of debug exceptions on CP15 registers and WFAR for more information.

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