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Table 13-24 Values in the link register after exceptions
Cause of fault
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Return address (RA
a
) meaning
Breakpoint
RA+4
RA+4
RA+4
Breakpointed instruction address
Watchpoint
RA+8
RA+8
RA+8
Address of the instruction where the execution resumes, a number
of instructions after the one that hit the watchpoint
BKPT instruction
RA+4
RA+4
RA+4
BKPT instruction address
Vector catch
RA+4
RA+4
RA+4
Vector address
Prefetch Abort
RA+4
RA+4
RA+4
Address of the instruction where the execution resumes
Data Abort
RA+8
RA+8
RA+8
Address of the instruction where the execution resumes
a. This is the address of the instruction that the processor first executes on Debug state exit. Watchpoints can be imprecise.
RA is not the address of the instruction immediately after the one that hit the watchpoint, the processor might stop a number of
instructions later. The address of the instruction that hit the watchpoint is in the CP15 WFAR.