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DWT: address comparison configuration does not verify written mask

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
embedded-iot

Research direction

Start by locating the DWT address-comparison configuration API and compare its behavior with the ARM DDI 0403.d, p. C1-731 requirement. The work is done when writing the mask verifies the value read back from DWT_MASKn and an API exposes the maximum mask size; no specific file or test is named in the issue.

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Description

From ARM DDI 0403.d, p. C1-731:

To find the maximum size of the address comparison mask for comparator n, software must write
0b11111 to the DWT_MASKn.MASK field, and then read the DWT_MASKn register. The value
returned in the MASK field is the maximum mask size.

There also is no function available that queries this maximum mask size.

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