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authorNilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>2015-08-27 12:51:40 -0500
committerNilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>2015-08-27 12:51:40 -0500
commitfc3d34a4889f96395d7d3185a0c5a2dbb5c77343 (patch)
tree2b5eccd49fab300132e4e4ccf0796cb437295a8e
parent88b1fd82a6207c38845c3503ab3037ed40225d80 (diff)
downloadgem5-fc3d34a4889f96395d7d3185a0c5a2dbb5c77343.tar.xz
ruby: handle llsc accesses through CacheEntry, not CacheMemory
The sequencer takes care of llsc accesses by calling upon functions from the CacheMemory. This is unnecessary once the required CacheEntry object is available. Thus some of the calls to findTagInSet() are avoided.
-rw-r--r--src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractCacheEntry.cc25
-rw-r--r--src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractCacheEntry.hh5
-rw-r--r--src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.cc6
-rw-r--r--src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.hh5
-rw-r--r--src/mem/ruby/system/Sequencer.cc30
5 files changed, 52 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractCacheEntry.cc b/src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractCacheEntry.cc
index 01fd3f522..416aea73b 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractCacheEntry.cc
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractCacheEntry.cc
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
#include "mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractCacheEntry.hh"
+#include "base/trace.hh"
+#include "debug/RubyCache.hh"
+
AbstractCacheEntry::AbstractCacheEntry()
{
m_Permission = AccessPermission_NotPresent;
@@ -48,3 +51,25 @@ AbstractCacheEntry::changePermission(AccessPermission new_perm)
m_locked = -1;
}
}
+
+void
+AbstractCacheEntry::setLocked(int context)
+{
+ DPRINTF(RubyCache, "Setting Lock for addr: %x to %d\n", m_Address, context);
+ m_locked = context;
+}
+
+void
+AbstractCacheEntry::clearLocked()
+{
+ DPRINTF(RubyCache, "Clear Lock for addr: %x\n", m_Address);
+ m_locked = -1;
+}
+
+bool
+AbstractCacheEntry::isLocked(int context) const
+{
+ DPRINTF(RubyCache, "Testing Lock for addr: %llx cur %d con %d\n",
+ m_Address, m_locked, context);
+ return m_locked == context;
+}
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractCacheEntry.hh b/src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractCacheEntry.hh
index 6c7a4a008..2b318957f 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractCacheEntry.hh
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractCacheEntry.hh
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ class AbstractCacheEntry : public AbstractEntry
virtual DataBlock& getDataBlk()
{ panic("getDataBlk() not implemented!"); }
+ // Functions for locking and unlocking the cache entry. These are required
+ // for supporting atomic memory accesses.
+ void setLocked(int context);
+ void clearLocked();
+ bool isLocked(int context) const;
Addr m_Address; // Address of this block, required by CacheMemory
int m_locked; // Holds info whether the address is locked,
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.cc b/src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.cc
index 7eba450c1..bb26ff03c 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.cc
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.cc
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ CacheMemory::setLocked(Addr address, int context)
int64 cacheSet = addressToCacheSet(address);
int loc = findTagInSet(cacheSet, address);
assert(loc != -1);
- m_cache[cacheSet][loc]->m_locked = context;
+ m_cache[cacheSet][loc]->setLocked(context);
}
void
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ CacheMemory::clearLocked(Addr address)
int64 cacheSet = addressToCacheSet(address);
int loc = findTagInSet(cacheSet, address);
assert(loc != -1);
- m_cache[cacheSet][loc]->m_locked = -1;
+ m_cache[cacheSet][loc]->clearLocked();
}
bool
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ CacheMemory::isLocked(Addr address, int context)
assert(loc != -1);
DPRINTF(RubyCache, "Testing Lock for addr: %llx cur %d con %d\n",
address, m_cache[cacheSet][loc]->m_locked, context);
- return m_cache[cacheSet][loc]->m_locked == context;
+ return m_cache[cacheSet][loc]->isLocked(context);
}
void
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.hh b/src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.hh
index 08551ab87..6c719cb4f 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.hh
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.hh
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ class CacheMemory : public SimObject
// Set this address to most recently used
void setMRU(Addr address);
+ // Functions for locking and unlocking cache lines corresponding to the
+ // provided address. These are required for supporting atomic memory
+ // accesses. These are to be used when only the address of the cache entry
+ // is available. In case the entry itself is available. use the functions
+ // provided by the AbstractCacheEntry class.
void setLocked (Addr addr, int context);
void clearLocked (Addr addr);
bool isLocked (Addr addr, int context);
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/system/Sequencer.cc b/src/mem/ruby/system/Sequencer.cc
index 305758798..b21c70743 100644
--- a/src/mem/ruby/system/Sequencer.cc
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/system/Sequencer.cc
@@ -317,28 +317,27 @@ Sequencer::removeRequest(SequencerRequest* srequest)
void
Sequencer::invalidateSC(Addr address)
{
- RequestTable::iterator i = m_writeRequestTable.find(address);
- if (i != m_writeRequestTable.end()) {
- SequencerRequest* request = i->second;
- // The controller has lost the coherence permissions, hence the lock
- // on the cache line maintained by the cache should be cleared.
- if (request->m_type == RubyRequestType_Store_Conditional) {
- m_dataCache_ptr->clearLocked(address);
- }
+ AbstractCacheEntry *e = m_dataCache_ptr->lookup(address);
+ // The controller has lost the coherence permissions, hence the lock
+ // on the cache line maintained by the cache should be cleared.
+ if (e && e->isLocked(m_version)) {
+ e->clearLocked();
}
}
bool
Sequencer::handleLlsc(Addr address, SequencerRequest* request)
{
- //
+ AbstractCacheEntry *e = m_dataCache_ptr->lookup(address);
+ if (!e)
+ return true;
+
// The success flag indicates whether the LLSC operation was successful.
// LL ops will always succeed, but SC may fail if the cache line is no
// longer locked.
- //
bool success = true;
if (request->m_type == RubyRequestType_Store_Conditional) {
- if (!m_dataCache_ptr->isLocked(address, m_version)) {
+ if (!e->isLocked(m_version)) {
//
// For failed SC requests, indicate the failure to the cpu by
// setting the extra data to zero.
@@ -355,19 +354,18 @@ Sequencer::handleLlsc(Addr address, SequencerRequest* request)
//
// Independent of success, all SC operations must clear the lock
//
- m_dataCache_ptr->clearLocked(address);
+ e->clearLocked();
} else if (request->m_type == RubyRequestType_Load_Linked) {
//
// Note: To fully follow Alpha LLSC semantics, should the LL clear any
// previously locked cache lines?
//
- m_dataCache_ptr->setLocked(address, m_version);
- } else if ((m_dataCache_ptr->isTagPresent(address)) &&
- (m_dataCache_ptr->isLocked(address, m_version))) {
+ e->setLocked(m_version);
+ } else if (e->isLocked(m_version)) {
//
// Normal writes should clear the locked address
//
- m_dataCache_ptr->clearLocked(address);
+ e->clearLocked();
}
return success;
}