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authorMarc Orr <morr@cs.wisc.edu>2014-11-06 05:42:22 -0600
committerMarc Orr <morr@cs.wisc.edu>2014-11-06 05:42:22 -0600
commitbf80734b2ce080cd75f4b57be47e37465e8901f1 (patch)
tree0ba9cbba64cd017e95b5a3f637d58435208ebc3c /build_opts
parent3947f88d0fa35d2134fa3e999e05bb184a01e396 (diff)
downloadgem5-bf80734b2ce080cd75f4b57be47e37465e8901f1.tar.xz
x86 isa: This patch attempts an implementation at mwait.
Mwait works as follows: 1. A cpu monitors an address of interest (monitor instruction) 2. A cpu calls mwait - this loads the cache line into that cpu's cache. 3. The cpu goes to sleep. 4. When another processor requests write permission for the line, it is evicted from the sleeping cpu's cache. This eviction is forwarded to the sleeping cpu, which then wakes up. Committed by: Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>
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