O3PCU: Split loads and stores that cross cache line boundaries.

When each load or store is sent to the LSQ, we check whether it will cross a
cache line boundary and, if so, split it in two. This creates two TLB
translations and two memory requests. Care has to be taken if the first
packet of a split load is sent but the second blocks the cache. Similarly,
for a store, if the first packet cannot be sent, we must store the second
one somewhere to retry later.

This modifies the LSQSenderState class to record both packets in a split
load or store.

Finally, a new const variable, HasUnalignedMemAcc, is added to each ISA
to indicate whether unaligned memory accesses are allowed. This is used
throughout the changed code so that compiler can optimise away code dealing
with split requests for ISAs that don't need them.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/arch/x86/isa_traits.hh b/src/arch/x86/isa_traits.hh
index 9f1b7b7c4..80af12c91 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/isa_traits.hh
+++ b/src/arch/x86/isa_traits.hh
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ namespace X86ISA
     StaticInstPtr decodeInst(ExtMachInst);
 
     const Addr LoadAddrMask = ULL(-1);
+
+    // Memory accesses can be unaligned
+    const bool HasUnalignedMemAcc = true;
 };
 
 #endif // __ARCH_X86_ISATRAITS_HH__