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authorGeoffrey Blake <geoffrey.blake@arm.com>2011-05-23 10:40:18 -0500
committerGeoffrey Blake <geoffrey.blake@arm.com>2011-05-23 10:40:18 -0500
commit6dd996aabbfcd6c519e70ded3b54e44159deb685 (patch)
tree81972e7c2829a2170c792558ecce47d7a55881cf /src/cpu/o3
parentfc1d2d967924f9e8116d156550786ed0b527d1e3 (diff)
downloadgem5-6dd996aabbfcd6c519e70ded3b54e44159deb685.tar.xz
O3: Fix issue with interrupts/faults occuring in the middle of a macro-op
This patch fixes two problems with the O3 cpu model. The first is an issue with an instruction fetch causing a fault on the next address while the current macro-op is being issued. This happens when the micro-ops exceed the fetch bandwdith and then on the next cycle the fetch stage attempts to issue a request to the next line while it still has micro-ops to issue if the next line faults a fault is attached to a micro-op in the currently executing macro-op rather than a "nop" from the next instruction block. This leads to an instruction incorrectly faulting when on fetch when it had no reason to fault. A similar problem occurs with interrupts. When an interrupt occurs the fetch stage nominally stops issuing instructions immediately. This is incorrect in the case of a macro-op as the current location might not be interruptable.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/cpu/o3')
-rw-r--r--src/cpu/o3/fetch.hh3
-rw-r--r--src/cpu/o3/fetch_impl.hh28
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/cpu/o3/fetch.hh b/src/cpu/o3/fetch.hh
index 53f0f631e..92affc6db 100644
--- a/src/cpu/o3/fetch.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/fetch.hh
@@ -403,6 +403,9 @@ class DefaultFetch
StaticInstPtr macroop[Impl::MaxThreads];
+ /** Can the fetch stage redirect from an interrupt on this instruction? */
+ bool delayedCommit[Impl::MaxThreads];
+
/** Memory request used to access cache. */
RequestPtr memReq[Impl::MaxThreads];
diff --git a/src/cpu/o3/fetch_impl.hh b/src/cpu/o3/fetch_impl.hh
index 0f7d908d1..d3a2fc83f 100644
--- a/src/cpu/o3/fetch_impl.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/fetch_impl.hh
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ DefaultFetch<Impl>::initStage()
pc[tid] = cpu->pcState(tid);
fetchOffset[tid] = 0;
macroop[tid] = NULL;
+ delayedCommit[tid] = false;
}
for (ThreadID tid = 0; tid < numThreads; tid++) {
@@ -1070,6 +1071,9 @@ DefaultFetch<Impl>::buildInst(ThreadID tid, StaticInstPtr staticInst,
assert(numInst < fetchWidth);
toDecode->insts[toDecode->size++] = instruction;
+ // Keep track of if we can take an interrupt at this boundary
+ delayedCommit[tid] = instruction->isDelayedCommit();
+
return instruction;
}
@@ -1112,8 +1116,11 @@ DefaultFetch<Impl>::fetch(bool &status_change)
// Align the fetch PC so its at the start of a cache block.
Addr block_PC = icacheBlockAlignPC(fetchAddr);
- // Unless buffer already got the block, fetch it from icache.
- if (!(cacheDataValid[tid] && block_PC == cacheDataPC[tid]) && !inRom) {
+ // If buffer is no longer valid or fetchAddr has moved to point
+ // to the next cache block, AND we have no remaining ucode
+ // from a macro-op, then start fetch from icache.
+ if (!(cacheDataValid[tid] && block_PC == cacheDataPC[tid])
+ && !inRom && !macroop[tid]) {
DPRINTF(Fetch, "[tid:%i]: Attempting to translate and read "
"instruction, starting at PC %s.\n", tid, thisPC);
@@ -1126,7 +1133,11 @@ DefaultFetch<Impl>::fetch(bool &status_change)
else
++fetchMiscStallCycles;
return;
- } else if (checkInterrupt(thisPC.instAddr()) || isSwitchedOut()) {
+ } else if ((checkInterrupt(thisPC.instAddr()) && !delayedCommit[tid])
+ || isSwitchedOut()) {
+ // Stall CPU if an interrupt is posted and we're not issuing
+ // an delayed commit micro-op currently (delayed commit instructions
+ // are not interruptable by interrupts, only faults)
++fetchMiscStallCycles;
return;
}
@@ -1184,9 +1195,11 @@ DefaultFetch<Impl>::fetch(bool &status_change)
unsigned blkOffset = (fetchAddr - cacheDataPC[tid]) / instSize;
// Loop through instruction memory from the cache.
- while (blkOffset < numInsts &&
- numInst < fetchWidth &&
- !predictedBranch) {
+ // Keep issuing while we have not reached the end of the block or a
+ // macroop is active and fetchWidth is available and branch is not
+ // predicted taken
+ while ((blkOffset < numInsts || curMacroop) &&
+ numInst < fetchWidth && !predictedBranch) {
// If we need to process more memory, do it now.
if (!(curMacroop || inRom) && !predecoder.extMachInstReady()) {
@@ -1232,7 +1245,8 @@ DefaultFetch<Impl>::fetch(bool &status_change)
pcOffset = 0;
}
} else {
- // We need more bytes for this instruction.
+ // We need more bytes for this instruction so blkOffset and
+ // pcOffset will be updated
break;
}
}