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author | Andreas Sandberg <Andreas.Sandberg@ARM.com> | 2015-05-05 03:22:33 -0400 |
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committer | Andreas Sandberg <Andreas.Sandberg@ARM.com> | 2015-05-05 03:22:33 -0400 |
commit | 48281375ee23283d24cf9d7fe5f6315afdb3a6fc (patch) | |
tree | 8452e0a52752b913ac40fe9299c6d40f859d7e79 /src/cpu/translation.hh | |
parent | 1da634ace00dbae3165228b36655a62538c7c88d (diff) | |
download | gem5-48281375ee23283d24cf9d7fe5f6315afdb3a6fc.tar.xz |
mem, cpu: Add a separate flag for strictly ordered memory
The Request::UNCACHEABLE flag currently has two different
functions. The first, and obvious, function is to prevent the memory
system from caching data in the request. The second function is to
prevent reordering and speculation in CPU models.
This changeset gives the order/speculation requirement a separate flag
(Request::STRICT_ORDER). This flag prevents CPU models from doing the
following optimizations:
* Speculation: CPU models are not allowed to issue speculative
loads.
* Write combining: CPU models and caches are not allowed to merge
writes to the same cache line.
Note: The memory system may still reorder accesses unless the
UNCACHEABLE flag is set. It is therefore expected that the
STRICT_ORDER flag is combined with the UNCACHEABLE flag to prevent
this behavior.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/cpu/translation.hh')
-rw-r--r-- | src/cpu/translation.hh | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/cpu/translation.hh b/src/cpu/translation.hh index 4ff75546a..a7372f3ee 100644 --- a/src/cpu/translation.hh +++ b/src/cpu/translation.hh @@ -153,14 +153,14 @@ class WholeTranslationState } /** - * Check if this request is uncacheable. We only need to check the main - * request because the flags will have been copied here on a split - * translation. + * Check if this request is strictly ordered device access. We + * only need to check the main request because the flags will have + * been copied here on a split translation. */ bool - isUncacheable() const + isStrictlyOrdered() const { - return mainReq->isUncacheable(); + return mainReq->isStrictlyOrdered(); } /** |