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authorLisa Hsu <hsul@eecs.umich.edu>2006-12-15 13:06:37 -0500
committerLisa Hsu <hsul@eecs.umich.edu>2006-12-15 13:06:37 -0500
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2006 The Regents of The University of Michigan
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met: redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer;
+ * redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution;
+ * neither the name of the copyright holders nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ * Authors: Steve Reinhardt
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * MissBuffer declaration.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __MISS_BUFFER_HH__
+#define __MISS_BUFFER_HH__
+
+class BaseCache;
+class BasePrefetcher;
+class MSHR;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract base class for cache miss buffering.
+ */
+class MissBuffer
+{
+ protected:
+ /** True if the cache should allocate on a write miss. */
+ const bool writeAllocate;
+
+ /** Pointer to the parent cache. */
+ BaseCache *cache;
+
+ /** The Prefetcher */
+ BasePrefetcher *prefetcher;
+
+ /** Block size of the parent cache. */
+ int blkSize;
+
+ // Statistics
+ /**
+ * @addtogroup CacheStatistics
+ * @{
+ */
+ /** Number of blocks written back per thread. */
+ Stats::Vector<> writebacks;
+
+ /**
+ * @}
+ */
+
+ public:
+ MissBuffer(bool write_allocate)
+ : writeAllocate(write_allocate)
+ {
+ }
+
+ virtual ~MissBuffer() {}
+
+ /**
+ * Called by the parent cache to set the back pointer.
+ * @param _cache A pointer to the parent cache.
+ */
+ void setCache(BaseCache *_cache);
+
+ void setPrefetcher(BasePrefetcher *_prefetcher);
+
+ /**
+ * Register statistics for this object.
+ * @param name The name of the parent cache.
+ */
+ virtual void regStats(const std::string &name);
+
+ /**
+ * Handle a cache miss properly. Either allocate an MSHR for the request,
+ * or forward it through the write buffer.
+ * @param pkt The request that missed in the cache.
+ * @param blk_size The block size of the cache.
+ * @param time The time the miss is detected.
+ */
+ virtual void handleMiss(PacketPtr &pkt, int blk_size, Tick time) = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Fetch the block for the given address and buffer the given target.
+ * @param addr The address to fetch.
+ * @param asid The address space of the address.
+ * @param blk_size The block size of the cache.
+ * @param time The time the miss is detected.
+ * @param target The target for the fetch.
+ */
+ virtual MSHR *fetchBlock(Addr addr, int blk_size, Tick time,
+ PacketPtr &target) = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Selects a outstanding request to service.
+ * @return The request to service, NULL if none found.
+ */
+ virtual PacketPtr getPacket() = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Set the command to the given bus command.
+ * @param pkt The request to update.
+ * @param cmd The bus command to use.
+ */
+ virtual void setBusCmd(PacketPtr &pkt, Packet::Command cmd) = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Restore the original command in case of a bus transmission error.
+ * @param pkt The request to reset.
+ */
+ virtual void restoreOrigCmd(PacketPtr &pkt) = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Marks a request as in service (sent on the bus). This can have side
+ * effect since storage for no response commands is deallocated once they
+ * are successfully sent.
+ * @param pkt The request that was sent on the bus.
+ */
+ virtual void markInService(PacketPtr &pkt, MSHR* mshr) = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Collect statistics and free resources of a satisfied request.
+ * @param pkt The request that has been satisfied.
+ * @param time The time when the request is satisfied.
+ */
+ virtual void handleResponse(PacketPtr &pkt, Tick time) = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Removes all outstanding requests for a given thread number. If a request
+ * has been sent to the bus, this function removes all of its targets.
+ * @param threadNum The thread number of the requests to squash.
+ */
+ virtual void squash(int threadNum) = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Return the current number of outstanding misses.
+ * @return the number of outstanding misses.
+ */
+ virtual int getMisses() = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Searches for the supplied address in the miss queue.
+ * @param addr The address to look for.
+ * @param asid The address space id.
+ * @return The MSHR that contains the address, NULL if not found.
+ * @warning Currently only searches the miss queue. If non write allocate
+ * might need to search the write buffer for coherence.
+ */
+ virtual MSHR* findMSHR(Addr addr) = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Searches for the supplied address in the write buffer.
+ * @param addr The address to look for.
+ * @param asid The address space id.
+ * @param writes The list of writes that match the address.
+ * @return True if any writes are found
+ */
+ virtual bool findWrites(Addr addr, std::vector<MSHR*>& writes) = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Perform a writeback of dirty data to the given address.
+ * @param addr The address to write to.
+ * @param asid The address space id.
+ * @param xc The execution context of the address space.
+ * @param size The number of bytes to write.
+ * @param data The data to write, can be NULL.
+ * @param compressed True if the data is compressed.
+ */
+ virtual void doWriteback(Addr addr, int size, uint8_t *data,
+ bool compressed) = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Perform the given writeback request.
+ * @param pkt The writeback request.
+ */
+ virtual void doWriteback(PacketPtr &pkt) = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns true if there are outstanding requests.
+ * @return True if there are outstanding requests.
+ */
+ virtual bool havePending() = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Add a target to the given MSHR. This assumes it is in the miss queue.
+ * @param mshr The mshr to add a target to.
+ * @param pkt The target to add.
+ */
+ virtual void addTarget(MSHR *mshr, PacketPtr &pkt) = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Allocate a MSHR to hold a list of targets to a block involved in a copy.
+ * If the block is marked done then the MSHR already holds the data to
+ * fill the block. Otherwise the block needs to be fetched.
+ * @param addr The address to buffer.
+ * @param asid The address space ID.
+ * @return A pointer to the allocated MSHR.
+ */
+ virtual MSHR* allocateTargetList(Addr addr) = 0;
+};
+
+#endif //__MISS_BUFFER_HH__