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authorSteve Reinhardt <Steve.Reinhardt@amd.com>2008-07-16 11:10:33 -0700
committerSteve Reinhardt <Steve.Reinhardt@amd.com>2008-07-16 11:10:33 -0700
commit6629d9b2bc58a885bfebce1517fd12483497b6e4 (patch)
tree22e2bc30405ba483ac571951f49cc77d7e713477 /src/mem/cache
parent05d8c9acb8a5a985956998fc13551288496e5cdc (diff)
downloadgem5-6629d9b2bc58a885bfebce1517fd12483497b6e4.tar.xz
mem: use single BadAddr responder per system.
Previously there was one per bus, which caused some coherence problems when more than one decided to respond. Now there is just one on the main memory bus. The default bus responder on all other buses is now the downstream cache's cpu_side port. Caches no longer need to do address range filtering; instead, we just have a simple flag to prevent snoops from propagating to the I/O bus.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/mem/cache')
-rw-r--r--src/mem/cache/BaseCache.py8
-rw-r--r--src/mem/cache/base.cc9
-rw-r--r--src/mem/cache/base.hh20
-rw-r--r--src/mem/cache/cache.hh6
-rw-r--r--src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh92
5 files changed, 66 insertions, 69 deletions
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/BaseCache.py b/src/mem/cache/BaseCache.py
index bef1b45d2..bdef07cb4 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/BaseCache.py
+++ b/src/mem/cache/BaseCache.py
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ class BaseCache(MemObject):
"always service demand misses first")
repl = Param.Repl(NULL, "replacement policy")
size = Param.MemorySize("capacity in bytes")
+ forward_snoops = Param.Bool(True,
+ "forward snoops from mem side to cpu side")
subblock_size = Param.Int(0,
"Size of subblock in IIC used for compression")
tgts_per_mshr = Param.Int("max number of accesses per MSHR")
@@ -74,8 +76,4 @@ class BaseCache(MemObject):
"Only prefetch on data not on instruction accesses")
cpu_side = Port("Port on side closer to CPU")
mem_side = Port("Port on side closer to MEM")
- cpu_side_filter_ranges = VectorParam.AddrRange([],
- "What addresses shouldn't be passed through the side of the bridge")
- mem_side_filter_ranges = VectorParam.AddrRange([],
- "What addresses shouldn't be passed through the side of the bridge")
- addr_range = VectorParam.AddrRange(AllMemory, "The address range in bytes")
+ addr_range = Param.AddrRange(AllMemory, "The address range for the CPU-side port")
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/base.cc b/src/mem/cache/base.cc
index 956375530..29fa97544 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/base.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/base.cc
@@ -41,11 +41,10 @@
using namespace std;
BaseCache::CachePort::CachePort(const std::string &_name, BaseCache *_cache,
- const std::string &_label,
- std::vector<Range<Addr> > filter_ranges)
+ const std::string &_label)
: SimpleTimingPort(_name, _cache), cache(_cache),
label(_label), otherPort(NULL),
- blocked(false), mustSendRetry(false), filterRanges(filter_ranges)
+ blocked(false), mustSendRetry(false)
{
}
@@ -58,10 +57,12 @@ BaseCache::BaseCache(const Params *p)
blkSize(p->block_size),
hitLatency(p->latency),
numTarget(p->tgts_per_mshr),
+ forwardSnoops(p->forward_snoops),
blocked(0),
noTargetMSHR(NULL),
missCount(p->max_miss_count),
- drainEvent(NULL)
+ drainEvent(NULL),
+ addrRange(p->addr_range)
{
}
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/base.hh b/src/mem/cache/base.hh
index 4319717e5..d33c655d7 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/base.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/base.hh
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ class BaseCache : public MemObject
protected:
CachePort(const std::string &_name, BaseCache *_cache,
- const std::string &_label,
- std::vector<Range<Addr> > filter_ranges);
+ const std::string &_label);
virtual void recvStatusChange(Status status);
@@ -129,9 +128,6 @@ class BaseCache : public MemObject
bool mustSendRetry;
- /** filter ranges */
- std::vector<Range<Addr> > filterRanges;
-
void requestBus(RequestCause cause, Tick time)
{
DPRINTF(CachePort, "Asserting bus request for cause %d\n", cause);
@@ -194,8 +190,8 @@ class BaseCache : public MemObject
/** The number of targets for each MSHR. */
const int numTarget;
- /** Increasing order number assigned to each incoming request. */
- uint64_t order;
+ /** Do we forward snoops from mem side port through to cpu side port? */
+ bool forwardSnoops;
/**
* Bit vector of the blocking reasons for the access path.
@@ -203,6 +199,9 @@ class BaseCache : public MemObject
*/
uint8_t blocked;
+ /** Increasing order number assigned to each incoming request. */
+ uint64_t order;
+
/** Stores time the cache blocked for statistics. */
Tick blockedCycle;
@@ -215,6 +214,11 @@ class BaseCache : public MemObject
/** The drain event. */
Event *drainEvent;
+ /**
+ * The address range to which the cache responds on the CPU side.
+ * Normally this is all possible memory addresses. */
+ Range<Addr> addrRange;
+
public:
// Statistics
/**
@@ -377,6 +381,8 @@ class BaseCache : public MemObject
Addr blockAlign(Addr addr) const { return (addr & ~(blkSize - 1)); }
+ const Range<Addr> &getAddrRange() const { return addrRange; }
+
MSHR *allocateMissBuffer(PacketPtr pkt, Tick time, bool requestBus)
{
assert(!pkt->req->isUncacheable());
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/cache.hh b/src/mem/cache/cache.hh
index 4570b067b..6cb6233f5 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/cache.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/cache.hh
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ class Cache : public BaseCache
public:
CpuSidePort(const std::string &_name,
Cache<TagStore> *_cache,
- const std::string &_label,
- std::vector<Range<Addr> > filterRanges);
+ const std::string &_label);
// BaseCache::CachePort just has a BaseCache *; this function
// lets us get back the type info we lost when we stored the
@@ -96,8 +95,7 @@ class Cache : public BaseCache
public:
MemSidePort(const std::string &_name,
Cache<TagStore> *_cache,
- const std::string &_label,
- std::vector<Range<Addr> > filterRanges);
+ const std::string &_label);
// BaseCache::CachePort just has a BaseCache *; this function
// lets us get back the type info we lost when we stored the
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh b/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
index ea8ae0046..82db7750c 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
#include "sim/host.hh"
#include "base/fast_alloc.hh"
#include "base/misc.hh"
-#include "base/range_ops.hh"
+#include "base/range.hh"
#include "mem/cache/cache.hh"
#include "mem/cache/blk.hh"
@@ -62,11 +62,9 @@ Cache<TagStore>::Cache(const Params *p, TagStore *tags, BasePrefetcher *pf)
tempBlock->data = new uint8_t[blkSize];
cpuSidePort = new CpuSidePort(p->name + "-cpu_side_port", this,
- "CpuSidePort",
- p->cpu_side_filter_ranges);
+ "CpuSidePort");
memSidePort = new MemSidePort(p->name + "-mem_side_port", this,
- "MemSidePort",
- p->mem_side_filter_ranges);
+ "MemSidePort");
cpuSidePort->setOtherPort(memSidePort);
memSidePort->setOtherPort(cpuSidePort);
@@ -96,8 +94,7 @@ Cache<TagStore>::getPort(const std::string &if_name, int idx)
} else if (if_name == "functional") {
CpuSidePort *funcPort =
new CpuSidePort(name() + "-cpu_side_funcport", this,
- "CpuSideFuncPort",
- std::vector<Range<Addr> >());
+ "CpuSideFuncPort");
funcPort->setOtherPort(memSidePort);
return funcPort;
} else {
@@ -1063,35 +1060,37 @@ Cache<TagStore>::handleSnoop(PacketPtr pkt, BlkType *blk,
assert(!(pending_inval && !is_deferred));
assert(pkt->isRequest());
- // first propagate snoop upward to see if anyone above us wants to
- // handle it. save & restore packet src since it will get
- // rewritten to be relative to cpu-side bus (if any)
- bool alreadyResponded = pkt->memInhibitAsserted();
- if (is_timing) {
- Packet *snoopPkt = new Packet(pkt, true); // clear flags
- snoopPkt->setExpressSnoop();
- snoopPkt->senderState = new ForwardResponseRecord(pkt, this);
- cpuSidePort->sendTiming(snoopPkt);
- if (snoopPkt->memInhibitAsserted()) {
- // cache-to-cache response from some upper cache
- assert(!alreadyResponded);
- pkt->assertMemInhibit();
+ if (forwardSnoops) {
+ // first propagate snoop upward to see if anyone above us wants to
+ // handle it. save & restore packet src since it will get
+ // rewritten to be relative to cpu-side bus (if any)
+ bool alreadyResponded = pkt->memInhibitAsserted();
+ if (is_timing) {
+ Packet *snoopPkt = new Packet(pkt, true); // clear flags
+ snoopPkt->setExpressSnoop();
+ snoopPkt->senderState = new ForwardResponseRecord(pkt, this);
+ cpuSidePort->sendTiming(snoopPkt);
+ if (snoopPkt->memInhibitAsserted()) {
+ // cache-to-cache response from some upper cache
+ assert(!alreadyResponded);
+ pkt->assertMemInhibit();
+ } else {
+ delete snoopPkt->senderState;
+ }
+ if (snoopPkt->sharedAsserted()) {
+ pkt->assertShared();
+ }
+ delete snoopPkt;
} else {
- delete snoopPkt->senderState;
- }
- if (snoopPkt->sharedAsserted()) {
- pkt->assertShared();
- }
- delete snoopPkt;
- } else {
- int origSrc = pkt->getSrc();
- cpuSidePort->sendAtomic(pkt);
- if (!alreadyResponded && pkt->memInhibitAsserted()) {
- // cache-to-cache response from some upper cache:
- // forward response to original requester
- assert(pkt->isResponse());
+ int origSrc = pkt->getSrc();
+ cpuSidePort->sendAtomic(pkt);
+ if (!alreadyResponded && pkt->memInhibitAsserted()) {
+ // cache-to-cache response from some upper cache:
+ // forward response to original requester
+ assert(pkt->isResponse());
+ }
+ pkt->setSrc(origSrc);
}
- pkt->setSrc(origSrc);
}
if (!blk || !blk->isValid()) {
@@ -1385,11 +1384,10 @@ void
Cache<TagStore>::CpuSidePort::
getDeviceAddressRanges(AddrRangeList &resp, bool &snoop)
{
- // CPU side port doesn't snoop; it's a target only.
- bool dummy;
- otherPort->getPeerAddressRanges(resp, dummy);
- FilterRangeList(filterRanges, resp);
+ // CPU side port doesn't snoop; it's a target only. It can
+ // potentially respond to any address.
snoop = false;
+ resp.push_back(myCache()->getAddrRange());
}
@@ -1428,9 +1426,8 @@ Cache<TagStore>::CpuSidePort::recvFunctional(PacketPtr pkt)
template<class TagStore>
Cache<TagStore>::
CpuSidePort::CpuSidePort(const std::string &_name, Cache<TagStore> *_cache,
- const std::string &_label,
- std::vector<Range<Addr> > filterRanges)
- : BaseCache::CachePort(_name, _cache, _label, filterRanges)
+ const std::string &_label)
+ : BaseCache::CachePort(_name, _cache, _label)
{
}
@@ -1445,11 +1442,9 @@ void
Cache<TagStore>::MemSidePort::
getDeviceAddressRanges(AddrRangeList &resp, bool &snoop)
{
- otherPort->getPeerAddressRanges(resp, snoop);
- FilterRangeList(filterRanges, resp);
-
- // Memory-side port always snoops, so unconditionally set flag for
- // caller.
+ // Memory-side port always snoops, but never passes requests
+ // through to targets on the cpu side (so we don't add anything to
+ // the address range list).
snoop = true;
}
@@ -1581,9 +1576,8 @@ Cache<TagStore>::MemSidePort::processSendEvent()
template<class TagStore>
Cache<TagStore>::
MemSidePort::MemSidePort(const std::string &_name, Cache<TagStore> *_cache,
- const std::string &_label,
- std::vector<Range<Addr> > filterRanges)
- : BaseCache::CachePort(_name, _cache, _label, filterRanges)
+ const std::string &_label)
+ : BaseCache::CachePort(_name, _cache, _label)
{
// override default send event from SimpleTimingPort
delete sendEvent;