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authorSteve Reinhardt <stever@eecs.umich.edu>2007-07-26 17:04:17 -0700
committerSteve Reinhardt <stever@eecs.umich.edu>2007-07-26 17:04:17 -0700
commitc3bf59dcb9dddd64d5ad603f7af6589b87e7afad (patch)
treeae51979714aa372d996d64c1841892e20a68fd9c /src/mem
parentf1b5c8fb57ee656df3a1b9d021de723279f66b2f (diff)
downloadgem5-c3bf59dcb9dddd64d5ad603f7af6589b87e7afad.tar.xz
Add downward express snoops for invalidations.
--HG-- extra : convert_revision : 4916fa9721d727d8416ad8c07df3a8171d02b2b4
Diffstat (limited to 'src/mem')
-rw-r--r--src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh15
-rw-r--r--src/mem/cache/miss/mshr.cc1
-rw-r--r--src/mem/packet.hh8
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh b/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
index 6db40b609..2ead54ba6 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
@@ -371,6 +371,17 @@ Cache<TagStore>::timingAccess(PacketPtr pkt)
DPRINTF(Cache, "mem inhibited on 0x%x: not responding\n",
pkt->getAddr());
assert(!pkt->req->isUncacheable());
+ // Special tweak for multilevel coherence: snoop downward here
+ // on invalidates since there may be other caches below here
+ // that have shared copies. Not necessary if we know that
+ // supplier had exclusive copy to begin with.
+ if (pkt->needsExclusive() && !pkt->isSupplyExclusive()) {
+ Packet *snoopPkt = new Packet(pkt, true); // clear flags
+ snoopPkt->setExpressSnoop();
+ snoopPkt->assertMemInhibit();
+ memSidePort->sendTiming(snoopPkt);
+ // main memory will delete snoopPkt
+ }
return true;
}
@@ -966,6 +977,7 @@ Cache<TagStore>::handleSnoop(PacketPtr pkt, BlkType *blk,
// we respond in atomic mode), so just figure out what to do now
// and then do it later
bool supply = blk->isDirty() && pkt->isRead() && !upperSupply;
+ bool have_exclusive = blk->isWritable();
bool invalidate = pkt->isInvalidate();
if (pkt->isRead() && !pkt->isInvalidate()) {
@@ -985,6 +997,9 @@ Cache<TagStore>::handleSnoop(PacketPtr pkt, BlkType *blk,
if (supply) {
assert(!pkt->memInhibitAsserted());
pkt->assertMemInhibit();
+ if (have_exclusive) {
+ pkt->setSupplyExclusive();
+ }
if (is_timing) {
doTimingSupplyResponse(pkt, blk->data, is_deferred);
} else {
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/miss/mshr.cc b/src/mem/cache/miss/mshr.cc
index 7f216ad39..5ba3d1ec5 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/miss/mshr.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/miss/mshr.cc
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ MSHR::handleSnoop(PacketPtr pkt, Counter _order)
// We're awaiting an exclusive copy, so ownership is pending.
// It's up to us to respond once the data arrives.
pkt->assertMemInhibit();
+ pkt->setSupplyExclusive();
} else {
// Someone else may respond before we get around to
// processing this snoop, which means the copied request
diff --git a/src/mem/packet.hh b/src/mem/packet.hh
index 036bd3fd7..c6534d6c9 100644
--- a/src/mem/packet.hh
+++ b/src/mem/packet.hh
@@ -256,7 +256,11 @@ class Packet : public FastAlloc
MemInhibit,
Shared,
// Special control flags
+ /// Special timing-mode atomic snoop for multi-level coherence.
ExpressSnoop,
+ /// Does supplier have exclusive copy?
+ /// Useful for multi-level coherence.
+ SupplyExclusive,
NUM_PACKET_FLAGS
};
@@ -315,13 +319,15 @@ class Packet : public FastAlloc
// Snoop flags
void assertMemInhibit() { flags[MemInhibit] = true; }
- void assertShared() { flags[Shared] = true; }
bool memInhibitAsserted() { return flags[MemInhibit]; }
+ void assertShared() { flags[Shared] = true; }
bool sharedAsserted() { return flags[Shared]; }
// Special control flags
void setExpressSnoop() { flags[ExpressSnoop] = true; }
bool isExpressSnoop() { return flags[ExpressSnoop]; }
+ void setSupplyExclusive() { flags[SupplyExclusive] = true; }
+ bool isSupplyExclusive() { return flags[SupplyExclusive]; }
// Network error conditions... encapsulate them as methods since
// their encoding keeps changing (from result field to command