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authorNikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>2018-05-04 16:54:48 +0100
committerNikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>2018-05-31 15:11:23 +0000
commitd5c4dd986a48f13cc774e487993634d8c2b68e10 (patch)
tree67f26b37882fc292c060ca81acf3b8093cb71514 /src
parenta8ac84cdd39b7a37c0c9966e49eb3927f2e6abec (diff)
downloadgem5-d5c4dd986a48f13cc774e487993634d8c2b68e10.tar.xz
mem-cache: Add helper function to perform evictions
Change-Id: I2df24eb1a8516220bec9b685c8c09bf55be18681 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/10430 Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/mem/cache/cache.cc45
-rw-r--r--src/mem/cache/cache.hh20
2 files changed, 44 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/cache.cc b/src/mem/cache/cache.cc
index c755fb29c..79196e8be 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/cache.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/cache.cc
@@ -303,11 +303,7 @@ Cache::access(PacketPtr pkt, CacheBlk *&blk, Cycles &lat,
// flush and invalidate any existing block
CacheBlk *old_blk(tags->findBlock(pkt->getAddr(), pkt->isSecure()));
if (old_blk && old_blk->isValid()) {
- if (old_blk->isDirty() || writebackClean)
- writebacks.push_back(writebackBlk(old_blk));
- else
- writebacks.push_back(cleanEvictBlk(old_blk));
- invalidateBlock(old_blk);
+ evictBlock(old_blk, writebacks);
}
blk = nullptr;
@@ -1248,9 +1244,7 @@ Cache::recvAtomic(PacketPtr pkt)
schedule(writebackTempBlockAtomicEvent, curTick());
}
- tempBlockWriteback = (blk->isDirty() || writebackClean) ?
- writebackBlk(blk) : cleanEvictBlk(blk);
- invalidateBlock(blk);
+ tempBlockWriteback = evictBlock(blk);
}
if (pkt->needsResponse()) {
@@ -1643,10 +1637,7 @@ Cache::recvTimingResp(PacketPtr pkt)
// if we used temp block, check to see if its valid and then clear it out
if (blk == tempBlock && tempBlock->isValid()) {
- PacketPtr wb_pkt = tempBlock->isDirty() || writebackClean ?
- writebackBlk(blk) : cleanEvictBlk(blk);
- writebacks.push_back(wb_pkt);
- invalidateBlock(tempBlock);
+ evictBlock(blk, writebacks);
}
const Tick forward_time = clockEdge(forwardLatency) + pkt->headerDelay;
@@ -1658,6 +1649,26 @@ Cache::recvTimingResp(PacketPtr pkt)
}
PacketPtr
+Cache::evictBlock(CacheBlk *blk)
+{
+ PacketPtr pkt = (blk->isDirty() || writebackClean) ?
+ writebackBlk(blk) : cleanEvictBlk(blk);
+
+ invalidateBlock(blk);
+
+ return pkt;
+}
+
+void
+Cache::evictBlock(CacheBlk *blk, PacketList &writebacks)
+{
+ PacketPtr pkt = evictBlock(blk);
+ if (pkt) {
+ writebacks.push_back(pkt);
+ }
+}
+
+PacketPtr
Cache::writebackBlk(CacheBlk *blk)
{
chatty_assert(!isReadOnly || writebackClean,
@@ -1850,15 +1861,7 @@ Cache::allocateBlock(Addr addr, bool is_secure, PacketList &writebacks)
if (blk->wasPrefetched()) {
unusedPrefetches++;
}
- // Will send up Writeback/CleanEvict snoops via isCachedAbove
- // when pushing this writeback list into the write buffer.
- if (blk->isDirty() || writebackClean) {
- // Save writeback packet for handling by caller
- writebacks.push_back(writebackBlk(blk));
- } else {
- writebacks.push_back(cleanEvictBlk(blk));
- }
- invalidateBlock(blk);
+ evictBlock(blk, writebacks);
replacements++;
}
}
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/cache.hh b/src/mem/cache/cache.hh
index 4a56f14f1..86ec2a2a5 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/cache.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/cache.hh
@@ -496,6 +496,26 @@ class Cache : public BaseCache
bool is_timing, bool is_deferred, bool pending_inval);
/**
+ * Evict a cache block.
+ *
+ * Performs a writeback if necesssary and invalidates the block
+ *
+ * @param blk Block to invalidate
+ * @return A packet with the writeback, can be nullptr
+ */
+ M5_NODISCARD virtual PacketPtr evictBlock(CacheBlk *blk);
+
+ /**
+ * Evict a cache block.
+ *
+ * Performs a writeback if necesssary and invalidates the block
+ *
+ * @param blk Block to invalidate
+ * @param writebacks Return a list of packets with writebacks
+ */
+ virtual void evictBlock(CacheBlk *blk, PacketList &writebacks);
+
+ /**
* Create a writeback request for the given block.
* @param blk The block to writeback.
* @return The writeback request for the block.