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authorMatt Horsnell <Matt.Horsnell@arm.com>2011-01-18 16:30:02 -0600
committerMatt Horsnell <Matt.Horsnell@arm.com>2011-01-18 16:30:02 -0600
commit5ebf3b280867925917654f5362d3ece21dc2355e (patch)
treefb57127c839ef57d0f2dfa1b11b35fbdb7225dd4 /src
parentee9a331fe59356a11e6f610967cd5aa08cef3db9 (diff)
downloadgem5-5ebf3b280867925917654f5362d3ece21dc2355e.tar.xz
O3: Fixes the way prefetches are handled inside the iew unit.
This patch prevents the prefetch being added to the instCommit queue twice.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/arch/arm/faults.hh3
-rw-r--r--src/arch/arm/tlb.cc8
-rw-r--r--src/cpu/o3/iew_impl.hh6
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/arch/arm/faults.hh b/src/arch/arm/faults.hh
index 6c1b223ab..633e74eae 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm/faults.hh
+++ b/src/arch/arm/faults.hh
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ class ArmFault : public FaultBase
// to allow the translation function to inform
// the memory access function not to proceed
// for a Prefetch that misses in the TLB.
- PrefetchTLBMiss
+ PrefetchTLBMiss = 0x1f,
+ PrefetchUncacheable = 0x20
};
struct FaultVals
diff --git a/src/arch/arm/tlb.cc b/src/arch/arm/tlb.cc
index f142e03f8..e5f5b36f6 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm/tlb.cc
+++ b/src/arch/arm/tlb.cc
@@ -556,9 +556,15 @@ TLB::translateFs(RequestPtr req, ThreadContext *tc, Mode mode,
outerAttrs: %d\n",
te->shareable, te->innerAttrs, te->outerAttrs);
setAttr(te->attributes);
- if (te->nonCacheable)
+ if (te->nonCacheable) {
req->setFlags(Request::UNCACHEABLE);
+ // Prevent prefetching from I/O devices.
+ if (req->isPrefetch()) {
+ return new PrefetchAbort(vaddr, ArmFault::PrefetchUncacheable);
+ }
+ }
+
switch ( (dacr >> (te->domain * 2)) & 0x3) {
case 0:
domainFaults++;
diff --git a/src/cpu/o3/iew_impl.hh b/src/cpu/o3/iew_impl.hh
index e1af20852..3f53b4197 100644
--- a/src/cpu/o3/iew_impl.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/iew_impl.hh
@@ -1222,8 +1222,7 @@ DefaultIEW<Impl>::executeInsts()
// Execute instruction.
// Note that if the instruction faults, it will be handled
// at the commit stage.
- if (inst->isMemRef() &&
- (!inst->isDataPrefetch() && !inst->isInstPrefetch())) {
+ if (inst->isMemRef()) {
DPRINTF(IEW, "Execute: Calculating address for memory "
"reference.\n");
@@ -1232,6 +1231,9 @@ DefaultIEW<Impl>::executeInsts()
// Loads will mark themselves as executed, and their writeback
// event adds the instruction to the queue to commit
fault = ldstQueue.executeLoad(inst);
+ if (inst->isDataPrefetch() || inst->isInstPrefetch()) {
+ fault = NoFault;
+ }
} else if (inst->isStore()) {
fault = ldstQueue.executeStore(inst);