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Diffstat (limited to 'src/mem/cache/base.hh')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/base.hh b/src/mem/cache/base.hh index 795347a0d..da72667b3 100644 --- a/src/mem/cache/base.hh +++ b/src/mem/cache/base.hh @@ -229,7 +229,15 @@ class BaseCache : public MemObject /** * The latency of a hit in this device. */ - int hitLatency; + const Tick hitLatency; + + /** + * The latency of sending reponse to its upper level cache/core on a + * linefill. In most contemporary processors, the return path on a cache + * miss is much quicker that the hit latency. The responseLatency parameter + * tries to capture this latency. + */ + const Tick responseLatency; /** The number of targets for each MSHR. */ const int numTarget; |