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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Mark D. Hill and David A. Wood
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met: redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer;
+ * redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution;
+ * neither the name of the copyright holders nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+// Various class of messages that can be exchanged between the L0 and the L1
+// controllers.
+enumeration(CoherenceClass, desc="...") {
+ GETX, desc="Get eXclusive";
+ UPGRADE, desc="UPGRADE to exclusive";
+ GETS, desc="Get Shared";
+ GET_INSTR, desc="Get Instruction";
+ INV, desc="INValidate";
+ PUTX, desc="Replacement message";
+
+ WB_ACK, desc="Writeback ack";
+
+ // Request types for sending data and acks from L0 to L1 cache
+ // when an invalidation message is received.
+ INV_DATA;
+ INV_ACK;
+
+ DATA, desc="Data block for L1 cache in S state";
+ DATA_EXCLUSIVE, desc="Data block for L1 cache in M/E state";
+ ACK, desc="Generic invalidate ack";
+
+ // This is a special case in which the L1 cache lost permissions to the
+ // shared block before it got the data. So the L0 cache can use the data
+ // but not store it.
+ STALE_DATA;
+}
+
+// Class for messages sent between the L0 and the L1 controllers.
+structure(CoherenceMsg, desc="...", interface="Message") {
+ Address Addr, desc="Physical address of the cache block";
+ CoherenceClass Class, desc="Type of message (GetS, GetX, PutX, etc)";
+ RubyAccessMode AccessMode, desc="user/supervisor access type";
+ MachineID Sender, desc="What component sent this message";
+ MachineID Destination, desc="What machine receives this message";
+ MessageSizeType MessageSize, desc="size category of the message";
+ DataBlock DataBlk, desc="Data for the cache line (if PUTX)";
+ bool Dirty, default="false", desc="Dirty bit";
+
+ bool functionalRead(Packet *pkt) {
+ // Only PUTX messages contains the data block
+ if (Class == CoherenceClass:PUTX) {
+ return testAndRead(Addr, DataBlk, pkt);
+ }
+
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ bool functionalWrite(Packet *pkt) {
+ // No check on message type required since the protocol should
+ // read data from those messages that contain the block
+ return testAndWrite(Addr, DataBlk, pkt);
+ }
+}