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2018-03-05mem-cache: Remove redundant block initialization on allocationNikos Nikoleris
Change-Id: I7496e12e6a517529316c480d5f6e2ade601f0e2d Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/8282 Reviewed-by: Daniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br> Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
2018-03-02mem-cache: Remove mumBlock redundant initialiation from FALRUNikos Nikoleris
Change-Id: Id3afec0a62446d6d0f44ccb655032343037637e0 Reviewed-by: Curtis Dunham <curtis.dunham@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/8281 Reviewed-by: Daniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br> Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
2018-03-01mem-cache: Remove extra block init in BaseSetAssocDaniel R. Carvalho
Removed extra initialization of cache block just after they have been created and organized the comments. Change-Id: I75c1beaf0489e3e530fd8cbff2739dc7593e3e6f Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/8661 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
2018-03-01mem-cache: Vectorize C arrays in BaseSetAssoc.Daniel R. Carvalho
Transform BaseSetAssoc's arrays into C++ vectors to avoid unnecessary resource management. Change-Id: I656f42f29e5f9589eba491b410ca1df5a64f2f34 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/8621 Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2018-02-24mem-cache: Fix CacheSet memory leakDaniel R. Carvalho
CacheSet blocks were being allocated but never freed. Used vector to avoid using pure C array. Change-Id: I6f32fa5a305ff4e1d7602535026c1396764102ed Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/8603 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
2018-02-08mem-cache: Make cache warmup percentage a parameter.Daniel R. Carvalho
The warmupPercentage is the percentage of different tags (based on the cache size) that need to be touched in order to warm up the cache. If Warmup failed (i.e., not enough tags were touched), warmup_cycle = 0. The warmup is not being taken into account to calculate the stats (i.e., stats acquisition starts before cache is warmed up). Maybe in the future this functionality should be added. Change-Id: I2b93a99c19fddb99a4c60e6d4293fa355744d05e Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/8061 Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
2018-02-06mem-cache: Remove extra numSets zero check.Daniel R. Carvalho
numSets is unsigned, so it cannot be lower than 0. Besides, isPowerOf2(0) is false by definition (and implemmentation*), so there is no need for the double check. * As presented in base/intmath.hh Change-Id: I3f6296694a937434feddc7ed21f11c2a6fdfc5a9 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/7901 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2018-02-06mem: Standardize mem folder header guardsDaniel R. Carvalho
Standardize all header guards in the mem directory according to the most frequent patterns. In general they have the form: mem: __FOLDER_TREE_FILE_NAME_HH__ ruby: __FOLDER_TREE_FILENAME_HH__ Change-Id: I983853e292deb302becf151bf0e970057dc24774 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/7881 Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
2017-12-04misc: Rename misc.(hh|cc) to logging.(hh|cc)Gabe Black
These files aren't a collection of miscellaneous stuff, they're the definition of the Logger interface, and a few utility macros for calling into that interface (panic, warn, etc.). Change-Id: I84267ac3f45896a83c0ef027f8f19c5e9a5667d1 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/6226 Reviewed-by: Brandon Potter <Brandon.Potter@amd.com> Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
2017-03-03mem: Make blkAlign a common function between all tag classesNikos Nikoleris
blkAlign was defined as a separate function in the base associative and fully-associative tags classes although both functions implemented identical functionality. This patch moves the blkAlign in the base tags class. Change-Id: I3d415d0e62bddeec7ce0d559667e40a8c5fdc2d4 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>
2017-02-21mem: Remove unused size field from the CacheBlk classNikos Nikoleris
Change-Id: I6149290d6d2ac1a4bd6165871c93d7b7d6a980ad Reviewed-by: Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2017-02-21mem: Remove unused arguments (asid/contex_id) from accessBlockNikos Nikoleris
Change-Id: I79c2662fc81630ab321db8a75be6cd15fa07d372 Reviewed-by: Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2017-02-21mem: Remove unused type BlkList from the cache and the tagsNikos Nikoleris
Change-Id: If9ebb8488e8db587482ecfa99d2c12cfe5734fb9 Reviewed-by: Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2017-02-21mem: Remove unused functions from the tag classesNikos Nikoleris
Change-Id: I4f3c2c027b1acaaf791a4c71086f34a9b9fbf4df Reviewed-by: Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2016-11-30mem: Split the hit_latency into tag_latency and data_latencySophiane Senni
If the cache access mode is parallel, i.e. "sequential_access" parameter is set to "False", tags and data are accessed in parallel. Therefore, the hit_latency is the maximum latency between tag_latency and data_latency. On the other hand, if the cache access mode is sequential, i.e. "sequential_access" parameter is set to "True", tags and data are accessed sequentially. Therefore, the hit_latency is the sum of tag_latency plus data_latency. Signed-off-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2016-06-06sim: Call regStats of base-class as wellStephan Diestelhorst
We want to extend the stats of objects hierarchically and thus it is necessary to register the statistics of the base-class(es), as well. For now, these are empty, but generic stats will be added there. Patch originally provided by Akash Bagdia at ARM Ltd.
2016-05-26mem: fix headers include order in the cache related classesNikos Nikoleris
Change-Id: Ia57cc104978861ab342720654e408dbbfcbe4b69 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2016-05-26mem: change NULL to nullptr in the cache related classesNikos Nikoleris
Change-Id: I5042410be54935650b7d05c84d8d9efbfcc06e70 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2016-05-26mem: fix the line length in the cache related classesNikos Nikoleris
Change-Id: I6d1feb164a958dde0da87a1cd2698096112c4a82 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2015-11-06misc: Appease clang static analyzerAndreas Hansson
A few minor fixes to issues identified by the clang static analyzer.
2015-10-12misc: Add explicit overrides and fix other clang >= 3.5 issuesAndreas Hansson
This patch adds explicit overrides as this is now required when using "-Wall" with clang >= 3.5, the latter now part of the most recent XCode. The patch consequently removes "virtual" for those methods where "override" is added. The latter should be enough of an indication. As part of this patch, a few minor issues that clang >= 3.5 complains about are also resolved (unused methods and variables).
2015-10-12misc: Remove redundant compiler-specific definesAndreas Hansson
This patch moves away from using M5_ATTR_OVERRIDE and the m5::hashmap (and similar) abstractions, as these are no longer needed with gcc 4.7 and clang 3.1 as minimum compiler versions.
2015-09-04mem: Tidy up CacheSetAndreas Hansson
Minor tweaks and house keeping.
2015-08-21arm, mem: Remove unused CLEAR_LL request flagAndreas Hansson
Cleaning up dead code. The CLREX stores zero directly to MISCREG_LOCKFLAG and so the request flag is no longer needed. The corresponding functionality in the cache tags is also removed.
2015-07-30mem: Make caches way awareDavid Guillen-Fandos
This patch makes cache sets aware of the way number. This enables some nice features such as the ablity to restrict way allocation. The implemented mechanism allows to set a maximum way number to be allocated 'k' which must fulfill 0 < k <= N (where N is the number of ways). In the future more sophisticated mechasims can be implemented.
2015-05-05mem: Remove templates in cache modelDavid Guillen
This patch changes the cache implementation to rely on virtual methods rather than using the replacement policy as a template argument. There is no impact on the simulation performance, and overall the changes make it easier to modify (and subclass) the cache and/or replacement policy.
2015-02-11mem: Clarify usage of latency in the cacheMarco Balboni
This patch adds some much-needed clarity in the specification of the cache timing. For now, hit_latency and response_latency are kept as top-level parameters, but the cache itself has a number of local variables to better map the individual timing variables to different behaviours (and sub-components). The introduced variables are: - lookupLatency: latency of tag lookup, occuring on any access - forwardLatency: latency that occurs in case of outbound miss - fillLatency: latency to fill a cache block We keep the existing responseLatency The forwardLatency is used by allocateInternalBuffer() for: - MSHR allocateWriteBuffer (unchached write forwarded to WriteBuffer); - MSHR allocateMissBuffer (cacheable miss in MSHR queue); - MSHR allocateUncachedReadBuffer (unchached read allocated in MSHR queue) It is our assumption that the time for the above three buffers is the same. Similarly, for snoop responses passing through the cache we use forwardLatency.
2014-10-16mem: Dynamically determine page bytes in memory componentsAndreas Hansson
This patch takes a step towards an ISA-agnostic memory system by enabling the components to establish the page size after instantiation. The swap operation in the memory is now also allowing any granularity to avoid depending on the IntReg of the ISA.
2014-09-19misc: Remove assertions ensuring unsigned values >= 0Andreas Hansson
2014-09-09misc: Fix a number of unitialised variables and membersAndreas Hansson
Static analysis unearther a bunch of uninitialised variables and members, and this patch addresses the problem. In all cases these omissions seem benign in the end, but at least fixing them means less false positives next time round.
2014-08-13mem: Properly set cache block status fields on writebacksMitch Hayenga
When a cacheline is written back to a lower-level cache, tags->insertBlock() sets various status parameters. However these status bits were cleared immediately after calling. This patch makes it so that these status fields are not cleared by moving them outside of the tags->insertBlock() call.
2014-07-28mem: refactor LRU cache tags and add random replacement tagsAnthony Gutierrez
this patch implements a new tags class that uses a random replacement policy. these tags prefer to evict invalid blocks first, if none are available a replacement candidate is chosen at random. this patch factors out the common code in the LRU class and creates a new abstract class: the BaseSetAssoc class. any set associative tag class must implement the functionality related to the actual replacement policy in the following methods: accessBlock() findVictim() insertBlock() invalidate()
2014-01-28mem: Remove redundant findVictim() input argumentAmin Farmahini
The patch (1) removes the redundant writeback argument from findVictim() (2) fixes the description of access() function Committed by: Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>
2014-01-24mem: Add support for a security bit in the memory systemGiacomo Gabrielli
This patch adds the basic building blocks required to support e.g. ARM TrustZone by discerning secure and non-secure memory accesses.
2014-01-24Cache: Collect very basic stats on tag and data accessesTimothy M. Jones
Adds very basic statistics on the number of tag and data accesses within the cache, which is important for power modelling. For the tags, simply count the associativity of the cache each time. For the data, this depends on whether tags and data are accessed sequentially, which is given by a new parameter. In the parallel case, all data blocks are accessed each time, but with sequential accesses, a single data block is accessed only on a hit.
2014-01-24mem: per-thread cache occupancy and per-block agesDam Sunwoo
This patch enables tracking of cache occupancy per thread along with ages (in buckets) per cache blocks. Cache occupancy stats are recalculated on each stat dump.
2013-09-04arch: Resurrect the NOISA build target and rename it NULLAndreas Hansson
This patch makes it possible to once again build gem5 without any ISA. The main purpose is to enable work around the interconnect and memory system without having to build any CPU models or device models. The regress script is updated to include the NULL ISA target. Currently no regressions make use of it, but all the testers could (and perhaps should) transition to it. --HG-- rename : build_opts/NOISA => build_opts/NULL rename : src/arch/noisa/SConsopts => src/arch/null/SConsopts rename : src/arch/noisa/cpu_dummy.hh => src/arch/null/cpu_dummy.hh rename : src/cpu/intr_control.cc => src/cpu/intr_control_noisa.cc
2013-07-18mem: Set the cache line size on a system levelAndreas Hansson
This patch removes the notion of a peer block size and instead sets the cache line size on the system level. Previously the size was set per cache, and communicated through the interconnect. There were plenty checks to ensure that everyone had the same size specified, and these checks are now removed. Another benefit that is not yet harnessed is that the cache line size is now known at construction time, rather than after the port binding. Hence, the block size can be locally stored and does not have to be queried every time it is used. A follow-on patch updates the configuration scripts accordingly.
2013-06-27mem: Reorganize cache tags and make them a SimObjectPrakash Ramrakhyani
This patch reorganizes the cache tags to allow more flexibility to implement new replacement policies. The base tags class is now a clocked object so that derived classes can use a clock if they need one. Also having deriving from SimObject allows specialized Tag classes to be swapped in/out in .py files. The cache set is now templatized to allow it to contain customized cache blocks with additional informaiton. This involved moving code to the .hh file and removing cacheset.cc. The statistics belonging to the cache tags are now including ".tags" in their name. Hence, the stats need an update to reflect the change in naming.
2013-04-22mem: Adding verbose debug output in the memory systemUri Wiener
This patch provides useful printouts throughut the memory system. This includes pretty-printed cache tags and function call messages (call-stack like).
2013-02-19scons: Fix up numerous warnings about name shadowingAndreas Hansson
This patch address the most important name shadowing warnings (as produced when using gcc/clang with -Wshadow). There are many locations where constructor parameters and function parameters shadow local variables, but these are left unchanged.
2013-01-07mem: Remove the IIC replacement policyAndreas Sandberg
The IIC replacement policy seems to be unused and has probably gathered too much bit rot to be useful. This patch removes the IIC and its associated cache parameters.
2012-11-02mem: Add support for writing back and flushing cachesAndreas Sandberg
This patch adds support for the following optional drain methods in the classical memory system's cache model: memWriteback() - Write back all dirty cache lines to memory using functional accesses. memInvalidate() - Invalidate all cache lines. Dirty cache lines are lost unless a writeback is requested. Since memWriteback() is called when checkpointing systems, this patch adds support for checkpointing systems with caches. The serialization code now checks whether there are any dirty lines in the cache. If there are dirty lines in the cache, the checkpoint is flagged as bad and a warning is printed.
2012-11-02sim: Include object header files in SWIG interfacesAndreas Sandberg
When casting objects in the generated SWIG interfaces, SWIG uses classical C-style casts ( (Foo *)bar; ). In some cases, this can degenerate into the equivalent of a reinterpret_cast (mainly if only a forward declaration of the type is available). This usually works for most compilers, but it is known to break if multiple inheritance is used anywhere in the object hierarchy. This patch introduces the cxx_header attribute to Python SimObject definitions, which should be used to specify a header to include in the SWIG interface. The header should include the declaration of the wrapped object. We currently don't enforce header the use of the header attribute, but a warning will be generated for objects that do not use it.
2012-10-15Fix: Address a few minor issues identified by cppcheckAndreas Hansson
This patch addresses a number of smaller issues identified by the code inspection utility cppcheck. There are a number of identified leaks in the arm/linux/system.cc (although the function only get's called once so it is not a major problem), a few deletes in dev/x86/i8042.cc that were not array deletes, and sprintfs where the character array had one element less than needed. In the IIC tags there was a function allocating an array of longs which is in fact never used.
2012-10-15Mem: Use cycles to express cache-related latenciesAndreas Hansson
This patch changes the cache-related latencies from an absolute time expressed in Ticks, to a number of cycles that can be scaled with the clock period of the caches. Ultimately this patch serves to enable future work that involves dynamic frequency scaling. As an immediate benefit it also makes it more convenient to specify cache performance without implicitly assuming a specific CPU core operating frequency. The stat blocked_cycles that actually counter in ticks is now updated to count in cycles. As the timing is now rounded to the clock edges of the cache, there are some regressions that change. Plenty of them have very minor changes, whereas some regressions with a short run-time are perturbed quite significantly. A follow-on patch updates all the statistics for the regressions.
2012-09-25MEM: Put memory system document into doxygenDjordje Kovacevic
2012-09-11clang: Fix issues identified by the clang static analyzerAndreas Hansson
This patch addresses a few minor issues reported by the clang static analyzer. The analysis was run with: scan-build -disable-checker deadcode \ -enable-checker experimental.core \ -disable-checker experimental.core.CastToStruct \ -enable-checker experimental.cpluscplus
2012-09-11Cache: Split invalidateBlk up to seperate block vs. tagsLena Olson
This seperates the functionality to clear the state in a block into blk.hh and the functionality to udpate the tag information into the tags. This gets rid of the case where calling invalidateBlk on an already-invalid block does something different than calling it on a valid block, which was confusing.
2012-09-07Param: Transition to Cycles for relevant parametersAndreas Hansson
This patch is a first step to using Cycles as a parameter type. The main affected modules are the CPUs and the Ruby caches. There are definitely plenty more places that are affected, but this patch serves as a starting point to making the transition. An important part of this patch is to actually enable parameters to be specified as Param.Cycles which involves some changes to params.py.