From b904bd5437ead0dfc2c4c0977f3d29d63299c601 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andreas Sandberg Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:40:09 -0500 Subject: sim: Add a system-global option to bypass caches Virtualized CPUs and the fastmem mode of the atomic CPU require direct access to physical memory. We currently require caches to be disabled when using them to prevent chaos. This is not ideal when switching between hardware virutalized CPUs and other CPU models as it would require a configuration change on each switch. This changeset introduces a new version of the atomic memory mode, 'atomic_noncaching', where memory accesses are inserted into the memory system as atomic accesses, but bypass caches. To make memory mode tests cleaner, the following methods are added to the System class: * isAtomicMode() -- True if the memory mode is 'atomic' or 'direct'. * isTimingMode() -- True if the memory mode is 'timing'. * bypassCaches() -- True if caches should be bypassed. The old getMemoryMode() and setMemoryMode() methods should never be used from the C++ world anymore. --- src/mem/coherent_bus.cc | 19 +++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/mem/coherent_bus.cc') diff --git a/src/mem/coherent_bus.cc b/src/mem/coherent_bus.cc index b1ac6dbcf..f74ca48e9 100644 --- a/src/mem/coherent_bus.cc +++ b/src/mem/coherent_bus.cc @@ -52,11 +52,13 @@ #include "debug/BusAddrRanges.hh" #include "debug/CoherentBus.hh" #include "mem/coherent_bus.hh" +#include "sim/system.hh" CoherentBus::CoherentBus(const CoherentBusParams *p) : BaseBus(p), reqLayer(*this, ".reqLayer", p->clock), respLayer(*this, ".respLayer", p->clock), - snoopRespLayer(*this, ".snoopRespLayer", p->clock) + snoopRespLayer(*this, ".snoopRespLayer", p->clock), + system(p->system) { // create the ports based on the size of the master and slave // vector ports, and the presence of the default port, the ports @@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ CoherentBus::recvTimingReq(PacketPtr pkt, PortID slave_port_id) Tick packetFinishTime = is_express_snoop ? 0 : pkt->finishTime; // uncacheable requests need never be snooped - if (!pkt->req->isUncacheable()) { + if (!pkt->req->isUncacheable() && !system->bypassCaches()) { // the packet is a memory-mapped request and should be // broadcasted to our snoopers but the source forwardTiming(pkt, slave_port_id); @@ -323,6 +325,9 @@ CoherentBus::recvTimingSnoopResp(PacketPtr pkt, PortID slave_port_id) void CoherentBus::forwardTiming(PacketPtr pkt, PortID exclude_slave_port_id) { + // snoops should only happen if the system isn't bypassing caches + assert(!system->bypassCaches()); + for (SlavePortIter s = snoopPorts.begin(); s != snoopPorts.end(); ++s) { SlavePort *p = *s; // we could have gotten this request from a snooping master @@ -357,7 +362,7 @@ CoherentBus::recvAtomic(PacketPtr pkt, PortID slave_port_id) Tick snoop_response_latency = 0; // uncacheable requests need never be snooped - if (!pkt->req->isUncacheable()) { + if (!pkt->req->isUncacheable() && !system->bypassCaches()) { // forward to all snoopers but the source std::pair snoop_result = forwardAtomic(pkt, slave_port_id); @@ -414,6 +419,9 @@ CoherentBus::forwardAtomic(PacketPtr pkt, PortID exclude_slave_port_id) MemCmd snoop_response_cmd = MemCmd::InvalidCmd; Tick snoop_response_latency = 0; + // snoops should only happen if the system isn't bypassing caches + assert(!system->bypassCaches()); + for (SlavePortIter s = snoopPorts.begin(); s != snoopPorts.end(); ++s) { SlavePort *p = *s; // we could have gotten this request from a snooping master @@ -458,7 +466,7 @@ CoherentBus::recvFunctional(PacketPtr pkt, PortID slave_port_id) } // uncacheable requests need never be snooped - if (!pkt->req->isUncacheable()) { + if (!pkt->req->isUncacheable() && !system->bypassCaches()) { // forward to all snoopers but the source forwardFunctional(pkt, slave_port_id); } @@ -490,6 +498,9 @@ CoherentBus::recvFunctionalSnoop(PacketPtr pkt, PortID master_port_id) void CoherentBus::forwardFunctional(PacketPtr pkt, PortID exclude_slave_port_id) { + // snoops should only happen if the system isn't bypassing caches + assert(!system->bypassCaches()); + for (SlavePortIter s = snoopPorts.begin(); s != snoopPorts.end(); ++s) { SlavePort *p = *s; // we could have gotten this request from a snooping master -- cgit v1.2.3