mem: Clarify cache behaviour for pending dirty responses
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44
45 /**
46 * @file
47 * Miss Status and Handling Register (MSHR) definitions.
48 */
49
50 #include <algorithm>
51 #include <cassert>
52 #include <string>
53 #include <vector>
54
55 #include "base/misc.hh"
56 #include "base/types.hh"
57 #include "debug/Cache.hh"
58 #include "mem/cache/cache.hh"
59 #include "mem/cache/mshr.hh"
60 #include "sim/core.hh"
61
62 using namespace std;
63
64 MSHR::MSHR() : readyTime(0), _isUncacheable(false), downstreamPending(false),
65 pendingDirty(false),
66 postInvalidate(false), postDowngrade(false),
67 queue(NULL), order(0), addr(0),
68 size(0), isSecure(false), inService(false),
69 isForward(false), threadNum(InvalidThreadID), data(NULL)
70 {
71 }
72
73
74 MSHR::TargetList::TargetList()
75 : needsExclusive(false), hasUpgrade(false)
76 {}
77
78
79 inline void
80 MSHR::TargetList::add(PacketPtr pkt, Tick readyTime,
81 Counter order, Target::Source source, bool markPending)
82 {
83 if (source != Target::FromSnoop) {
84 if (pkt->needsExclusive()) {
85 needsExclusive = true;
86 }
87
88 // StoreCondReq is effectively an upgrade if it's in an MSHR
89 // since it would have been failed already if we didn't have a
90 // read-only copy
91 if (pkt->isUpgrade() || pkt->cmd == MemCmd::StoreCondReq) {
92 hasUpgrade = true;
93 }
94 }
95
96 if (markPending) {
97 // Iterate over the SenderState stack and see if we find
98 // an MSHR entry. If we do, set the downstreamPending
99 // flag. Otherwise, do nothing.
100 MSHR *mshr = pkt->findNextSenderState<MSHR>();
101 if (mshr != NULL) {
102 assert(!mshr->downstreamPending);
103 mshr->downstreamPending = true;
104 }
105 }
106
107 push_back(Target(pkt, readyTime, order, source, markPending));
108 }
109
110
111 static void
112 replaceUpgrade(PacketPtr pkt)
113 {
114 if (pkt->cmd == MemCmd::UpgradeReq) {
115 pkt->cmd = MemCmd::ReadExReq;
116 DPRINTF(Cache, "Replacing UpgradeReq with ReadExReq\n");
117 } else if (pkt->cmd == MemCmd::SCUpgradeReq) {
118 pkt->cmd = MemCmd::SCUpgradeFailReq;
119 DPRINTF(Cache, "Replacing SCUpgradeReq with SCUpgradeFailReq\n");
120 } else if (pkt->cmd == MemCmd::StoreCondReq) {
121 pkt->cmd = MemCmd::StoreCondFailReq;
122 DPRINTF(Cache, "Replacing StoreCondReq with StoreCondFailReq\n");
123 }
124 }
125
126
127 void
128 MSHR::TargetList::replaceUpgrades()
129 {
130 if (!hasUpgrade)
131 return;
132
133 Iterator end_i = end();
134 for (Iterator i = begin(); i != end_i; ++i) {
135 replaceUpgrade(i->pkt);
136 }
137
138 hasUpgrade = false;
139 }
140
141
142 void
143 MSHR::TargetList::clearDownstreamPending()
144 {
145 Iterator end_i = end();
146 for (Iterator i = begin(); i != end_i; ++i) {
147 if (i->markedPending) {
148 // Iterate over the SenderState stack and see if we find
149 // an MSHR entry. If we find one, clear the
150 // downstreamPending flag by calling
151 // clearDownstreamPending(). This recursively clears the
152 // downstreamPending flag in all caches this packet has
153 // passed through.
154 MSHR *mshr = i->pkt->findNextSenderState<MSHR>();
155 if (mshr != NULL) {
156 mshr->clearDownstreamPending();
157 }
158 }
159 }
160 }
161
162
163 bool
164 MSHR::TargetList::checkFunctional(PacketPtr pkt)
165 {
166 Iterator end_i = end();
167 for (Iterator i = begin(); i != end_i; ++i) {
168 if (pkt->checkFunctional(i->pkt)) {
169 return true;
170 }
171 }
172
173 return false;
174 }
175
176
177 void
178 MSHR::TargetList::
179 print(std::ostream &os, int verbosity, const std::string &prefix) const
180 {
181 ConstIterator end_i = end();
182 for (ConstIterator i = begin(); i != end_i; ++i) {
183 const char *s;
184 switch (i->source) {
185 case Target::FromCPU:
186 s = "FromCPU";
187 break;
188 case Target::FromSnoop:
189 s = "FromSnoop";
190 break;
191 case Target::FromPrefetcher:
192 s = "FromPrefetcher";
193 break;
194 default:
195 s = "";
196 break;
197 }
198 ccprintf(os, "%s%s: ", prefix, s);
199 i->pkt->print(os, verbosity, "");
200 }
201 }
202
203
204 void
205 MSHR::allocate(Addr _addr, int _size, PacketPtr target, Tick whenReady,
206 Counter _order)
207 {
208 addr = _addr;
209 size = _size;
210 isSecure = target->isSecure();
211 readyTime = whenReady;
212 order = _order;
213 assert(target);
214 isForward = false;
215 _isUncacheable = target->req->isUncacheable();
216 inService = false;
217 downstreamPending = false;
218 threadNum = 0;
219 assert(targets.isReset());
220 // Don't know of a case where we would allocate a new MSHR for a
221 // snoop (mem-side request), so set source according to request here
222 Target::Source source = (target->cmd == MemCmd::HardPFReq) ?
223 Target::FromPrefetcher : Target::FromCPU;
224 targets.add(target, whenReady, _order, source, true);
225 assert(deferredTargets.isReset());
226 data = NULL;
227 }
228
229
230 void
231 MSHR::clearDownstreamPending()
232 {
233 assert(downstreamPending);
234 downstreamPending = false;
235 // recursively clear flag on any MSHRs we will be forwarding
236 // responses to
237 targets.clearDownstreamPending();
238 }
239
240 bool
241 MSHR::markInService(bool pending_dirty_resp)
242 {
243 assert(!inService);
244 if (isForwardNoResponse()) {
245 // we just forwarded the request packet & don't expect a
246 // response, so get rid of it
247 assert(getNumTargets() == 1);
248 popTarget();
249 return true;
250 }
251
252 inService = true;
253 pendingDirty = targets.needsExclusive || pending_dirty_resp;
254 postInvalidate = postDowngrade = false;
255
256 if (!downstreamPending) {
257 // let upstream caches know that the request has made it to a
258 // level where it's going to get a response
259 targets.clearDownstreamPending();
260 }
261 return false;
262 }
263
264
265 void
266 MSHR::deallocate()
267 {
268 assert(targets.empty());
269 targets.resetFlags();
270 assert(deferredTargets.isReset());
271 inService = false;
272 }
273
274 /*
275 * Adds a target to an MSHR
276 */
277 void
278 MSHR::allocateTarget(PacketPtr pkt, Tick whenReady, Counter _order)
279 {
280 // if there's a request already in service for this MSHR, we will
281 // have to defer the new target until after the response if any of
282 // the following are true:
283 // - there are other targets already deferred
284 // - there's a pending invalidate to be applied after the response
285 // comes back (but before this target is processed)
286 // - this target requires an exclusive block and either we're not
287 // getting an exclusive block back or we have already snooped
288 // another read request that will downgrade our exclusive block
289 // to shared
290
291 // assume we'd never issue a prefetch when we've got an
292 // outstanding miss
293 assert(pkt->cmd != MemCmd::HardPFReq);
294
295 if (inService &&
296 (!deferredTargets.empty() || hasPostInvalidate() ||
297 (pkt->needsExclusive() &&
298 (!isPendingDirty() || hasPostDowngrade() || isForward)))) {
299 // need to put on deferred list
300 if (hasPostInvalidate())
301 replaceUpgrade(pkt);
302 deferredTargets.add(pkt, whenReady, _order, Target::FromCPU, true);
303 } else {
304 // No request outstanding, or still OK to append to
305 // outstanding request: append to regular target list. Only
306 // mark pending if current request hasn't been issued yet
307 // (isn't in service).
308 targets.add(pkt, whenReady, _order, Target::FromCPU, !inService);
309 }
310 }
311
312 bool
313 MSHR::handleSnoop(PacketPtr pkt, Counter _order)
314 {
315 DPRINTF(Cache, "%s for %s address %x size %d\n", __func__,
316 pkt->cmdString(), pkt->getAddr(), pkt->getSize());
317 if (!inService || (pkt->isExpressSnoop() && downstreamPending)) {
318 // Request has not been issued yet, or it's been issued
319 // locally but is buffered unissued at some downstream cache
320 // which is forwarding us this snoop. Either way, the packet
321 // we're snooping logically precedes this MSHR's request, so
322 // the snoop has no impact on the MSHR, but must be processed
323 // in the standard way by the cache. The only exception is
324 // that if we're an L2+ cache buffering an UpgradeReq from a
325 // higher-level cache, and the snoop is invalidating, then our
326 // buffered upgrades must be converted to read exclusives,
327 // since the upper-level cache no longer has a valid copy.
328 // That is, even though the upper-level cache got out on its
329 // local bus first, some other invalidating transaction
330 // reached the global bus before the upgrade did.
331 if (pkt->needsExclusive()) {
332 targets.replaceUpgrades();
333 deferredTargets.replaceUpgrades();
334 }
335
336 return false;
337 }
338
339 // From here on down, the request issued by this MSHR logically
340 // precedes the request we're snooping.
341 if (pkt->needsExclusive()) {
342 // snooped request still precedes the re-request we'll have to
343 // issue for deferred targets, if any...
344 deferredTargets.replaceUpgrades();
345 }
346
347 if (hasPostInvalidate()) {
348 // a prior snoop has already appended an invalidation, so
349 // logically we don't have the block anymore; no need for
350 // further snooping.
351 return true;
352 }
353
354 if (isPendingDirty() || pkt->isInvalidate()) {
355 // We need to save and replay the packet in two cases:
356 // 1. We're awaiting an exclusive copy, so ownership is pending,
357 // and we need to respond after we receive data.
358 // 2. It's an invalidation (e.g., UpgradeReq), and we need
359 // to forward the snoop up the hierarchy after the current
360 // transaction completes.
361
362 // Actual target device (typ. a memory) will delete the
363 // packet on reception, so we need to save a copy here.
364
365 // Clear flags and also allocate new data as the original
366 // packet data storage may have been deleted by the time we
367 // get to send this packet.
368 PacketPtr cp_pkt = new Packet(pkt, true, true);
369 targets.add(cp_pkt, curTick(), _order, Target::FromSnoop,
370 downstreamPending && targets.needsExclusive);
371
372 if (isPendingDirty()) {
373 pkt->assertMemInhibit();
374 pkt->setSupplyExclusive();
375 }
376
377 if (pkt->needsExclusive()) {
378 // This transaction will take away our pending copy
379 postInvalidate = true;
380 }
381 }
382
383 if (!pkt->needsExclusive()) {
384 // This transaction will get a read-shared copy, downgrading
385 // our copy if we had an exclusive one
386 postDowngrade = true;
387 pkt->assertShared();
388 }
389
390 return true;
391 }
392
393
394 bool
395 MSHR::promoteDeferredTargets()
396 {
397 assert(targets.empty());
398 if (deferredTargets.empty()) {
399 return false;
400 }
401
402 // swap targets & deferredTargets lists
403 std::swap(targets, deferredTargets);
404
405 // clear deferredTargets flags
406 deferredTargets.resetFlags();
407
408 order = targets.front().order;
409 readyTime = std::max(curTick(), targets.front().readyTime);
410
411 return true;
412 }
413
414
415 void
416 MSHR::handleFill(Packet *pkt, CacheBlk *blk)
417 {
418 if (!pkt->sharedAsserted()
419 && !(hasPostInvalidate() || hasPostDowngrade())
420 && deferredTargets.needsExclusive) {
421 // We got an exclusive response, but we have deferred targets
422 // which are waiting to request an exclusive copy (not because
423 // of a pending invalidate). This can happen if the original
424 // request was for a read-only (non-exclusive) block, but we
425 // got an exclusive copy anyway because of the E part of the
426 // MOESI/MESI protocol. Since we got the exclusive copy
427 // there's no need to defer the targets, so move them up to
428 // the regular target list.
429 assert(!targets.needsExclusive);
430 targets.needsExclusive = true;
431 // if any of the deferred targets were upper-level cache
432 // requests marked downstreamPending, need to clear that
433 assert(!downstreamPending); // not pending here anymore
434 deferredTargets.clearDownstreamPending();
435 // this clears out deferredTargets too
436 targets.splice(targets.end(), deferredTargets);
437 deferredTargets.resetFlags();
438 }
439 }
440
441
442 bool
443 MSHR::checkFunctional(PacketPtr pkt)
444 {
445 // For printing, we treat the MSHR as a whole as single entity.
446 // For other requests, we iterate over the individual targets
447 // since that's where the actual data lies.
448 if (pkt->isPrint()) {
449 pkt->checkFunctional(this, addr, isSecure, size, NULL);
450 return false;
451 } else {
452 return (targets.checkFunctional(pkt) ||
453 deferredTargets.checkFunctional(pkt));
454 }
455 }
456
457
458 void
459 MSHR::print(std::ostream &os, int verbosity, const std::string &prefix) const
460 {
461 ccprintf(os, "%s[%x:%x](%s) %s %s %s state: %s %s %s %s %s\n",
462 prefix, addr, addr+size-1,
463 isSecure ? "s" : "ns",
464 isForward ? "Forward" : "",
465 isForwardNoResponse() ? "ForwNoResp" : "",
466 needsExclusive() ? "Excl" : "",
467 _isUncacheable ? "Unc" : "",
468 inService ? "InSvc" : "",
469 downstreamPending ? "DwnPend" : "",
470 hasPostInvalidate() ? "PostInv" : "",
471 hasPostDowngrade() ? "PostDowngr" : "");
472
473 ccprintf(os, "%s Targets:\n", prefix);
474 targets.print(os, verbosity, prefix + " ");
475 if (!deferredTargets.empty()) {
476 ccprintf(os, "%s Deferred Targets:\n", prefix);
477 deferredTargets.print(os, verbosity, prefix + " ");
478 }
479 }
480
481 std::string
482 MSHR::print() const
483 {
484 ostringstream str;
485 print(str);
486 return str.str();
487 }