mem-cache: Fix write hit latency calculation order
authorDaniel <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>
Wed, 13 Mar 2019 23:51:35 +0000 (00:51 +0100)
committerDaniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>
Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:06:11 +0000 (14:06 +0000)
Patch 6d8694a5fb5cfb905186249581cc6a3fde6cc38a changes the order
at which the access latency is calculated for hits. This order
is incorrect, since the calculations must use the blk's whenReady
value before the access is satisfied.

Change-Id: I30dae5435f54200cc8fdf71fd0dbd2cf9c6f8b17
Signed-off-by: Daniel <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/17190
Reviewed-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>

src/mem/cache/base.cc

index 9f708b30dc71f05e26eafbc9688f2f6b7d9f2f6c..50622d776bf4b5dfddf86915e768fcd972167577 100644 (file)
@@ -1065,15 +1065,15 @@ BaseCache::access(PacketPtr pkt, CacheBlk *&blk, Cycles &lat,
         DPRINTF(Cache, "%s new state is %s\n", __func__, blk->print());
         incHitCount(pkt);
 
+        // A writeback searches for the block, then writes the data
+        lat = calculateAccessLatency(blk, pkt->headerDelay, tag_latency);
+
         // When the packet metadata arrives, the tag lookup will be done while
         // the payload is arriving. Then the block will be ready to access as
         // soon as the fill is done
         blk->setWhenReady(clockEdge(fillLatency) + pkt->headerDelay +
             std::max(cyclesToTicks(tag_latency), (uint64_t)pkt->payloadDelay));
 
-        // A writeback searches for the block, then writes the data
-        lat = calculateAccessLatency(blk, pkt->headerDelay, tag_latency);
-
         return true;
     } else if (pkt->cmd == MemCmd::CleanEvict) {
         // A CleanEvict does not need to access the data array
@@ -1143,15 +1143,15 @@ BaseCache::access(PacketPtr pkt, CacheBlk *&blk, Cycles &lat,
 
         incHitCount(pkt);
 
+        // A writeback searches for the block, then writes the data
+        lat = calculateAccessLatency(blk, pkt->headerDelay, tag_latency);
+
         // When the packet metadata arrives, the tag lookup will be done while
         // the payload is arriving. Then the block will be ready to access as
         // soon as the fill is done
         blk->setWhenReady(clockEdge(fillLatency) + pkt->headerDelay +
             std::max(cyclesToTicks(tag_latency), (uint64_t)pkt->payloadDelay));
 
-        // A writeback searches for the block, then writes the data
-        lat = calculateAccessLatency(blk, pkt->headerDelay, tag_latency);
-
         // if this a write-through packet it will be sent to cache
         // below
         return !pkt->writeThrough();
@@ -1159,8 +1159,6 @@ BaseCache::access(PacketPtr pkt, CacheBlk *&blk, Cycles &lat,
                        blk->isReadable())) {
         // OK to satisfy access
         incHitCount(pkt);
-        satisfyRequest(pkt, blk);
-        maintainClusivity(pkt->fromCache(), blk);
 
         // Calculate access latency based on the need to access the data array
         if (pkt->isRead() || pkt->isWrite()) {
@@ -1169,6 +1167,9 @@ BaseCache::access(PacketPtr pkt, CacheBlk *&blk, Cycles &lat,
             lat = calculateTagOnlyLatency(pkt->headerDelay, tag_latency);
         }
 
+        satisfyRequest(pkt, blk);
+        maintainClusivity(pkt->fromCache(), blk);
+
         return true;
     }