History log of /gem5/src/mem/ruby/network/MessageBuffer.cc
Revision Date Author Comments
# 14217:68c3d00f780a 26-Aug-2019 Srikant Bharadwaj <srikant.bharadwaj@amd.com>

ruby: Fix the way stall map size is checked for availability

To ensure that enqueuer observes the practical availability. We
check the message buffer queue size at the start of the cycle.
We also add the size of the stall queue to consider the total
queue size. However, messages can be moved from regular queue
to stall map. This leads to messages being considered twice leading
to false flow control. This patch fixes it by storing the stall map
size at the beginning of the cycle and considering it for checking
availability.

Change-Id: I6ea94f34fe5279b91f74e106d43263e55ec4bf06
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/20389
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>


# 13973:2f953d25716b 25-Feb-2019 Tiago Muck <tiago.muck@arm.com>

mem-ruby: Do not change blocked msg enqueue info

Updating the message counter and enqueue times when adding blocked
messages back to the queue does not make a lot of sense since these
messages are not new arrivals.
More importantly, this may lead to starvation. See the scenario below:

1) Request A for a blocked line X arrives
2) A is handled; X is blocked so A is stalled
3) Request B for X arrives; Reponse for X arrives
4) Response is handled; X unblocked; A added back to the request queue
5) B is handled ahead of A (since A's arrival was updated);
X may become blocked again

If new requests keep comming for X, A may will be stalled forever.

Change-Id: Icad79f3f716a870e91cb3455437b8b3c35f130ac
Signed-off-by: Tiago Muck <tiago.muck@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/18412
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Poremba <matthew.poremba@amd.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>


# 13062:6f9defe1c11e 19-Sep-2018 Xianwei Zhang <xianwei.zhang@amd.com>

mem-ruby: Fix a bug in MessageBuffer randomization

In the previous implementation, messages are randomly inserted with
delays only if both RubySystem and MessageBuffer randomization flags
are set true. However, to find race conditions and cover more slicc
transitions, ruby random testers rely on setting RubySystem flag to
turn on randomization on all message buffers.
As a fix, this patch enables a message buffer to have randomization
when either RubySystem or its own flag is set.

Change-Id: I1e076908ff07e5846ebad4f4fc1c8f28d40bbfd4
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/12784
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>


# 12334:e0ab29a34764 30-Nov-2017 Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>

misc: Rename misc.(hh|cc) to logging.(hh|cc)

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>


# 11797:f61fbb7ceb88 19-Jan-2017 Matthew Poremba <matthew.poremba@amd.com>

ruby: Check MessageBuffer space in garnet NetworkInterface

Garnet's NetworkInterface does not consider the size of MessageBuffers when
ejecting a Message from the network. Add a size check for the MessageBuffer
and only enqueue if space is available. If space is not available, the
message if placed in a queue and the credit is held. A callback from the
MessageBuffer is implemented to wake the NetworkInterface. If there are
messages in the stalled queue, they are processed first, in a FIFO manner
and if succesfully ejected, the credit is finally sent back upstream. The
maximum size of the stall queue is equal to the number of valid VNETs
with MessageBuffers attached.


# 11796:315e133f45df 19-Jan-2017 Matthew Poremba <matthew.poremba@amd.com>

ruby: Add occupancy stats to MessageBuffers

This patch is an updated version of /r/3297.

"The most important statistic for measuring memory hierarchy performance is
throughput, which is affected by independent variables, buffer sizing and
communication latency. It is difficult/impossible to debug performance issues
through series buffers without knowing which are the bottlenecks. For finite
buffers, this patch adds statistics for the average number of messages in the
buffer, the occupancy of the buffer slots, and number of message stalls."


# 11793:ef606668d247 09-Nov-2016 Brandon Potter <brandon.potter@amd.com>

style: [patch 1/22] use /r/3648/ to reorganize includes


# 11779:25dd0fd23474 20-Dec-2016 Joel Hestness <jthestness@gmail.com>

ruby: Make MessageBuffers actually finite sized

When Ruby controllers stall messages in MessageBuffers, the buffer moves those
messages off the priority heap and into a per-address stall map. When buffers
are finite-sized, the test areNSlotsAvailable() only checks the size of the
priority heap, but ignores the stall map, so the map is allowed to grow
unbounded if the controller stalls numerous messages. This patch fixes the
problem by tracking the stall map size and testing the total number of messages
in the buffer appropriately.


# 11732:e15e445c21a6 02-Dec-2016 Matthew Poremba <matthew.poremba@amd.com>

ruby: Fix overflow reported by ASAN in MessageBuffer.

In MessageBuffer the m_not_avail_count member is incremented but not used.
This causes an overflow reported by ASAN. This patch changes from an int to
Stats::Scalar, since the count is useful in debugging finite MessageBuffers.


# 11321:02e930db812d 06-Feb-2016 Steve Reinhardt <steve.reinhardt@amd.com>

style: fix missing spaces in control statements

Result of running 'hg m5style --skip-all --fix-control -a'.


# 11171:60d4dfa3241a 14-Oct-2015 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: remove unused functionalRead() function.

Not required since functional reads cannot rely on messages that are inflight.


# 11118:75c1e564a725 18-Sep-2015 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: print addresses in hex
Changeset 4872dbdea907 replaced Address by Addr, but did not make changes to
print statements. So the addresses which were being printed in hex earlier
along with their line address, were now being printed in decimals. This patch
adds a function printAddress(Addr) that can be used to print the address in hex
along with the lines address. This function has been put to use in some of the
places. At other places, change has been made to print just the address in
hex.


# 11111:6da33e720481 16-Sep-2015 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: message buffer, timer table: significant changes

This patch changes MessageBuffer and TimerTable, two structures used for
buffering messages by components in ruby. These structures would no longer
maintain pointers to clock objects. Functions in these structures have been
changed to take as input current time in Tick. Similarly, these structures
will not operate on Cycle valued latencies for different operations. The
corresponding functions would need to be provided with these latencies by
components invoking the relevant functions. These latencies should also be
in Ticks.

I felt the need for these changes while trying to speed up ruby. The ultimate
aim is to eliminate Consumer class and replace it with an EventManager object in
the MessageBuffer and TimerTable classes. This object would be used for
scheduling events. The event itself would contain information on the object and
function to be invoked.

In hindsight, it seems I should have done this while I was moving away from use
of a single global clock in the memory system. That change led to introduction
of clock objects that replaced the global clock object. It never crossed my
mind that having clock object pointers is not a good design. And now I really
don't like the fact that we have separate consumer, receiver and sender
pointers in message buffers.


# 11108:6342ddf6d733 16-Sep-2015 David Hashe <david.hashe@amd.com>

ruby: rename System.{hh,cc} to RubySystem.{hh,cc}

The eventual aim of this change is to pass RubySystem pointers through to
objects generated from the SLICC protocol code.

Because some of these objects need to dereference their RubySystem pointers,
they need access to the System.hh header file.

In src/mem/ruby/SConscript, the MakeInclude function creates single-line header
files in the build directory that do nothing except include the corresponding
header file from the source tree.

However, SLICC also generates a list of header files from its symbol table, and
writes it to mem/protocol/Types.hh in the build directory. This code assumes
that the header file name is the same as the class name.

The end result of this is the many of the generated slicc files try to include
RubySystem.hh, when the file they really need is System.hh. The path of least
resistence is just to rename System.hh to RubySystem.hh.


# 11049:dfb0aa3f0649 19-Aug-2015 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: reverts to changeset: bf82f1f7b040


# 11036:3de670f298b1 14-Aug-2015 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: remove unused functionalRead() function.


# 11025:4872dbdea907 14-Aug-2015 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: replace Address by Addr
This patch eliminates the type Address defined by the ruby memory system.
This memory system would now use the type Addr that is in use by the
rest of the system.


# 11021:e8a6637afa4c 14-Aug-2015 Joel Hestness <jthestness@gmail.com>

ruby: Expose MessageBuffers as SimObjects

Expose MessageBuffers from SLICC controllers as SimObjects that can be
manipulated in Python. This patch has numerous benefits:
1) First and foremost, it exposes MessageBuffers as SimObjects that can be
manipulated in Python code. This allows parameters to be set and checked in
Python code to avoid obfuscating parameters within protocol files. Further, now
as SimObjects, MessageBuffer parameters are printed to config output files as a
way to track parameters across simulations (e.g. buffer sizes)

2) Cleans up special-case code for responseFromMemory buffers, and aligns their
instantiation and use with mandatoryQueue buffers. These two special buffers
are the only MessageBuffers that are exposed to components outside of SLICC
controllers, and they're both slave ends of these buffers. They should be
exposed outside of SLICC in the same way, and this patch does it.

3) Distinguishes buffer-specific parameters from buffer-to-network parameters.
Specifically, buffer size, randomization, ordering, recycle latency, and ports
are all specific to a MessageBuffer, while the virtual network ID and type are
intrinsics of how the buffer is connected to network ports. The former are
specified in the Python object, while the latter are specified in the
controller *.sm files. Unlike buffer-specific parameters, which may need to
change depending on the simulated system structure, buffer-to-network
parameters can be specified statically for most or all different simulated
systems.


# 10986:4fbe4b0adb4d 20-Jul-2015 Brad Beckmann <Brad.Beckmann@amd.com>

ruby: improved stall and wait debugging

Added dprintfs and asserts for identifying stall and wait bugs.


# 10977:9b3b9be42dd9 20-Jul-2015 David Hashe <david.hashe@amd.com>

ruby: Fix for stallAndWait bug

It was previously possible for a stalled message to be reordered after an
incomming message. This patch ensures that any stalled message stays in its
original request order.


# 10919:80069a602c83 10-Jul-2015 Brandon Potter <brandon.potter@amd.com>

ruby: replace global g_system_ptr with per-object pointers

This is another step in the process of removing global variables
from Ruby to enable multiple RubySystem instances in a single simulation.

With possibly multiple RubySystem objects, we can no longer use a global
variable to find "the" RubySystem object. Instead, each Ruby component
has to carry a pointer to the RubySystem object to which it belongs.


# 10893:f567e80c0714 04-Jul-2015 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: remove message buffer node

This structure's only purpose was to provide a comparison function for
ordering messages in the MessageBuffer. The comparison function is now
being moved to the Message class itself. So we no longer require this
structure.


# 10837:ecbab2522757 19-May-2015 Joel Hestness <jthestness@gmail.com>

ruby: Fix RubySystem warm-up and cool-down scope

The processes of warming up and cooling down Ruby caches are simulation-wide
processes, not just RubySystem instance-specific processes. Thus, the warm-up
and cool-down variables should be globally visible to any Ruby components
participating in either process. Make these variables static members and track
the warm-up and cool-down processes as appropriate.

This patch also has two side benefits:
1) It removes references to the RubySystem g_system_ptr, which are problematic
for allowing multiple RubySystem instances in a single simulation. Warmup and
cooldown variables being static (global) reduces the need for instance-specific
dereferences through the RubySystem.
2) From the AbstractController, it removes local RubySystem pointers, which are
used inconsistently with other uses of the RubySystem: 11 other uses reference
the RubySystem with the g_system_ptr. Only sequencers have local pointers.


# 10524:fff17530cef6 06-Nov-2014 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: interface with classic memory controller
This patch is the final in the series. The whole series and this patch in
particular were written with the aim of interfacing ruby's directory controller
with the memory controller in the classic memory system. This is being done
since ruby's memory controller has not being kept up to date with the changes
going on in DRAMs. Classic's memory controller is more up to date and
supports multiple different types of DRAM. This also brings classic and
ruby ever more close. The patch also changes ruby's memory controller to
expose the same interface.


# 10348:c91b23c72d5e 03-Sep-2014 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

base: Use the global Mersenne twister throughout

This patch tidies up random number generation to ensure that it is
done consistently throughout the code base. In essence this involves a
clean-up of Ruby, and some code simplifications in the traffic
generator.

As part of this patch a bunch of skewed distributions (off-by-one etc)
have been fixed.

Note that a single global random number generator is used, and that
the object instantiation order will impact the behaviour (the sequence
of numbers will be unaffected, but if module A calles random before
module B then they would obviously see a different outcome). The
dependency on the instantiation order is true in any case due to the
execution-model of gem5, so we leave it as is. Also note that the
global ranom generator is not thread safe at this point.

Regressions using the memtest, TrafficGen or any Ruby tester are
affected and will be updated accordingly.


# 10301:44839e8febbd 01-Sep-2014 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>

ruby: move files from ruby/system to ruby/structures

The directory ruby/system is crowded and unorganized. Hence, the files the
hold actual physical structures, are being moved to the directory
ruby/structures. This includes Cache Memory, Directory Memory,
Memory Controller, Wire Buffer, TBE Table, Perfect Cache Memory, Timer Table,
Bank Array.

The directory ruby/systems has the glue code that holds these structures
together.