MOESI_hammer.py (13731:67cd980cb20f) MOESI_hammer.py (13885:d10ea5e56cb0)
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28# Authors: Brad Beckmann
29
30import math
31import m5
32from m5.objects import *
33from m5.defines import buildEnv
34from Ruby import create_topology, create_directories
35from Ruby import send_evicts
1# Copyright (c) 2006-2007 The Regents of The University of Michigan
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23# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
24# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
25# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
26# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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28# Authors: Brad Beckmann
29
30import math
31import m5
32from m5.objects import *
33from m5.defines import buildEnv
34from Ruby import create_topology, create_directories
35from Ruby import send_evicts
36import FileSystemConfig
36
37#
38# Declare caches used by the protocol
39#
40class L1Cache(RubyCache): pass
41class L2Cache(RubyCache): pass
42#
43# Probe filter is a cache
44#
45class ProbeFilter(RubyCache): pass
46
47def define_options(parser):
48 parser.add_option("--allow-atomic-migration", action="store_true",
49 help="allow migratory sharing for atomic only accessed blocks")
50 parser.add_option("--pf-on", action="store_true",
51 help="Hammer: enable Probe Filter")
52 parser.add_option("--dir-on", action="store_true",
53 help="Hammer: enable Full-bit Directory")
54
55def create_system(options, full_system, system, dma_ports, bootmem,
56 ruby_system):
57
58 if buildEnv['PROTOCOL'] != 'MOESI_hammer':
59 panic("This script requires the MOESI_hammer protocol to be built.")
60
61 cpu_sequencers = []
62
63 #
64 # The ruby network creation expects the list of nodes in the system to be
65 # consistent with the NetDest list. Therefore the l1 controller nodes must be
66 # listed before the directory nodes and directory nodes before dma nodes, etc.
67 #
68 l1_cntrl_nodes = []
69 dma_cntrl_nodes = []
70
71 #
72 # Must create the individual controllers before the network to ensure the
73 # controller constructors are called before the network constructor
74 #
75 block_size_bits = int(math.log(options.cacheline_size, 2))
76
77 for i in range(options.num_cpus):
78 #
79 # First create the Ruby objects associated with this cpu
80 #
81 l1i_cache = L1Cache(size = options.l1i_size,
82 assoc = options.l1i_assoc,
83 start_index_bit = block_size_bits,
84 is_icache = True)
85 l1d_cache = L1Cache(size = options.l1d_size,
86 assoc = options.l1d_assoc,
87 start_index_bit = block_size_bits)
88 l2_cache = L2Cache(size = options.l2_size,
89 assoc = options.l2_assoc,
90 start_index_bit = block_size_bits)
91
92 # the ruby random tester reuses num_cpus to specify the
93 # number of cpu ports connected to the tester object, which
94 # is stored in system.cpu. because there is only ever one
95 # tester object, num_cpus is not necessarily equal to the
96 # size of system.cpu; therefore if len(system.cpu) == 1
97 # we use system.cpu[0] to set the clk_domain, thereby ensuring
98 # we don't index off the end of the cpu list.
99 if len(system.cpu) == 1:
100 clk_domain = system.cpu[0].clk_domain
101 else:
102 clk_domain = system.cpu[i].clk_domain
103
104 l1_cntrl = L1Cache_Controller(version=i, L1Icache=l1i_cache,
105 L1Dcache=l1d_cache, L2cache=l2_cache,
106 no_mig_atomic=not \
107 options.allow_atomic_migration,
108 send_evictions=send_evicts(options),
109 transitions_per_cycle=options.ports,
110 clk_domain=clk_domain,
111 ruby_system=ruby_system)
112
113 cpu_seq = RubySequencer(version=i, icache=l1i_cache,
114 dcache=l1d_cache,clk_domain=clk_domain,
115 ruby_system=ruby_system)
116
117 l1_cntrl.sequencer = cpu_seq
118 if options.recycle_latency:
119 l1_cntrl.recycle_latency = options.recycle_latency
120
121 exec("ruby_system.l1_cntrl%d = l1_cntrl" % i)
122
123 # Add controllers and sequencers to the appropriate lists
124 cpu_sequencers.append(cpu_seq)
125 l1_cntrl_nodes.append(l1_cntrl)
126
127 # Connect the L1 controller and the network
128 # Connect the buffers from the controller to network
129 l1_cntrl.requestFromCache = MessageBuffer()
130 l1_cntrl.requestFromCache.master = ruby_system.network.slave
131 l1_cntrl.responseFromCache = MessageBuffer()
132 l1_cntrl.responseFromCache.master = ruby_system.network.slave
133 l1_cntrl.unblockFromCache = MessageBuffer()
134 l1_cntrl.unblockFromCache.master = ruby_system.network.slave
135
136 l1_cntrl.triggerQueue = MessageBuffer()
137
138 # Connect the buffers from the network to the controller
139 l1_cntrl.mandatoryQueue = MessageBuffer()
140 l1_cntrl.forwardToCache = MessageBuffer()
141 l1_cntrl.forwardToCache.slave = ruby_system.network.master
142 l1_cntrl.responseToCache = MessageBuffer()
143 l1_cntrl.responseToCache.slave = ruby_system.network.master
144
145
146 #
147 # determine size and index bits for probe filter
148 # By default, the probe filter size is configured to be twice the
149 # size of the L2 cache.
150 #
151 pf_size = MemorySize(options.l2_size)
152 pf_size.value = pf_size.value * 2
153 dir_bits = int(math.log(options.num_dirs, 2))
154 pf_bits = int(math.log(pf_size.value, 2))
155 if options.numa_high_bit:
156 if options.pf_on or options.dir_on:
157 # if numa high bit explicitly set, make sure it does not overlap
158 # with the probe filter index
159 assert(options.numa_high_bit - dir_bits > pf_bits)
160
161 # set the probe filter start bit to just above the block offset
162 pf_start_bit = block_size_bits
163 else:
164 if dir_bits > 0:
165 pf_start_bit = dir_bits + block_size_bits - 1
166 else:
167 pf_start_bit = block_size_bits
168
169 # Run each of the ruby memory controllers at a ratio of the frequency of
170 # the ruby system
171 # clk_divider value is a fix to pass regression.
172 ruby_system.memctrl_clk_domain = DerivedClockDomain(
173 clk_domain=ruby_system.clk_domain,
174 clk_divider=3)
175
176 mem_dir_cntrl_nodes, rom_dir_cntrl_node = create_directories(
177 options, bootmem, ruby_system, system)
178 dir_cntrl_nodes = mem_dir_cntrl_nodes[:]
179 if rom_dir_cntrl_node is not None:
180 dir_cntrl_nodes.append(rom_dir_cntrl_node)
181 for dir_cntrl in dir_cntrl_nodes:
182 pf = ProbeFilter(size = pf_size, assoc = 4,
183 start_index_bit = pf_start_bit)
184
185 dir_cntrl.probeFilter = pf
186 dir_cntrl.probe_filter_enabled = options.pf_on
187 dir_cntrl.full_bit_dir_enabled = options.dir_on
188
189 if options.recycle_latency:
190 dir_cntrl.recycle_latency = options.recycle_latency
191
192 # Connect the directory controller to the network
193 dir_cntrl.forwardFromDir = MessageBuffer()
194 dir_cntrl.forwardFromDir.master = ruby_system.network.slave
195 dir_cntrl.responseFromDir = MessageBuffer()
196 dir_cntrl.responseFromDir.master = ruby_system.network.slave
197 dir_cntrl.dmaResponseFromDir = MessageBuffer(ordered = True)
198 dir_cntrl.dmaResponseFromDir.master = ruby_system.network.slave
199
200 dir_cntrl.triggerQueue = MessageBuffer(ordered = True)
201
202 dir_cntrl.unblockToDir = MessageBuffer()
203 dir_cntrl.unblockToDir.slave = ruby_system.network.master
204 dir_cntrl.responseToDir = MessageBuffer()
205 dir_cntrl.responseToDir.slave = ruby_system.network.master
206 dir_cntrl.requestToDir = MessageBuffer()
207 dir_cntrl.requestToDir.slave = ruby_system.network.master
208 dir_cntrl.dmaRequestToDir = MessageBuffer(ordered = True)
209 dir_cntrl.dmaRequestToDir.slave = ruby_system.network.master
210 dir_cntrl.responseFromMemory = MessageBuffer()
211
212
213 for i, dma_port in enumerate(dma_ports):
214 #
215 # Create the Ruby objects associated with the dma controller
216 #
217 dma_seq = DMASequencer(version = i,
218 ruby_system = ruby_system,
219 slave = dma_port)
220
221 dma_cntrl = DMA_Controller(version = i,
222 dma_sequencer = dma_seq,
223 transitions_per_cycle = options.ports,
224 ruby_system = ruby_system)
225
226 exec("ruby_system.dma_cntrl%d = dma_cntrl" % i)
227 dma_cntrl_nodes.append(dma_cntrl)
228
229 if options.recycle_latency:
230 dma_cntrl.recycle_latency = options.recycle_latency
231
232 # Connect the dma controller to the network
233 dma_cntrl.responseFromDir = MessageBuffer(ordered = True)
234 dma_cntrl.responseFromDir.slave = ruby_system.network.master
235 dma_cntrl.requestToDir = MessageBuffer()
236 dma_cntrl.requestToDir.master = ruby_system.network.slave
237 dma_cntrl.mandatoryQueue = MessageBuffer()
238
239 all_cntrls = l1_cntrl_nodes + dir_cntrl_nodes + dma_cntrl_nodes
240
241 # Create the io controller and the sequencer
242 if full_system:
243 io_seq = DMASequencer(version=len(dma_ports), ruby_system=ruby_system)
244 ruby_system._io_port = io_seq
245 io_controller = DMA_Controller(version = len(dma_ports),
246 dma_sequencer = io_seq,
247 ruby_system = ruby_system)
248 ruby_system.io_controller = io_controller
249
250 # Connect the dma controller to the network
251 io_controller.responseFromDir = MessageBuffer(ordered = True)
252 io_controller.responseFromDir.slave = ruby_system.network.master
253 io_controller.requestToDir = MessageBuffer()
254 io_controller.requestToDir.master = ruby_system.network.slave
255 io_controller.mandatoryQueue = MessageBuffer()
256
257 all_cntrls = all_cntrls + [io_controller]
37
38#
39# Declare caches used by the protocol
40#
41class L1Cache(RubyCache): pass
42class L2Cache(RubyCache): pass
43#
44# Probe filter is a cache
45#
46class ProbeFilter(RubyCache): pass
47
48def define_options(parser):
49 parser.add_option("--allow-atomic-migration", action="store_true",
50 help="allow migratory sharing for atomic only accessed blocks")
51 parser.add_option("--pf-on", action="store_true",
52 help="Hammer: enable Probe Filter")
53 parser.add_option("--dir-on", action="store_true",
54 help="Hammer: enable Full-bit Directory")
55
56def create_system(options, full_system, system, dma_ports, bootmem,
57 ruby_system):
58
59 if buildEnv['PROTOCOL'] != 'MOESI_hammer':
60 panic("This script requires the MOESI_hammer protocol to be built.")
61
62 cpu_sequencers = []
63
64 #
65 # The ruby network creation expects the list of nodes in the system to be
66 # consistent with the NetDest list. Therefore the l1 controller nodes must be
67 # listed before the directory nodes and directory nodes before dma nodes, etc.
68 #
69 l1_cntrl_nodes = []
70 dma_cntrl_nodes = []
71
72 #
73 # Must create the individual controllers before the network to ensure the
74 # controller constructors are called before the network constructor
75 #
76 block_size_bits = int(math.log(options.cacheline_size, 2))
77
78 for i in range(options.num_cpus):
79 #
80 # First create the Ruby objects associated with this cpu
81 #
82 l1i_cache = L1Cache(size = options.l1i_size,
83 assoc = options.l1i_assoc,
84 start_index_bit = block_size_bits,
85 is_icache = True)
86 l1d_cache = L1Cache(size = options.l1d_size,
87 assoc = options.l1d_assoc,
88 start_index_bit = block_size_bits)
89 l2_cache = L2Cache(size = options.l2_size,
90 assoc = options.l2_assoc,
91 start_index_bit = block_size_bits)
92
93 # the ruby random tester reuses num_cpus to specify the
94 # number of cpu ports connected to the tester object, which
95 # is stored in system.cpu. because there is only ever one
96 # tester object, num_cpus is not necessarily equal to the
97 # size of system.cpu; therefore if len(system.cpu) == 1
98 # we use system.cpu[0] to set the clk_domain, thereby ensuring
99 # we don't index off the end of the cpu list.
100 if len(system.cpu) == 1:
101 clk_domain = system.cpu[0].clk_domain
102 else:
103 clk_domain = system.cpu[i].clk_domain
104
105 l1_cntrl = L1Cache_Controller(version=i, L1Icache=l1i_cache,
106 L1Dcache=l1d_cache, L2cache=l2_cache,
107 no_mig_atomic=not \
108 options.allow_atomic_migration,
109 send_evictions=send_evicts(options),
110 transitions_per_cycle=options.ports,
111 clk_domain=clk_domain,
112 ruby_system=ruby_system)
113
114 cpu_seq = RubySequencer(version=i, icache=l1i_cache,
115 dcache=l1d_cache,clk_domain=clk_domain,
116 ruby_system=ruby_system)
117
118 l1_cntrl.sequencer = cpu_seq
119 if options.recycle_latency:
120 l1_cntrl.recycle_latency = options.recycle_latency
121
122 exec("ruby_system.l1_cntrl%d = l1_cntrl" % i)
123
124 # Add controllers and sequencers to the appropriate lists
125 cpu_sequencers.append(cpu_seq)
126 l1_cntrl_nodes.append(l1_cntrl)
127
128 # Connect the L1 controller and the network
129 # Connect the buffers from the controller to network
130 l1_cntrl.requestFromCache = MessageBuffer()
131 l1_cntrl.requestFromCache.master = ruby_system.network.slave
132 l1_cntrl.responseFromCache = MessageBuffer()
133 l1_cntrl.responseFromCache.master = ruby_system.network.slave
134 l1_cntrl.unblockFromCache = MessageBuffer()
135 l1_cntrl.unblockFromCache.master = ruby_system.network.slave
136
137 l1_cntrl.triggerQueue = MessageBuffer()
138
139 # Connect the buffers from the network to the controller
140 l1_cntrl.mandatoryQueue = MessageBuffer()
141 l1_cntrl.forwardToCache = MessageBuffer()
142 l1_cntrl.forwardToCache.slave = ruby_system.network.master
143 l1_cntrl.responseToCache = MessageBuffer()
144 l1_cntrl.responseToCache.slave = ruby_system.network.master
145
146
147 #
148 # determine size and index bits for probe filter
149 # By default, the probe filter size is configured to be twice the
150 # size of the L2 cache.
151 #
152 pf_size = MemorySize(options.l2_size)
153 pf_size.value = pf_size.value * 2
154 dir_bits = int(math.log(options.num_dirs, 2))
155 pf_bits = int(math.log(pf_size.value, 2))
156 if options.numa_high_bit:
157 if options.pf_on or options.dir_on:
158 # if numa high bit explicitly set, make sure it does not overlap
159 # with the probe filter index
160 assert(options.numa_high_bit - dir_bits > pf_bits)
161
162 # set the probe filter start bit to just above the block offset
163 pf_start_bit = block_size_bits
164 else:
165 if dir_bits > 0:
166 pf_start_bit = dir_bits + block_size_bits - 1
167 else:
168 pf_start_bit = block_size_bits
169
170 # Run each of the ruby memory controllers at a ratio of the frequency of
171 # the ruby system
172 # clk_divider value is a fix to pass regression.
173 ruby_system.memctrl_clk_domain = DerivedClockDomain(
174 clk_domain=ruby_system.clk_domain,
175 clk_divider=3)
176
177 mem_dir_cntrl_nodes, rom_dir_cntrl_node = create_directories(
178 options, bootmem, ruby_system, system)
179 dir_cntrl_nodes = mem_dir_cntrl_nodes[:]
180 if rom_dir_cntrl_node is not None:
181 dir_cntrl_nodes.append(rom_dir_cntrl_node)
182 for dir_cntrl in dir_cntrl_nodes:
183 pf = ProbeFilter(size = pf_size, assoc = 4,
184 start_index_bit = pf_start_bit)
185
186 dir_cntrl.probeFilter = pf
187 dir_cntrl.probe_filter_enabled = options.pf_on
188 dir_cntrl.full_bit_dir_enabled = options.dir_on
189
190 if options.recycle_latency:
191 dir_cntrl.recycle_latency = options.recycle_latency
192
193 # Connect the directory controller to the network
194 dir_cntrl.forwardFromDir = MessageBuffer()
195 dir_cntrl.forwardFromDir.master = ruby_system.network.slave
196 dir_cntrl.responseFromDir = MessageBuffer()
197 dir_cntrl.responseFromDir.master = ruby_system.network.slave
198 dir_cntrl.dmaResponseFromDir = MessageBuffer(ordered = True)
199 dir_cntrl.dmaResponseFromDir.master = ruby_system.network.slave
200
201 dir_cntrl.triggerQueue = MessageBuffer(ordered = True)
202
203 dir_cntrl.unblockToDir = MessageBuffer()
204 dir_cntrl.unblockToDir.slave = ruby_system.network.master
205 dir_cntrl.responseToDir = MessageBuffer()
206 dir_cntrl.responseToDir.slave = ruby_system.network.master
207 dir_cntrl.requestToDir = MessageBuffer()
208 dir_cntrl.requestToDir.slave = ruby_system.network.master
209 dir_cntrl.dmaRequestToDir = MessageBuffer(ordered = True)
210 dir_cntrl.dmaRequestToDir.slave = ruby_system.network.master
211 dir_cntrl.responseFromMemory = MessageBuffer()
212
213
214 for i, dma_port in enumerate(dma_ports):
215 #
216 # Create the Ruby objects associated with the dma controller
217 #
218 dma_seq = DMASequencer(version = i,
219 ruby_system = ruby_system,
220 slave = dma_port)
221
222 dma_cntrl = DMA_Controller(version = i,
223 dma_sequencer = dma_seq,
224 transitions_per_cycle = options.ports,
225 ruby_system = ruby_system)
226
227 exec("ruby_system.dma_cntrl%d = dma_cntrl" % i)
228 dma_cntrl_nodes.append(dma_cntrl)
229
230 if options.recycle_latency:
231 dma_cntrl.recycle_latency = options.recycle_latency
232
233 # Connect the dma controller to the network
234 dma_cntrl.responseFromDir = MessageBuffer(ordered = True)
235 dma_cntrl.responseFromDir.slave = ruby_system.network.master
236 dma_cntrl.requestToDir = MessageBuffer()
237 dma_cntrl.requestToDir.master = ruby_system.network.slave
238 dma_cntrl.mandatoryQueue = MessageBuffer()
239
240 all_cntrls = l1_cntrl_nodes + dir_cntrl_nodes + dma_cntrl_nodes
241
242 # Create the io controller and the sequencer
243 if full_system:
244 io_seq = DMASequencer(version=len(dma_ports), ruby_system=ruby_system)
245 ruby_system._io_port = io_seq
246 io_controller = DMA_Controller(version = len(dma_ports),
247 dma_sequencer = io_seq,
248 ruby_system = ruby_system)
249 ruby_system.io_controller = io_controller
250
251 # Connect the dma controller to the network
252 io_controller.responseFromDir = MessageBuffer(ordered = True)
253 io_controller.responseFromDir.slave = ruby_system.network.master
254 io_controller.requestToDir = MessageBuffer()
255 io_controller.requestToDir.master = ruby_system.network.slave
256 io_controller.mandatoryQueue = MessageBuffer()
257
258 all_cntrls = all_cntrls + [io_controller]
259 # Register configuration with filesystem
260 else:
261 FileSystemConfig.config_filesystem(options)
258
262
263 for i in xrange(options.num_cpus):
264 FileSystemConfig.register_cpu(physical_package_id = 0,
265 core_siblings = [],
266 core_id = i,
267 thread_siblings = [])
268
269 FileSystemConfig.register_cache(level = 1,
270 idu_type = 'Instruction',
271 size = options.l1i_size,
272 line_size = options.cacheline_size,
273 assoc = options.l1i_assoc,
274 cpus = [i])
275 FileSystemConfig.register_cache(level = 1,
276 idu_type = 'Data',
277 size = options.l1d_size,
278 line_size = options.cacheline_size,
279 assoc = options.l1d_assoc,
280 cpus = [i])
281
282 FileSystemConfig.register_cache(level = 2,
283 idu_type = 'Unified',
284 size = options.l2_size,
285 line_size = options.cacheline_size,
286 assoc = options.l2_assoc,
287 cpus = [i])
288
259 ruby_system.network.number_of_virtual_networks = 6
260 topology = create_topology(all_cntrls, options)
261 return (cpu_sequencers, mem_dir_cntrl_nodes, topology)
289 ruby_system.network.number_of_virtual_networks = 6
290 topology = create_topology(all_cntrls, options)
291 return (cpu_sequencers, mem_dir_cntrl_nodes, topology)