Cache.py (13665:9c7fe3811b88) Cache.py (13892:0182a0601f66)
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39# Authors: Nathan Binkert
40# Andreas Hansson
41
42from m5.params import *
43from m5.proxy import *
44from m5.SimObject import SimObject
45
1# Copyright (c) 2012-2013, 2015, 2018 ARM Limited
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5# not be construed as granting a license to any other intellectual
6# property including but not limited to intellectual property relating
7# to a hardware implementation of the functionality of the software
8# licensed hereunder. You may use the software subject to the license
9# terms below provided that you ensure that this notice is replicated
10# unmodified and in its entirety in all distributions of the software,
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39# Authors: Nathan Binkert
40# Andreas Hansson
41
42from m5.params import *
43from m5.proxy import *
44from m5.SimObject import SimObject
45
46from m5.objects.MemObject import MemObject
46from m5.objects.ClockedObject import ClockedObject
47from m5.objects.Prefetcher import BasePrefetcher
48from m5.objects.ReplacementPolicies import *
49from m5.objects.Tags import *
50
51
52# Enum for cache clusivity, currently mostly inclusive or mostly
53# exclusive.
54class Clusivity(Enum): vals = ['mostly_incl', 'mostly_excl']
55
56class WriteAllocator(SimObject):
57 type = 'WriteAllocator'
58 cxx_header = "mem/cache/cache.hh"
59
60 # Control the limits for when the cache introduces extra delays to
61 # allow whole-line write coalescing, and eventually switches to a
62 # write-no-allocate policy.
63 coalesce_limit = Param.Unsigned(2, "Consecutive lines written before "
64 "delaying for coalescing")
65 no_allocate_limit = Param.Unsigned(12, "Consecutive lines written before"
66 " skipping allocation")
67
68 delay_threshold = Param.Unsigned(8, "Number of delay quanta imposed on an "
69 "MSHR with write requests to allow for "
70 "write coalescing")
71
72 block_size = Param.Int(Parent.cache_line_size, "block size in bytes")
73
74
47from m5.objects.Prefetcher import BasePrefetcher
48from m5.objects.ReplacementPolicies import *
49from m5.objects.Tags import *
50
51
52# Enum for cache clusivity, currently mostly inclusive or mostly
53# exclusive.
54class Clusivity(Enum): vals = ['mostly_incl', 'mostly_excl']
55
56class WriteAllocator(SimObject):
57 type = 'WriteAllocator'
58 cxx_header = "mem/cache/cache.hh"
59
60 # Control the limits for when the cache introduces extra delays to
61 # allow whole-line write coalescing, and eventually switches to a
62 # write-no-allocate policy.
63 coalesce_limit = Param.Unsigned(2, "Consecutive lines written before "
64 "delaying for coalescing")
65 no_allocate_limit = Param.Unsigned(12, "Consecutive lines written before"
66 " skipping allocation")
67
68 delay_threshold = Param.Unsigned(8, "Number of delay quanta imposed on an "
69 "MSHR with write requests to allow for "
70 "write coalescing")
71
72 block_size = Param.Int(Parent.cache_line_size, "block size in bytes")
73
74
75class BaseCache(MemObject):
75class BaseCache(ClockedObject):
76 type = 'BaseCache'
77 abstract = True
78 cxx_header = "mem/cache/base.hh"
79
80 size = Param.MemorySize("Capacity")
81 assoc = Param.Unsigned("Associativity")
82
83 tag_latency = Param.Cycles("Tag lookup latency")
84 data_latency = Param.Cycles("Data access latency")
85 response_latency = Param.Cycles("Latency for the return path on a miss");
86
87 warmup_percentage = Param.Percent(0,
88 "Percentage of tags to be touched to warm up the cache")
89
90 max_miss_count = Param.Counter(0,
91 "Number of misses to handle before calling exit")
92
93 mshrs = Param.Unsigned("Number of MSHRs (max outstanding requests)")
94 demand_mshr_reserve = Param.Unsigned(1, "MSHRs reserved for demand access")
95 tgts_per_mshr = Param.Unsigned("Max number of accesses per MSHR")
96 write_buffers = Param.Unsigned(8, "Number of write buffers")
97
98 is_read_only = Param.Bool(False, "Is this cache read only (e.g. inst)")
99
100 prefetcher = Param.BasePrefetcher(NULL,"Prefetcher attached to cache")
101 prefetch_on_access = Param.Bool(False,
102 "Notify the hardware prefetcher on every access (not just misses)")
103
104 tags = Param.BaseTags(BaseSetAssoc(), "Tag store")
105 replacement_policy = Param.BaseReplacementPolicy(LRURP(),
106 "Replacement policy")
107
108 sequential_access = Param.Bool(False,
109 "Whether to access tags and data sequentially")
110
111 cpu_side = SlavePort("Upstream port closer to the CPU and/or device")
112 mem_side = MasterPort("Downstream port closer to memory")
113
114 addr_ranges = VectorParam.AddrRange([AllMemory],
115 "Address range for the CPU-side port (to allow striping)")
116
117 system = Param.System(Parent.any, "System we belong to")
118
119 # Determine if this cache sends out writebacks for clean lines, or
120 # simply clean evicts. In cases where a downstream cache is mostly
121 # exclusive with respect to this cache (acting as a victim cache),
122 # the clean writebacks are essential for performance. In general
123 # this should be set to True for anything but the last-level
124 # cache.
125 writeback_clean = Param.Bool(False, "Writeback clean lines")
126
127 # Control whether this cache should be mostly inclusive or mostly
128 # exclusive with respect to upstream caches. The behaviour on a
129 # fill is determined accordingly. For a mostly inclusive cache,
130 # blocks are allocated on all fill operations. Thus, L1 caches
131 # should be set as mostly inclusive even if they have no upstream
132 # caches. In the case of a mostly exclusive cache, fills are not
133 # allocating unless they came directly from a non-caching source,
134 # e.g. a table walker. Additionally, on a hit from an upstream
135 # cache a line is dropped for a mostly exclusive cache.
136 clusivity = Param.Clusivity('mostly_incl',
137 "Clusivity with upstream cache")
138
139 # The write allocator enables optimizations for streaming write
140 # accesses by first coalescing writes and then avoiding allocation
141 # in the current cache. Typically, this would be enabled in the
142 # data cache.
143 write_allocator = Param.WriteAllocator(NULL, "Write allocator")
144
145class Cache(BaseCache):
146 type = 'Cache'
147 cxx_header = 'mem/cache/cache.hh'
148
149
150class NoncoherentCache(BaseCache):
151 type = 'NoncoherentCache'
152 cxx_header = 'mem/cache/noncoherent_cache.hh'
153
154 # This is typically a last level cache and any clean
155 # writebacks would be unnecessary traffic to the main memory.
156 writeback_clean = False
157
76 type = 'BaseCache'
77 abstract = True
78 cxx_header = "mem/cache/base.hh"
79
80 size = Param.MemorySize("Capacity")
81 assoc = Param.Unsigned("Associativity")
82
83 tag_latency = Param.Cycles("Tag lookup latency")
84 data_latency = Param.Cycles("Data access latency")
85 response_latency = Param.Cycles("Latency for the return path on a miss");
86
87 warmup_percentage = Param.Percent(0,
88 "Percentage of tags to be touched to warm up the cache")
89
90 max_miss_count = Param.Counter(0,
91 "Number of misses to handle before calling exit")
92
93 mshrs = Param.Unsigned("Number of MSHRs (max outstanding requests)")
94 demand_mshr_reserve = Param.Unsigned(1, "MSHRs reserved for demand access")
95 tgts_per_mshr = Param.Unsigned("Max number of accesses per MSHR")
96 write_buffers = Param.Unsigned(8, "Number of write buffers")
97
98 is_read_only = Param.Bool(False, "Is this cache read only (e.g. inst)")
99
100 prefetcher = Param.BasePrefetcher(NULL,"Prefetcher attached to cache")
101 prefetch_on_access = Param.Bool(False,
102 "Notify the hardware prefetcher on every access (not just misses)")
103
104 tags = Param.BaseTags(BaseSetAssoc(), "Tag store")
105 replacement_policy = Param.BaseReplacementPolicy(LRURP(),
106 "Replacement policy")
107
108 sequential_access = Param.Bool(False,
109 "Whether to access tags and data sequentially")
110
111 cpu_side = SlavePort("Upstream port closer to the CPU and/or device")
112 mem_side = MasterPort("Downstream port closer to memory")
113
114 addr_ranges = VectorParam.AddrRange([AllMemory],
115 "Address range for the CPU-side port (to allow striping)")
116
117 system = Param.System(Parent.any, "System we belong to")
118
119 # Determine if this cache sends out writebacks for clean lines, or
120 # simply clean evicts. In cases where a downstream cache is mostly
121 # exclusive with respect to this cache (acting as a victim cache),
122 # the clean writebacks are essential for performance. In general
123 # this should be set to True for anything but the last-level
124 # cache.
125 writeback_clean = Param.Bool(False, "Writeback clean lines")
126
127 # Control whether this cache should be mostly inclusive or mostly
128 # exclusive with respect to upstream caches. The behaviour on a
129 # fill is determined accordingly. For a mostly inclusive cache,
130 # blocks are allocated on all fill operations. Thus, L1 caches
131 # should be set as mostly inclusive even if they have no upstream
132 # caches. In the case of a mostly exclusive cache, fills are not
133 # allocating unless they came directly from a non-caching source,
134 # e.g. a table walker. Additionally, on a hit from an upstream
135 # cache a line is dropped for a mostly exclusive cache.
136 clusivity = Param.Clusivity('mostly_incl',
137 "Clusivity with upstream cache")
138
139 # The write allocator enables optimizations for streaming write
140 # accesses by first coalescing writes and then avoiding allocation
141 # in the current cache. Typically, this would be enabled in the
142 # data cache.
143 write_allocator = Param.WriteAllocator(NULL, "Write allocator")
144
145class Cache(BaseCache):
146 type = 'Cache'
147 cxx_header = 'mem/cache/cache.hh'
148
149
150class NoncoherentCache(BaseCache):
151 type = 'NoncoherentCache'
152 cxx_header = 'mem/cache/noncoherent_cache.hh'
153
154 # This is typically a last level cache and any clean
155 # writebacks would be unnecessary traffic to the main memory.
156 writeback_clean = False
157