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40 * Authors: Erik Hallnor
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44
45/**
46 * @file
47 * Declares a basic cache interface BaseCache.
48 */
49
50#ifndef __BASE_CACHE_HH__
51#define __BASE_CACHE_HH__
52
53#include <algorithm>
54#include <list>
55#include <string>
56#include <vector>
57
58#include "base/misc.hh"
59#include "base/statistics.hh"
60#include "base/trace.hh"
61#include "base/types.hh"
62#include "debug/Cache.hh"
63#include "debug/CachePort.hh"
64#include "mem/cache/mshr_queue.hh"
65#include "mem/mem_object.hh"
66#include "mem/packet.hh"
67#include "mem/qport.hh"
68#include "mem/request.hh"
69#include "params/BaseCache.hh"
70#include "sim/eventq.hh"
71#include "sim/full_system.hh"
72#include "sim/sim_exit.hh"
73#include "sim/system.hh"
74
75class MSHR;
76/**
77 * A basic cache interface. Implements some common functions for speed.
78 */
79class BaseCache : public MemObject
80{
81    /**
82     * Indexes to enumerate the MSHR queues.
83     */
84    enum MSHRQueueIndex {
85        MSHRQueue_MSHRs,
86        MSHRQueue_WriteBuffer
87    };
88
89  public:
90    /**
91     * Reasons for caches to be blocked.
92     */
93    enum BlockedCause {
94        Blocked_NoMSHRs = MSHRQueue_MSHRs,
95        Blocked_NoWBBuffers = MSHRQueue_WriteBuffer,
96        Blocked_NoTargets,
97        NUM_BLOCKED_CAUSES
98    };
99
100    /**
101     * Reasons for cache to request a bus.
102     */
103    enum RequestCause {
104        Request_MSHR = MSHRQueue_MSHRs,
105        Request_WB = MSHRQueue_WriteBuffer,
106        Request_PF,
107        NUM_REQUEST_CAUSES
108    };
109
110  protected:
111
112    /**
113     * A cache master port is used for the memory-side port of the
114     * cache, and in addition to the basic timing port that only sends
115     * response packets through a transmit list, it also offers the
116     * ability to schedule and send request packets (requests &
117     * writebacks). The send event is scheduled through requestBus,
118     * and the sendDeferredPacket of the timing port is modified to
119     * consider both the transmit list and the requests from the MSHR.
120     */
121    class CacheMasterPort : public QueuedMasterPort
122    {
123
124      public:
125
126        /**
127         * Schedule a send of a request packet (from the MSHR). Note
128         * that we could already have a retry or a transmit list of
129         * responses outstanding.
130         */
131        void requestBus(RequestCause cause, Tick time)
132        {
133            DPRINTF(CachePort, "Asserting bus request for cause %d\n", cause);
134            queue.schedSendEvent(time);
135        }
136
137      protected:
138
139        CacheMasterPort(const std::string &_name, BaseCache *_cache,
140                        MasterPacketQueue &_queue) :
141            QueuedMasterPort(_name, _cache, _queue)
142        { }
143
144        /**
145         * Memory-side port always snoops.
146         *
147         * @return always true
148         */
149        virtual bool isSnooping() const { return true; }
150    };
151
152    /**
153     * A cache slave port is used for the CPU-side port of the cache,
154     * and it is basically a simple timing port that uses a transmit
155     * list for responses to the CPU (or connected master). In
156     * addition, it has the functionality to block the port for
157     * incoming requests. If blocked, the port will issue a retry once
158     * unblocked.
159     */
160    class CacheSlavePort : public QueuedSlavePort
161    {
162
163      public:
164
165        /** Do not accept any new requests. */
166        void setBlocked();
167
168        /** Return to normal operation and accept new requests. */
169        void clearBlocked();
170
171      protected:
172
173        CacheSlavePort(const std::string &_name, BaseCache *_cache,
174                       const std::string &_label);
175
176        /** A normal packet queue used to store responses. */
177        SlavePacketQueue queue;
178
179        bool blocked;
180
181        bool mustSendRetry;
182
183      private:
184
185        void processSendRetry();
186
187        EventWrapper<CacheSlavePort,
188                     &CacheSlavePort::processSendRetry> sendRetryEvent;
189
190    };
191
192    CacheSlavePort *cpuSidePort;
193    CacheMasterPort *memSidePort;
194
195  protected:
196
197    /** Miss status registers */
198    MSHRQueue mshrQueue;
199
200    /** Write/writeback buffer */
201    MSHRQueue writeBuffer;
202
203    MSHR *allocateBufferInternal(MSHRQueue *mq, Addr addr, int size,
204                                 PacketPtr pkt, Tick time, bool requestBus)
205    {
206        MSHR *mshr = mq->allocate(addr, size, pkt, time, order++);
207
208        if (mq->isFull()) {
209            setBlocked((BlockedCause)mq->index);
210        }
211
212        if (requestBus) {
213            requestMemSideBus((RequestCause)mq->index, time);
214        }
215
216        return mshr;
217    }
218
219    void markInServiceInternal(MSHR *mshr, PacketPtr pkt)
220    {
221        MSHRQueue *mq = mshr->queue;
222        bool wasFull = mq->isFull();
223        mq->markInService(mshr, pkt);
224        if (wasFull && !mq->isFull()) {
225            clearBlocked((BlockedCause)mq->index);
226        }
227    }
228
229    /**
230     * Write back dirty blocks in the cache using functional accesses.
231     */
232    virtual void memWriteback() = 0;
233    /**
234     * Invalidates all blocks in the cache.
235     *
236     * @warn Dirty cache lines will not be written back to
237     * memory. Make sure to call functionalWriteback() first if you
238     * want the to write them to memory.
239     */
240    virtual void memInvalidate() = 0;
241    /**
242     * Determine if there are any dirty blocks in the cache.
243     *
244     * \return true if at least one block is dirty, false otherwise.
245     */
246    virtual bool isDirty() const = 0;
247
248    /** Block size of this cache */
249    const unsigned blkSize;
250
251    /**
252     * The latency of a hit in this device.
253     */
254    const Cycles hitLatency;
255
256    /**
257     * The latency of sending reponse to its upper level cache/core on a
258     * linefill. In most contemporary processors, the return path on a cache
259     * miss is much quicker that the hit latency. The responseLatency parameter
260     * tries to capture this latency.
261     */
262    const Cycles responseLatency;
263
264    /** The number of targets for each MSHR. */
265    const int numTarget;
266
267    /** Do we forward snoops from mem side port through to cpu side port? */
268    const bool forwardSnoops;
269
270    /** Is this cache a toplevel cache (e.g. L1, I/O cache). If so we should
271     * never try to forward ownership and similar optimizations to the cpu
272     * side */
273    const bool isTopLevel;
274
275    /**
276     * Bit vector of the blocking reasons for the access path.
277     * @sa #BlockedCause
278     */
279    uint8_t blocked;
280
281    /** Increasing order number assigned to each incoming request. */
282    uint64_t order;
283
284    /** Stores time the cache blocked for statistics. */
285    Cycles blockedCycle;
286
287    /** Pointer to the MSHR that has no targets. */
288    MSHR *noTargetMSHR;
289
290    /** The number of misses to trigger an exit event. */
291    Counter missCount;
292
293    /**
294     * The address range to which the cache responds on the CPU side.
295     * Normally this is all possible memory addresses. */
296    const AddrRangeList addrRanges;
297
298  public:
299    /** System we are currently operating in. */
300    System *system;
301
302    // Statistics
303    /**
304     * @addtogroup CacheStatistics
305     * @{
306     */
307
308    /** Number of hits per thread for each type of command. @sa Packet::Command */
309    Stats::Vector hits[MemCmd::NUM_MEM_CMDS];
310    /** Number of hits for demand accesses. */
311    Stats::Formula demandHits;
312    /** Number of hit for all accesses. */
313    Stats::Formula overallHits;
314
315    /** Number of misses per thread for each type of command. @sa Packet::Command */
316    Stats::Vector misses[MemCmd::NUM_MEM_CMDS];
317    /** Number of misses for demand accesses. */
318    Stats::Formula demandMisses;
319    /** Number of misses for all accesses. */
320    Stats::Formula overallMisses;
321
322    /**
323     * Total number of cycles per thread/command spent waiting for a miss.
324     * Used to calculate the average miss latency.
325     */
326    Stats::Vector missLatency[MemCmd::NUM_MEM_CMDS];
327    /** Total number of cycles spent waiting for demand misses. */
328    Stats::Formula demandMissLatency;
329    /** Total number of cycles spent waiting for all misses. */
330    Stats::Formula overallMissLatency;
331
332    /** The number of accesses per command and thread. */
333    Stats::Formula accesses[MemCmd::NUM_MEM_CMDS];
334    /** The number of demand accesses. */
335    Stats::Formula demandAccesses;
336    /** The number of overall accesses. */
337    Stats::Formula overallAccesses;
338
339    /** The miss rate per command and thread. */
340    Stats::Formula missRate[MemCmd::NUM_MEM_CMDS];
341    /** The miss rate of all demand accesses. */
342    Stats::Formula demandMissRate;
343    /** The miss rate for all accesses. */
344    Stats::Formula overallMissRate;
345
346    /** The average miss latency per command and thread. */
347    Stats::Formula avgMissLatency[MemCmd::NUM_MEM_CMDS];
348    /** The average miss latency for demand misses. */
349    Stats::Formula demandAvgMissLatency;
350    /** The average miss latency for all misses. */
351    Stats::Formula overallAvgMissLatency;
352
353    /** The total number of cycles blocked for each blocked cause. */
354    Stats::Vector blocked_cycles;
355    /** The number of times this cache blocked for each blocked cause. */
356    Stats::Vector blocked_causes;
357
358    /** The average number of cycles blocked for each blocked cause. */
359    Stats::Formula avg_blocked;
360
361    /** The number of fast writes (WH64) performed. */
362    Stats::Scalar fastWrites;
363
364    /** The number of cache copies performed. */
365    Stats::Scalar cacheCopies;
366
367    /** Number of blocks written back per thread. */
368    Stats::Vector writebacks;
369
370    /** Number of misses that hit in the MSHRs per command and thread. */
371    Stats::Vector mshr_hits[MemCmd::NUM_MEM_CMDS];
372    /** Demand misses that hit in the MSHRs. */
373    Stats::Formula demandMshrHits;
374    /** Total number of misses that hit in the MSHRs. */
375    Stats::Formula overallMshrHits;
376
377    /** Number of misses that miss in the MSHRs, per command and thread. */
378    Stats::Vector mshr_misses[MemCmd::NUM_MEM_CMDS];
379    /** Demand misses that miss in the MSHRs. */
380    Stats::Formula demandMshrMisses;
381    /** Total number of misses that miss in the MSHRs. */
382    Stats::Formula overallMshrMisses;
383
384    /** Number of misses that miss in the MSHRs, per command and thread. */
385    Stats::Vector mshr_uncacheable[MemCmd::NUM_MEM_CMDS];
386    /** Total number of misses that miss in the MSHRs. */
387    Stats::Formula overallMshrUncacheable;
388
389    /** Total cycle latency of each MSHR miss, per command and thread. */
390    Stats::Vector mshr_miss_latency[MemCmd::NUM_MEM_CMDS];
391    /** Total cycle latency of demand MSHR misses. */
392    Stats::Formula demandMshrMissLatency;
393    /** Total cycle latency of overall MSHR misses. */
394    Stats::Formula overallMshrMissLatency;
395
396    /** Total cycle latency of each MSHR miss, per command and thread. */
397    Stats::Vector mshr_uncacheable_lat[MemCmd::NUM_MEM_CMDS];
398    /** Total cycle latency of overall MSHR misses. */
399    Stats::Formula overallMshrUncacheableLatency;
400
401#if 0
402    /** The total number of MSHR accesses per command and thread. */
403    Stats::Formula mshrAccesses[MemCmd::NUM_MEM_CMDS];
404    /** The total number of demand MSHR accesses. */
405    Stats::Formula demandMshrAccesses;
406    /** The total number of MSHR accesses. */
407    Stats::Formula overallMshrAccesses;
408#endif
409
410    /** The miss rate in the MSHRs pre command and thread. */
411    Stats::Formula mshrMissRate[MemCmd::NUM_MEM_CMDS];
412    /** The demand miss rate in the MSHRs. */
413    Stats::Formula demandMshrMissRate;
414    /** The overall miss rate in the MSHRs. */
415    Stats::Formula overallMshrMissRate;
416
417    /** The average latency of an MSHR miss, per command and thread. */
418    Stats::Formula avgMshrMissLatency[MemCmd::NUM_MEM_CMDS];
419    /** The average latency of a demand MSHR miss. */
420    Stats::Formula demandAvgMshrMissLatency;
421    /** The average overall latency of an MSHR miss. */
422    Stats::Formula overallAvgMshrMissLatency;
423
424    /** The average latency of an MSHR miss, per command and thread. */
425    Stats::Formula avgMshrUncacheableLatency[MemCmd::NUM_MEM_CMDS];
426    /** The average overall latency of an MSHR miss. */
427    Stats::Formula overallAvgMshrUncacheableLatency;
428
429    /** The number of times a thread hit its MSHR cap. */
430    Stats::Vector mshr_cap_events;
431    /** The number of times software prefetches caused the MSHR to block. */
432    Stats::Vector soft_prefetch_mshr_full;
433
434    Stats::Scalar mshr_no_allocate_misses;
435
436    /**
437     * @}
438     */
439
440    /**
441     * Register stats for this object.
442     */
443    virtual void regStats();
444
445  public:
446    typedef BaseCacheParams Params;
447    BaseCache(const Params *p);
448    ~BaseCache() {}
449
450    virtual void init();
451
452    virtual BaseMasterPort &getMasterPort(const std::string &if_name,
453                                          PortID idx = InvalidPortID);
454    virtual BaseSlavePort &getSlavePort(const std::string &if_name,
455                                        PortID idx = InvalidPortID);
456
457    /**
458     * Query block size of a cache.
459     * @return  The block size
460     */
461    unsigned
462    getBlockSize() const
463    {
464        return blkSize;
465    }
466
467
468    Addr blockAlign(Addr addr) const { return (addr & ~(Addr(blkSize - 1))); }
469
470
471    const AddrRangeList &getAddrRanges() const { return addrRanges; }
472
473    MSHR *allocateMissBuffer(PacketPtr pkt, Tick time, bool requestBus)
474    {
475        assert(!pkt->req->isUncacheable());
476        return allocateBufferInternal(&mshrQueue,
477                                      blockAlign(pkt->getAddr()), blkSize,
478                                      pkt, time, requestBus);
479    }
480
481    MSHR *allocateWriteBuffer(PacketPtr pkt, Tick time, bool requestBus)
482    {
483        assert(pkt->isWrite() && !pkt->isRead());
484        return allocateBufferInternal(&writeBuffer,
485                                      pkt->getAddr(), pkt->getSize(),
486                                      pkt, time, requestBus);
487    }
488
489    MSHR *allocateUncachedReadBuffer(PacketPtr pkt, Tick time, bool requestBus)
490    {
491        assert(pkt->req->isUncacheable());
492        assert(pkt->isRead());
493        return allocateBufferInternal(&mshrQueue,
494                                      pkt->getAddr(), pkt->getSize(),
495                                      pkt, time, requestBus);
496    }
497
498    /**
499     * Returns true if the cache is blocked for accesses.
500     */
501    bool isBlocked() const
502    {
503        return blocked != 0;
504    }
505
506    /**
507     * Marks the access path of the cache as blocked for the given cause. This
508     * also sets the blocked flag in the slave interface.
509     * @param cause The reason for the cache blocking.
510     */
511    void setBlocked(BlockedCause cause)
512    {
513        uint8_t flag = 1 << cause;
514        if (blocked == 0) {
515            blocked_causes[cause]++;
516            blockedCycle = curCycle();
517            cpuSidePort->setBlocked();
518        }
519        blocked |= flag;
520        DPRINTF(Cache,"Blocking for cause %d, mask=%d\n", cause, blocked);
521    }
522
523    /**
524     * Marks the cache as unblocked for the given cause. This also clears the
525     * blocked flags in the appropriate interfaces.
526     * @param cause The newly unblocked cause.
527     * @warning Calling this function can cause a blocked request on the bus to
528     * access the cache. The cache must be in a state to handle that request.
529     */
530    void clearBlocked(BlockedCause cause)
531    {
532        uint8_t flag = 1 << cause;
533        blocked &= ~flag;
534        DPRINTF(Cache,"Unblocking for cause %d, mask=%d\n", cause, blocked);
535        if (blocked == 0) {
536            blocked_cycles[cause] += curCycle() - blockedCycle;
537            cpuSidePort->clearBlocked();
538        }
539    }
540
541    /**
542     * Request the master bus for the given cause and time.
543     * @param cause The reason for the request.
544     * @param time The time to make the request.
545     */
546    void requestMemSideBus(RequestCause cause, Tick time)
547    {
548        memSidePort->requestBus(cause, time);
549    }
550
551    /**
552     * Clear the master bus request for the given cause.
553     * @param cause The request reason to clear.
554     */
555    void deassertMemSideBusRequest(RequestCause cause)
556    {
557        // Obsolete... we no longer signal bus requests explicitly so
558        // we can't deassert them.  Leaving this in as a no-op since
559        // the prefetcher calls it to indicate that it no longer wants
560        // to request a prefetch, and someday that might be
561        // interesting again.
562    }
563
564    virtual unsigned int drain(DrainManager *dm);
565
566    virtual bool inCache(Addr addr, bool is_secure) const = 0;
567
568    virtual bool inMissQueue(Addr addr, bool is_secure) const = 0;
569
570    void incMissCount(PacketPtr pkt)
571    {
572        assert(pkt->req->masterId() < system->maxMasters());
573        misses[pkt->cmdToIndex()][pkt->req->masterId()]++;
574        pkt->req->incAccessDepth();
575        if (missCount) {
576            --missCount;
577            if (missCount == 0)
578                exitSimLoop("A cache reached the maximum miss count");
579        }
580    }
581    void incHitCount(PacketPtr pkt)
582    {
583        assert(pkt->req->masterId() < system->maxMasters());
584        hits[pkt->cmdToIndex()][pkt->req->masterId()]++;
585
586    }
587
588};
589
590#endif //__BASE_CACHE_HH__
591