gem5/src/mem/cache/cache_blk.hh

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/** @file
 * Definitions of a simple cache block class.
 */

#ifndef __CACHE_BLK_HH__
#define __CACHE_BLK_HH__

#include "sim/root.hh"		// for Tick
#include "arch/isa_traits.hh"	// for Addr

/**
 * Cache block status bit assignments
 */
enum CacheBlkStatusBits {
    /** valid, readable */
    BlkValid =		0x01,
    /** write permission */
    BlkWritable =	0x02,
    /** dirty (modified) */
    BlkDirty =		0x04,
    /** compressed */
    BlkCompressed =	0x08,
    /** block was referenced */
    BlkReferenced =	0x10,
    /** block was a hardware prefetch yet unaccessed*/
    BlkHWPrefetched =	0x20
};

/**
 * A Basic Cache block.
 * Contains the tag, status, and a pointer to data.
 */
class CacheBlk
{
  public:
    /** The address space ID of this block. */
    int asid;
    /** Data block tag value. */
    Addr tag;
    /**
     * Contains a copy of the data in this block for easy access. This is used
     * for efficient execution when the data could be actually stored in
     * another format (COW, compressed, sub-blocked, etc). In all cases the
     * data stored here should be kept consistant with the actual data
     * referenced by this block.
     */
    uint8_t *data;
    /** the number of bytes stored in this block. */
    int size;

    /** block state: OR of CacheBlkStatusBit */
    typedef unsigned State;

    /** The current status of this block. @sa CacheBlockStatusBits */
    State status;

    /** Which curTick will this block be accessable */
    Tick whenReady;

    /**
     * The set this block belongs to.
     * @todo Move this into subclasses when we fix CacheTags to use them.
     */
    int set;

    /** Number of references to this block since it was brought in. */
    int refCount;

    CacheBlk()
        : asid(-1), tag(0), data(0) ,size(0), status(0), whenReady(0),
          set(-1), refCount(0)
    {}

    /**
     * Copy the state of the given block into this one.
     * @param rhs The block to copy.
     * @return a const reference to this block.
     */
    const CacheBlk& operator=(const CacheBlk& rhs)
    {
        asid = rhs.asid;
        tag = rhs.tag;
        data = rhs.data;
        size = rhs.size;
        status = rhs.status;
        whenReady = rhs.whenReady;
        set = rhs.set;
        refCount = rhs.refCount;
        return *this;
    }

    /**
     * Checks the write permissions of this block.
     * @return True if the block is writable.
     */
    bool isWritable() const
    {
        const int needed_bits = BlkWritable | BlkValid;
        return (status & needed_bits) == needed_bits;
    }

    /**
     * Checks that a block is valid (readable).
     * @return True if the block is valid.
     */
    bool isValid() const
    {
        return (status & BlkValid) != 0;
    }

    /**
     * Check to see if a block has been written.
     * @return True if the block is dirty.
     */
    bool isModified() const
    {
        return (status & BlkDirty) != 0;
    }

    /**
     * Check to see if this block contains compressed data.
     * @return True iF the block's data is compressed.
     */
    bool isCompressed() const
    {
        return (status & BlkCompressed) != 0;
    }

    /**
     * Check if this block has been referenced.
     * @return True if the block has been referenced.
     */
    bool isReferenced() const
    {
        return (status & BlkReferenced) != 0;
    }

    /**
     * Check if this block was the result of a hardware prefetch, yet to
     * be touched.
     * @return True if the block was a hardware prefetch, unaccesed.
     */
    bool isPrefetch() const
    {
        return (status & BlkHWPrefetched) != 0;
    }


};

#endif //__CACHE_BLK_HH__