From e09e9fa279dec86b171b5e3efeb7057fa0d21cc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andreas Sandberg Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 13:05:48 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] cpu: Flush TLBs on switchOut() This changeset inserts a TLB flush in BaseCPU::switchOut to prevent stale translations when doing repeated switching. Additionally, the TLB flushing functionality is exported to the Python to make debugging of switching/checkpointing easier. A simulation script will typically use the TLB flushing functionality to generate a reference trace. The following sequence can be used to simulate a handover (this depends on how drain is implemented, but is generally the case) between identically configured CPU models: m5.drain(test_sys) [ cpu.flushTLBs() for cpu in test_sys.cpu ] m5.resume(test_sys) The generated trace should normally be identical to a trace generated when switching between identically configured CPU models or checkpointing and resuming. --- src/arch/sparc/tlb.hh | 7 ++++--- src/cpu/BaseCPU.py | 1 + src/cpu/base.cc | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ src/cpu/base.hh | 11 +++++++++++ 4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/arch/sparc/tlb.hh b/src/arch/sparc/tlb.hh index 8ed10ff0e..7246cd4f6 100644 --- a/src/arch/sparc/tlb.hh +++ b/src/arch/sparc/tlb.hh @@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ class TLB : public BaseTLB */ TlbEntry *lookup(Addr va, int partition_id, bool real, int context_id = 0, bool update_used = true); + + /** Remove all entries from the TLB */ + void flushAll(); + protected: /** Insert a PTE into the TLB. */ void insert(Addr vpn, int partition_id, int context_id, bool real, @@ -122,9 +126,6 @@ class TLB : public BaseTLB /** Given an entry id, read that tlb entries' tag. */ uint64_t TagRead(int entry); - /** Remove all entries from the TLB */ - void flushAll(); - /** Remove all non-locked entries from the tlb that match partition id. */ void demapAll(int partition_id); diff --git a/src/cpu/BaseCPU.py b/src/cpu/BaseCPU.py index 6673b9d41..900a23991 100644 --- a/src/cpu/BaseCPU.py +++ b/src/cpu/BaseCPU.py @@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ class BaseCPU(MemObject): void switchOut(); void takeOverFrom(BaseCPU *cpu); bool switchedOut(); + void flushTLBs(); ''') def takeOverFrom(self, old_cpu): diff --git a/src/cpu/base.cc b/src/cpu/base.cc index 202dc476a..14b5586c8 100644 --- a/src/cpu/base.cc +++ b/src/cpu/base.cc @@ -361,6 +361,10 @@ BaseCPU::switchOut() _switchedOut = true; if (profileEvent && profileEvent->scheduled()) deschedule(profileEvent); + + // Flush all TLBs in the CPU to avoid having stale translations if + // it gets switched in later. + flushTLBs(); } void @@ -482,6 +486,22 @@ BaseCPU::takeOverFrom(BaseCPU *oldCPU) getDataPort().bind(data_peer_port); } +void +BaseCPU::flushTLBs() +{ + for (ThreadID i = 0; i < threadContexts.size(); ++i) { + ThreadContext &tc(*threadContexts[i]); + CheckerCPU *checker(tc.getCheckerCpuPtr()); + + tc.getITBPtr()->flushAll(); + tc.getDTBPtr()->flushAll(); + if (checker) { + checker->getITBPtr()->flushAll(); + checker->getDTBPtr()->flushAll(); + } + } +} + BaseCPU::ProfileEvent::ProfileEvent(BaseCPU *_cpu, Tick _interval) : cpu(_cpu), interval(_interval) diff --git a/src/cpu/base.hh b/src/cpu/base.hh index 633b7f2a7..cd30d29bc 100644 --- a/src/cpu/base.hh +++ b/src/cpu/base.hh @@ -323,6 +323,17 @@ class BaseCPU : public MemObject */ virtual void takeOverFrom(BaseCPU *cpu); + /** + * Flush all TLBs in the CPU. + * + * This method is mainly used to flush stale translations when + * switching CPUs. It is also exported to the Python world to + * allow it to request a TLB flush after draining the CPU to make + * it easier to compare traces when debugging + * handover/checkpointing. + */ + void flushTLBs(); + /** * Determine if the CPU is switched out. *