gem5/src/mem/cache/tags/lru.hh
Andreas Hansson 88554790c3 Mem: Use cycles to express cache-related latencies
This patch changes the cache-related latencies from an absolute time
expressed in Ticks, to a number of cycles that can be scaled with the
clock period of the caches. Ultimately this patch serves to enable
future work that involves dynamic frequency scaling. As an immediate
benefit it also makes it more convenient to specify cache performance
without implicitly assuming a specific CPU core operating frequency.

The stat blocked_cycles that actually counter in ticks is now updated
to count in cycles.

As the timing is now rounded to the clock edges of the cache, there
are some regressions that change. Plenty of them have very minor
changes, whereas some regressions with a short run-time are perturbed
quite significantly. A follow-on patch updates all the statistics for
the regressions.
2012-10-15 08:10:54 -04:00

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/**
* @file
* Declaration of a LRU tag store.
*/
#ifndef __MEM_CACHE_TAGS_LRU_HH__
#define __MEM_CACHE_TAGS_LRU_HH__
#include <cassert>
#include <cstring>
#include <list>
#include "mem/cache/tags/base.hh"
#include "mem/cache/blk.hh"
#include "mem/packet.hh"
class BaseCache;
class CacheSet;
/**
* A LRU cache tag store.
* @sa \ref gem5MemorySystem "gem5 Memory System"
*/
class LRU : public BaseTags
{
public:
/** Typedef the block type used in this tag store. */
typedef CacheBlk BlkType;
/** Typedef for a list of pointers to the local block class. */
typedef std::list<BlkType*> BlkList;
protected:
/** The number of sets in the cache. */
const unsigned numSets;
/** The number of bytes in a block. */
const unsigned blkSize;
/** The associativity of the cache. */
const unsigned assoc;
/** The hit latency. */
const Cycles hitLatency;
/** The cache sets. */
CacheSet *sets;
/** The cache blocks. */
BlkType *blks;
/** The data blocks, 1 per cache block. */
uint8_t *dataBlks;
/** The amount to shift the address to get the set. */
int setShift;
/** The amount to shift the address to get the tag. */
int tagShift;
/** Mask out all bits that aren't part of the set index. */
unsigned setMask;
/** Mask out all bits that aren't part of the block offset. */
unsigned blkMask;
public:
/**
* Construct and initialize this tag store.
* @param _numSets The number of sets in the cache.
* @param _blkSize The number of bytes in a block.
* @param _assoc The associativity of the cache.
* @param _hit_latency The latency in cycles for a hit.
*/
LRU(unsigned _numSets, unsigned _blkSize, unsigned _assoc,
unsigned _hit_latency);
/**
* Destructor
*/
virtual ~LRU();
/**
* Return the block size.
* @return the block size.
*/
unsigned
getBlockSize() const
{
return blkSize;
}
/**
* Return the subblock size. In the case of LRU it is always the block
* size.
* @return The block size.
*/
unsigned
getSubBlockSize() const
{
return blkSize;
}
/**
* Invalidate the given block.
* @param blk The block to invalidate.
*/
void invalidate(BlkType *blk);
/**
* Access block and update replacement data. May not succeed, in which case
* NULL pointer is returned. This has all the implications of a cache
* access and should only be used as such. Returns the access latency as a side effect.
* @param addr The address to find.
* @param asid The address space ID.
* @param lat The access latency.
* @return Pointer to the cache block if found.
*/
BlkType* accessBlock(Addr addr, Cycles &lat, int context_src);
/**
* Finds the given address in the cache, do not update replacement data.
* i.e. This is a no-side-effect find of a block.
* @param addr The address to find.
* @param asid The address space ID.
* @return Pointer to the cache block if found.
*/
BlkType* findBlock(Addr addr) const;
/**
* Find a block to evict for the address provided.
* @param addr The addr to a find a replacement candidate for.
* @param writebacks List for any writebacks to be performed.
* @return The candidate block.
*/
BlkType* findVictim(Addr addr, PacketList &writebacks);
/**
* Insert the new block into the cache. For LRU this means inserting into
* the MRU position of the set.
* @param addr The address to update.
* @param blk The block to update.
*/
void insertBlock(Addr addr, BlkType *blk, int context_src);
/**
* Generate the tag from the given address.
* @param addr The address to get the tag from.
* @return The tag of the address.
*/
Addr extractTag(Addr addr) const
{
return (addr >> tagShift);
}
/**
* Calculate the set index from the address.
* @param addr The address to get the set from.
* @return The set index of the address.
*/
int extractSet(Addr addr) const
{
return ((addr >> setShift) & setMask);
}
/**
* Get the block offset from an address.
* @param addr The address to get the offset of.
* @return The block offset.
*/
int extractBlkOffset(Addr addr) const
{
return (addr & blkMask);
}
/**
* Align an address to the block size.
* @param addr the address to align.
* @return The block address.
*/
Addr blkAlign(Addr addr) const
{
return (addr & ~(Addr)blkMask);
}
/**
* Regenerate the block address from the tag.
* @param tag The tag of the block.
* @param set The set of the block.
* @return The block address.
*/
Addr regenerateBlkAddr(Addr tag, unsigned set) const
{
return ((tag << tagShift) | ((Addr)set << setShift));
}
/**
* Return the hit latency.
* @return the hit latency.
*/
Cycles getHitLatency() const
{
return hitLatency;
}
/**
*iterated through all blocks and clear all locks
*Needed to clear all lock tracking at once
*/
virtual void clearLocks();
/**
* Called at end of simulation to complete average block reference stats.
*/
virtual void cleanupRefs();
};
#endif // __MEM_CACHE_TAGS_LRU_HH__