sim: Add a system-global option to bypass caches

Virtualized CPUs and the fastmem mode of the atomic CPU require direct
access to physical memory. We currently require caches to be disabled
when using them to prevent chaos. This is not ideal when switching
between hardware virutalized CPUs and other CPU models as it would
require a configuration change on each switch. This changeset
introduces a new version of the atomic memory mode,
'atomic_noncaching', where memory accesses are inserted into the
memory system as atomic accesses, but bypass caches.

To make memory mode tests cleaner, the following methods are added to
the System class:

 * isAtomicMode() -- True if the memory mode is 'atomic' or 'direct'.
 * isTimingMode() -- True if the memory mode is 'timing'.
 * bypassCaches() -- True if caches should be bypassed.

The old getMemoryMode() and setMemoryMode() methods should never be
used from the C++ world anymore.
This commit is contained in:
Andreas Sandberg
2013-02-15 17:40:09 -05:00
parent 1eec115c31
commit b904bd5437
18 changed files with 131 additions and 33 deletions

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@@ -232,8 +232,7 @@ DmaPort::sendDma()
// switching actually work
assert(transmitList.size());
Enums::MemoryMode state = sys->getMemoryMode();
if (state == Enums::timing) {
if (sys->isTimingMode()) {
// if we are either waiting for a retry or are still waiting
// after sending the last packet, then do not proceed
if (inRetry || sendEvent.scheduled()) {
@@ -242,7 +241,7 @@ DmaPort::sendDma()
}
trySendTimingReq();
} else if (state == Enums::atomic) {
} else if (sys->isAtomicMode()) {
// send everything there is to send in zero time
while (!transmitList.empty()) {
PacketPtr pkt = transmitList.front();

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@@ -222,8 +222,7 @@ X86ISA::I82094AA::signalInterrupt(int line)
apics.push_back(selected);
}
}
intMasterPort.sendMessage(apics, message,
sys->getMemoryMode() == Enums::timing);
intMasterPort.sendMessage(apics, message, sys->isTimingMode());
}
}