This patch changes what goes into the BaseCache and what goes into the
Cache, to make it easier to add a NoncoherentCache with as much re-use
as possible. A number of redundant members and definitions are also
removed in the process.
This is a modified version of a changeset put together by Andreas
Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>
Change-Id: Ie9dd73c4ec07732e778e7416b712dad8b4bd5d4b
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/10431
Reviewed-by: Daniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>
Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
This patch removes the write-queue entry tracking previously used for
uncacheable writes. The write-queue entry is now deallocated as soon
as the packet is sent. As a result we also forego the stats for
uncacheable writes. Additionally, there is no longer a need to attach
the write-queue entry to the packet.
This patch breaks out the cache write buffer into a separate class,
without affecting any stats. The goal of the patch is to avoid
encumbering the much-simpler write queue with the complex MSHR
handling. In a follow on patch this simplification allows us to
implement write combining.
The WriteQueue gets its own class, but shares a common ancestor, the
generic Queue, with the MSHRQueue.
