Modify second chance replacement policy so that entries are inserted
without a second chance. Previously, the second chance bit was set
to true when a cache line was inserted. So the cache line would gain
its second chance when inserting. This is wrong because the cache
block will only get a second chance when it hits.
Here's a quoted citation for the second chance replacement policy:
"Whenever the algorithm examines a page entry, it extracts the associated
usage bit and enters it into the high-order position of a k-bit shift
register after shifting the contents of the register one bit-position
lower. Then if the shift register is nonzero, the page is retained; if the
shift register is zero, the page is replaced by the new page. In either
case the usage bit for the page is turned off and the circular list
pointer is advanced."
(A Paging Experiment with the Multics System, FJ Corbato, 1968)
Change-Id: I0d07e56aa16c67dd36e0d490c3f457f91e46f320
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/20882
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Add support in Ruby to use all replacement policies in Classic.
Furthermore, if new replacement policies are added to the
Classic system, the Ruby system will recognize new policies
without any other changes in Ruby system. The following list
all the major changes:
* Make Ruby cache entries (AbstractCacheEntry) inherit from
Classic cache entries (ReplaceableEntry). By doing this,
replacement policies can use cache entries from Ruby caches.
AccessPermission and print function are moved from
AbstractEntry to AbstractCacheEntry, so AbstractEntry is no
longer needed.
* DirectoryMemory and all SLICC files are changed to use
AbstractCacheEntry as their cache entry interface. So do the
python files in mem/slicc/ast which check the entry
interface.
* "main='false'" argument is added to the protocol files where
the DirectoryEntry is defined. This change helps
differentiate DirectoryEntry from CacheEntry because they are
both the instances of AbstractCacheEntry now.
* Use BaseReplacementPolicy in Ruby caches instead of
AbstractReplacementPolicy so that Ruby caches will recognize
the replacement policies from Classic.
* Add getLastAccess() and useOccupancy() function to Classic
system so that Ruby caches can use them. Move lastTouchTick
to ReplacementData struct because it's needed by
getLastAccess() to return the correct value.
* Add a 2-dimensional array of ReplacementData in Ruby caches
to store information for different replacement policies. Note
that, unlike Classic caches, where policy information is
stored in cache entries, the policy information needs to be
stored in a new 2-dimensional array. This is due to Ruby
caches deleting the cache entry every time the corresponding
cache line get evicted.
Change-Id: Idff6fdd2102a552c103e9d5f31f779aae052943f
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/20879
Reviewed-by: Daniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>
Reviewed-by: Matt Sinclair <mattdsinclair@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
The RRPV values for RRIP and NRU replacment policies.
Long re-rereference interval was used instead of
distant re-rereference interval and vice-versa.
The btp value permit to choose beetwen distant and
long insertion ratio. A btp value of 0 force the
policy to always insert at a distant re-reference
interval and a btp value of 100 force the policy to
always insert at a long (intermediate) re-rereference
interval.
Change-Id: I516098f73942b769dcc31fe0edfe07c3e9c3effd
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/17851
Reviewed-by: Daniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>
Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
ReplaceableEntry is referenced by many classes that do
not necessarily need access to the replacement policies.
Therefore, in order to allow better compilation units,
we factor it out to a new file.
Change-Id: I0823567bf1ca336ffcdf783682ef473e8878d7fd
Signed-off-by: Daniel R. Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/13418
Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
Implementation of a Tree-PLRU replacement policy. It is based on
the assumption that a set associative cache is used.
Change-Id: I74b227e88fd6c93aab5bb2cd0e8730376db28f52
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/11106
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Replaceable entries belong to table-like structures, and therefore
they should be indexable by combining a row and a column. These,
using conventional cache nomenclature translate to sets and ways.
Make these entries aware of their sets and ways. The idea is to
make indexing policies usable by other table-like structures. In
order to do so we move sets and ways to ReplaceableEntry, which
will be the common base among table entries.
Change-Id: If0e3dacf9ea2f523af9cface067469ccecf82648
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/12764
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Implementation of a Second-Chance replacement policy. Similar to FIFO,
but every block is given a second chance if it has been touched.
Change-Id: Id4d52b698d0045a4914a4d848fdf9c3c00a28508
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/9441
Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
Replacement data is specific for each replacement policy, and thus
should be instantiated differently by each policy.
Touch() and reset() do not need to be aware of CacheBlk, as they
only update its ReplacementData.
Invalidate() makes replacement policies independent of cache blocks,
by removing the awareness of the valid state.
An inheritable base ReplaceableEntry class was created to allow usage
of replacement policies with any table-like structure.
Change-Id: I998917d800fa48504ed95abffa2f1b7bfd68522b
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/9421
Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
Replacement policies (LRU, Random) are currently considered as array
indexing methods, but have completely different functionalities:
- Array indexers determine the possible locations for block allocation.
This information is used to generate replacement candidates when
conflicts happen.
- Replacement policies determine which of the replacement candidates
should be evicted to make room for new allocations.
For this reason, they were split into different classes. Advantages:
- Easier and more straightforward to implement other replacement
policies (RRIP, LFU, ARC, ...)
- Allow easier future implementation of cache organization schemes
As now we can't assure the use of sets, the previous way to create a
true LRU is not viable. Now a timestamp_bits parameter controls how
many bits are dedicated for the timestamp, and a true LRU can be
achieved through an infinite number of bits (although a few bits suffice
in practice).
Change-Id: I23750db121f1474d17831137e6ff618beb2b3eda
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/8501
Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
