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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT # OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, # SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT # LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, # DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY # THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT # (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. from m5.params import * from m5.proxy import * from m5.SimObject import SimObject from m5.objects.ClockedObject import ClockedObject from m5.objects.Compressors import BaseCacheCompressor from m5.objects.Prefetcher import BasePrefetcher from m5.objects.ReplacementPolicies import * from m5.objects.Tags import * # Enum for cache clusivity, currently mostly inclusive or mostly # exclusive. class Clusivity(Enum): vals = ["mostly_incl", "mostly_excl"] class WriteAllocator(SimObject): type = "WriteAllocator" cxx_header = "mem/cache/cache.hh" cxx_class = "gem5::WriteAllocator" # Control the limits for when the cache introduces extra delays to # allow whole-line write coalescing, and eventually switches to a # write-no-allocate policy. coalesce_limit = Param.Unsigned( 2, "Consecutive lines written before delaying for coalescing" ) no_allocate_limit = Param.Unsigned( 12, "Consecutive lines written before skipping allocation" ) delay_threshold = Param.Unsigned( 8, "Number of delay quanta imposed on an " "MSHR with write requests to allow for " "write coalescing", ) block_size = Param.Int(Parent.cache_line_size, "block size in bytes") class BaseCache(ClockedObject): type = "BaseCache" abstract = True cxx_header = "mem/cache/base.hh" cxx_class = "gem5::BaseCache" size = Param.MemorySize("Capacity") assoc = Param.Unsigned("Associativity") tag_latency = Param.Cycles("Tag lookup latency") data_latency = Param.Cycles("Data access latency") response_latency = Param.Cycles("Latency for the return path on a miss") warmup_percentage = Param.Percent( 0, "Percentage of tags to be touched to warm up the cache" ) max_miss_count = Param.Counter( 0, "Number of misses to handle before calling exit" ) mshrs = Param.Unsigned("Number of MSHRs (max outstanding requests)") demand_mshr_reserve = Param.Unsigned(1, "MSHRs reserved for demand access") tgts_per_mshr = Param.Unsigned("Max number of accesses per MSHR") write_buffers = Param.Unsigned(8, "Number of write buffers") is_read_only = Param.Bool(False, "Is this cache read only (e.g. inst)") prefetcher = Param.BasePrefetcher(NULL, "Prefetcher attached to cache") tags = Param.BaseTags(BaseSetAssoc(), "Tag store") replacement_policy = Param.BaseReplacementPolicy( LRURP(), "Replacement policy" ) compressor = Param.BaseCacheCompressor(NULL, "Cache compressor.") replace_expansions = Param.Bool( True, "Apply replacement policy to " "decide which blocks should be evicted on a data expansion", ) # When a block passes from uncompressed to compressed, it may become # co-allocatable with another existing entry of the same superblock, # so try move the block to co-allocate it move_contractions = Param.Bool( True, "Try to co-allocate blocks that contract" ) sequential_access = Param.Bool( False, "Whether to access tags and data sequentially" ) cpu_side = ResponsePort("Upstream port closer to the CPU and/or device") mem_side = RequestPort("Downstream port closer to memory") addr_ranges = VectorParam.AddrRange( [AllMemory], "Address range for the CPU-side port (to allow striping)" ) system = Param.System(Parent.any, "System we belong to") # Determine if this cache sends out writebacks for clean lines, or # simply clean evicts. If this cache does not have a downstream cache, # the cache should not writeback clean lines not to waste memory # bandwidth. If this cache has a downstream cache whose clusivity is # mostly exclusive (i.e., victim cache), this shoule be set to True. # If not, there will never be any spills from read-only caches (e.g., # L1I cache, MMU cache of ARM) to the downstream cache. # In case of the downstream cache is mostly inclusive, this should be # set to False. writeback_clean = Param.Bool(False, "Writeback clean lines") # Control whether this cache should be mostly inclusive or mostly # exclusive with respect to upstream caches. The behaviour on a # fill is determined accordingly. For a mostly inclusive cache, # blocks are allocated on all fill operations. Thus, L1 caches # should be set as mostly inclusive even if they have no upstream # caches. In the case of a mostly exclusive cache, fills are not # allocating unless they came directly from a non-caching source, # e.g. a table walker. Additionally, on a hit from an upstream # cache a line is dropped for a mostly exclusive cache. clusivity = Param.Clusivity("mostly_incl", "Clusivity with upstream cache") # The write allocator enables optimizations for streaming write # accesses by first coalescing writes and then avoiding allocation # in the current cache. Typically, this would be enabled in the # data cache. write_allocator = Param.WriteAllocator(NULL, "Write allocator") class Cache(BaseCache): type = "Cache" cxx_header = "mem/cache/cache.hh" cxx_class = "gem5::Cache" class NoncoherentCache(BaseCache): type = "NoncoherentCache" cxx_header = "mem/cache/noncoherent_cache.hh" cxx_class = "gem5::NoncoherentCache" # This is typically a last level cache and any clean # writebacks would be unnecessary traffic to the main memory. writeback_clean = False