It is possible to execute a GPU atomic instruction using a memory
address that is in the host memory space (e.g, HMM, __managed__,
hipHostMalloc'd address). Since these are in host memory they are passed
to the SystemHub DmaDevice. However, this currently executes as a write
packet without modifying data. This leads to hangs in applications that
use atomics for forward progress (e.g., HeteroSync).
It is not clear where these are handled on a real GPU, but they are
certianly not handled by the software stack nor driver, so they must be
handled in hardware and therefore implemented in gem5. Handling for
atomics in the SystemHub makes the most sense.
To make atomics work a few extra changes need to be made to the
SystemHub. (1) The atomic is implemented as a host memory read, followed
by calling the AtomicOpFunctor, followed by a write. This requires a
second event to handle read response, performing atomic, and issuing a
write. (2) Atomics must be serialized otherwise two atomics might return
the same value which is incorrect. This patch adds serialization logic
for all request types to the same address to handle this. (3) With the
added complexity of the SystemHub, a new debug flag explicitly for
SystemHub is added.
Testing done: The heterosync application with input "sleepMutex 10 16 4"
previously hung before this patch. It passes with the patch applied.
This application tests both (1) and (2) above, as it allocates locks
with hipHostMalloc and has multiple workgroups sending an atomic request
in the same Tick, verifying the serialization mechanism.
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