Hello Nikos Nikoleris, Andreas Sandberg,
I'd like you to reexamine a change. Please visit
https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/8501
to look at the new patch set (#6).
Change subject: mem-cache: Split array indexing and replacement policies.
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mem-cache: Split array indexing and replacement policies.
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
---
M configs/common/cores/arm/O3_ARM_v7a.py
M configs/common/cores/arm/ex5_LITTLE.py
M configs/common/cores/arm/ex5_big.py
M src/mem/cache/Cache.py
M src/mem/cache/base.cc
M src/mem/cache/blk.hh
M src/mem/cache/cache.cc
M src/mem/cache/cache.hh
A src/mem/cache/replacement_policies/ReplacementPolicies.py
A src/mem/cache/replacement_policies/SConscript
A src/mem/cache/replacement_policies/base.cc
A src/mem/cache/replacement_policies/base.hh
A src/mem/cache/replacement_policies/lru_rp.cc
A src/mem/cache/replacement_policies/lru_rp.hh
A src/mem/cache/replacement_policies/random_rp.cc
A src/mem/cache/replacement_policies/random_rp.hh
M src/mem/cache/tags/SConscript
M src/mem/cache/tags/Tags.py
M src/mem/cache/tags/base.hh
M src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.cc
M src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.hh
M src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.cc
M src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh
D src/mem/cache/tags/lru.cc
D src/mem/cache/tags/lru.hh
D src/mem/cache/tags/random_repl.cc
D src/mem/cache/tags/random_repl.hh
27 files changed, 671 insertions(+), 441 deletions(-)
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Gerrit-Change-Id: I23750db121f1474d17831137e6ff618beb2b3eda
Gerrit-Change-Number: 8501
Gerrit-PatchSet: 6
Gerrit-Owner: Daniel Carvalho <oda...@yahoo.com.br>
Gerrit-Reviewer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandb...@arm.com>
Gerrit-Reviewer: Daniel Carvalho <oda...@yahoo.com.br>
Gerrit-Reviewer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikole...@arm.com>
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