completeIFetch()
-> initiateAcc() -- translation hits in TLB, page marked read only so fault
returned immediately
-> finishTranslation() is called by the DTLB and a fault has been
generated
-> translationFault()
-> advanceInst()
-> advancePC()
-> faultInvoke()
-> status == Running so then advanceInst() calls
fetch()
-> fetch() calls translateTiming() for the
fault handler because of the originating DTLB fault but status doesn't change,
so if it requires a table walk it's still running. If it doesn't then it's fine
<- stack unwinds all the way to here now that we're waiting on fetch
-> advanceInst() -- since status still is Running
-> fetch() -- two instruction translates happen this cycle, resulting in
two translations and then two calls to sendFetch() resulting in two data
accesess
Make sense?
Ali
On Jan 19, 2011, at 4:45 AM, Gabe Black wrote:
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> http://reviews.m5sim.org/r/431/
>
> I still don't understand how the CPU ends up in a bad state. Could you please
> list step by step how it happens? Use little words and go slowly :-).
>
> - Gabe
>
>
> On January 18th, 2011, 2:34 p.m., Ali Saidi wrote:
>
> Review request for Default, Ali Saidi, Gabe Black, Steve Reinhardt, and
> Nathan Binkert.
> By Ali Saidi.
> Updated 2011-01-18 14:34:11
>
> Description
>
> SimpleCPU: Fix a case where a DTLB fault redirects fetch and an I-side walk
> occurs.
>
> This change fixes an issue where a DTLB fault occurs and redirects fetch to
> handle the fault and the ITLB requires a walk which delays translation. In
> this
> case the status of the cpu isn't updated appropriately, and an additional
> instruction fetch occurs. Eventually this hits an assert as multiple
> instruction
> fetches are occuring in the system and when the second one returns the
> processor is in the wrong state.
>
> Some asserts below are removed because it was always true (typo) and the state
> after the initiateAcc() the processor could be in any valid state when a
> d-side fault occurs.
> Diffs
>
> src/cpu/simple/timing.hh (32b6354d2ae6)
> src/cpu/simple/timing.cc (32b6354d2ae6)
> View Diff
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