Hello,

As I said before I am using contextId() to get the CPU number, but I
am getting this error at some moment of the simulation:

Add: 1405001: system.tol2bus: recvTiming: src 8 dst 3 ReadResp 0x110180 BUSY
1405001: system.l2-cpu_side_port: Send failed, waiting on retry
m5.opt: build/ALPHA_SE/mem/request.hh:416: int Request::contextId()
const: Assertion `flags.any(VALID_CONTEXT_ID)' failed.
Program aborted at cycle 1407000
Aborted

I have not done any changes in the contextId() fuction, is it safe to
comment the assert, that is causing the error. I have been trying to
trace the error, butI have no idea where the problem can be, Thanks.

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 5:52 AM, Lisa Hsu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Ryan,
>
> You're right that that packet has to do with the membus and the physmem, but
> the contextID means it *originated* from cpu3.  For the lifetime of a
> request as it travels from the cpus to its destination in memory and back,
> it has the same contextId().  However, as it travels, it will have
> intermediate bus port sources as it will be traveling from cpu to DL1 cache
> to the tol2bus to the L2 cache to the membus to physmem (if it goes that
> far).  I believe at each intermediate point the pkt->src is overwritten by
> the latest src as it forward the packet down the line.
>
> A contextId of -1 indicates either a writeback or a device access.
>
> Lisa
>
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Ryan Markley <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Lisa thanks for your answer,  that Flag was very helpful.
>>
>> I have a question I am printg all the time the cpu origin, and I
>> always get a cpu origin with pkt->req->contextId(), but reviewing the
>> ports some packets does not seem to be related with the cpu,  for
>> example:
>>
>>  CPU: 3 <-> src_port: 0, SRC: 0 DEST: 1
>>   550000: system.membus: recvTiming: src 0 dst 1 ReadResp 0x8e240
>>   550000: system.membus: The bus is now occupied from tick 550000 to
>> 552000
>>
>> I think that this packet has nothing to do with the cpu 3 and it is
>> only related with membus and physical memory, this is also confirmed
>> with the output of the Config flag:, that says that the connection
>> between the physical memory and the membus, is doing with a port with
>> id 0.
>>
>>      0: system.membus-p0: setting peer to system.physmem-port0
>>      0: system.physmem-port0: setting peer to system.membus-p0
>>
>> So my question is, is there any way to know when a packet is really
>> coming from a cpu and it is not a mistake of the contextId() function
>> that I believe that is giving sometimes worngly information saying
>> that a packet is from a cpu when is not. I just want to know when the
>> packet is coming from a CPU and when is coming from other thing.
>>
>> And another question which one is the destination -1?, I do not see
>> any port with -1 id in the output generated by the config file. I
>> believe is the L2 cache but is this right?. Thanks so much for your
>> help.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Lisa Hsu <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Hi Ryan,
>> >
>> > The CPU is indeed connected to several ports, like for example the
>> > icache
>> > port and a dcache port.
>> >
>> > if you turn on the trace flag "Config" you will be able to see who is
>> > connecting to which ports and which port numbers.
>> >
>> > As of now, (I think) there is no way to easily connect a port to the
>> > specific SimObject it is connected to except perhaps by printing out its
>> > name.  Someone correct me if I'm wrong here.
>> >
>> > Lisa
>> >
>> > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Ryan Markley <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >> I am exploring the circulation of packages along the bus using the Bus
>> >> flag and some information that I am printing, and I have several
>> >> questions, I am using the detailed cpu and the configuration that
>> >> comes with the se.py file, with --caches and --l2cache options.
>> >>
>> >> I am printing the origin of the cpu with  pkt->req->contextId(), and I
>> >> get outputs likes this:
>> >>
>> >> CPU: 1 <-> src_port: 1, SRC: 1 DEST: -1, here we see the cpu number,
>> >> the src_port ( pkt->getSrc() ) and the destination ( pkt->getDest() )
>> >>  70000: system.membus: recvTiming: src 1 dst -1 ReadReq 0x1aa180
>> >>  70000: system.membus: The bus is now occupied from tick 70000 to 71000
>> >>
>> >> CPU: 1 <-> src_port: 0, SRC: 0 DEST: 1
>> >>  100000: system.membus: recvTiming: src 0 dst 1 ReadResp 0x1aa180
>> >>  100000: system.membus: The bus is now occupied from tick 100000 to
>> >> 102000
>> >>
>> >>  CPU: 1 <-> src_port: 8, SRC: 8 DEST: 6
>> >>  162500: system.tol2bus: recvTiming: src 8 dst 6 ReadResp 0x1aa180
>> >>  162500: system.tol2bus: The bus is now occupied from tick 162500 to
>> >> 175000
>> >>  162500: system.tol2bus: Remove retry from list 8
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Can anyone tell me why for the same cpu there are several different
>> >> origin ports?, I guess is because the cpu is connected to several
>> >> buses with different ports, maybe one for the cache and another one
>> >> for the main memory, but can anyone confirm this?. but if this is
>> >> right I do not understand why if the port 1 is for the membus why I
>> >> see after port 0 also for the membus, can anyone please clarify this?.
>> >>
>> >> And also is there anyway to identificate the ports?, if one is for the
>> >> cache and another one for the memory is there any way to tell wich one
>> >> is for the cache and one for the memory?.
>> >> Regarding the destination I have a similar question, is there any way
>> >> to identify id's (pkt->getDest() ) with high level information such
>> >> as, main memory, L2 cache..., thank you.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks in advance.
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