Review Board 2.0.15


mem: Transition away from isSupplyExclusive for writebacks

Review Request #2960 - Created July 13, 2015 and submitted

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Andreas Hansson
gem5
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Changeset 10923:70ae07d65378
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mem: Transition away from isSupplyExclusive for writebacks

This patch changes how writebacks communicate whether the line is
passed as modified or owned. Previously we relied on the
isSupplyExclusive mechanism, which was originally designed to avoid
unecessary snoops.

For normal cache requests we use the sharedAsserted mechanism to
determine if a block should be marked writeable or not, and with this
patch we transition the writebacks to also use this
mechanism. Conceptually this is cleaner and more consistent.

All regressions pass, and the random soak tests have finished >10000 iterations without any issues.

Review request changed
Updated (July 30, 2015, 9:55 a.m.)

Status: Closed (submitted)