transition({M, W}, Atomic, WI) {TagArrayRead} {

transition(I, WrVicBlk) {TagArrayRead} {

Matt Sinclair has uploaded this change for review. ( https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/68978?usp=email ) Change subject: mem-ruby: fix atomic deadlock with WB GPU L2 caches ...................................................................... mem-ruby: fix atomic deadlock with WB GPU L2 caches By default the GPU VIPER coherence protocol uses a WT L2 cache. However it has support for using WB caches (although this is not tested currently). When using a WB L2 cache for the GPU, this results in deadlocks with atomics. Specifically, when an atomic reaches the L2 and the line is currently in M or W, the line must be written back before the atomic can be performed. However, the current support has two issues: a) it never performs the atomic operation -- while VIPER current assumes all atomics are system scope atomics and thus cannot be performed at the L2 and this transition requires the dirty line be written back before performing the atomic, the transition never performs the atomic nor does the response path handle it. b) putting the atomic action right after the write back is not safe because we need to ensure the requests are ordered when they reach memory -- thus we have to wait until the write back is acknowledged before it's safe to send/perform the atomic. To fix this, this change modifies the transition in question to put the atomic on the stalled requests buffer, which the WBAck will check when it returns to the L2 (and thus perform the atomic, which will result in the atomic being sent on to the directory). This fix has been tested and verified with both the per-checkin and nightly GPU Ruby Random tester tests (with a WB L2 cache). Change-Id: I9a43fd985dc71297521f4b05c47288d92c314ac7 --- M src/mem/ruby/protocol/GPU_VIPER-TCC.sm 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/protocol/GPU_VIPER-TCC.sm b/src/mem/ruby/protocol/GPU_VIPER-TCC.sm index 0b7f5ed..a595898 100644 --- a/src/mem/ruby/protocol/GPU_VIPER-TCC.sm +++ b/src/mem/ruby/protocol/GPU_VIPER-TCC.sm @@ -816,10 +816,14 @@ } transition({M, W}, Atomic, WI) {TagArrayRead} { - p_profileHit; t_allocateTBE; wb_writeBack; - p_popRequestQueue; + // after writing back the current line, we need to wait for it to be done + // before we try to perform the atomic + // by putting the stalled requests in a buffer, we reduce resource contention + // since they won't try again every cycle and will instead only try again once + // woken up + st_stallAndWaitRequest; } transition(I, WrVicBlk) {TagArrayRead} { -- To view, visit https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/68978?usp=email To unsubscribe, or for help writing mail filters, visit https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/settings Gerrit-Project: public/gem5 Gerrit-Branch: develop Gerrit-Change-Id: I9a43fd985dc71297521f4b05c47288d92c314ac7 Gerrit-Change-Number: 68978 Gerrit-PatchSet: 1 Gerrit-Owner: Matt Sinclair <mattdsinclair.wisc@gmail.com> Gerrit-MessageType: newchange