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authorDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2009-08-20 22:30:12 +0000
committerDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2009-08-20 22:30:12 +0000
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Replace dcache with splay tree.
Remove partially implemented writeback support. * dcache.c: Include splay-tree.h. (LINE_SIZE_POWER): Change from 5 to 6. (DCACHE_SIZE): Change from 64 to 4096. (ENTRY_INVALID, ENTRY_VALID, ENTRY_DIRTY): Delete. (state_chars): Delete. (struct dcache_block): Clean up; remove state and anydirty fields. (struct dcache_struct): Redefine as a splay tree and linked list. (last_cache): Make static. (dcache_invalidate, dcache_hit): Rewrite for new cache structure. (dcache_read_line, dcache_alloc): Rewrite for new cache structure. (dcache_write_line): Delete. (dcache_writeback): Delete. (dcache_peek_byte): Clean up; remove "invalid" state check. (dcache_poke_byte): Rewrite for new cache structure; clarify comment. (dcache_splay_tree_compare): New function. (dcache_init, dcache_free): Rewrite for new cache structure. (dcache_xfer_memory): Rewrite for new write-through cache structure. (dcache_print_line): New function. (dcache_info): Rewrite for new cache structure. (_initialize_dcache): Update "info dcache" help text. * dcache.h (dcache_xfer_memory): Update declaration. * target.c (memory_xfer_partial): Update calls to dcache_xfer_memory.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/dcache.c')
-rw-r--r--gdb/dcache.c563
1 files changed, 240 insertions, 323 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/dcache.c b/gdb/dcache.c
index 30776e9..08e0add 100644
--- a/gdb/dcache.c
+++ b/gdb/dcache.c
@@ -24,57 +24,34 @@
#include "gdb_string.h"
#include "gdbcore.h"
#include "target.h"
+#include "splay-tree.h"
/* The data cache could lead to incorrect results because it doesn't
know about volatile variables, thus making it impossible to debug
functions which use memory mapped I/O devices. Set the nocache
memory region attribute in those cases.
- In general the dcache speeds up performance, some speed improvement
+ In general the dcache speeds up performance. Some speed improvement
comes from the actual caching mechanism, but the major gain is in
the reduction of the remote protocol overhead; instead of reading
or writing a large area of memory in 4 byte requests, the cache
- bundles up the requests into 32 byte (actually LINE_SIZE) chunks.
- Reducing the overhead to an eighth of what it was. This is very
- obvious when displaying a large amount of data,
-
- eg, x/200x 0
-
- caching | no yes
- ----------------------------
- first time | 4 sec 2 sec improvement due to chunking
- second time | 4 sec 0 sec improvement due to caching
-
- The cache structure is unusual, we keep a number of cache blocks
- (DCACHE_SIZE) and each one caches a LINE_SIZEed area of memory.
- Within each line we remember the address of the line (always a
- multiple of the LINE_SIZE) and a vector of bytes over the range.
- There's another vector which contains the state of the bytes.
-
- ENTRY_INVALID means that the byte is just plain wrong, and has no
- correspondence with anything else (as it would when the cache is
- turned on, but nothing has been done to it).
-
- ENTRY_DIRTY means that the byte has some data in it which should be
- written out to the remote target one day, but contains correct
- data.
-
- ENTRY_VALID means that the data is the same in the cache as it is in
- remote memory.
-
-
- The ENTRY_DIRTY state is necessary because GDB likes to write large
- lumps of memory in small bits. If the caching mechanism didn't
- maintain the DIRTY information, then something like a two byte
- write would mean that the entire cache line would have to be read,
- the two bytes modified and then written out again. The alternative
- would be to not read in the cache line in the first place, and just
- write the two bytes directly into target memory. The trouble with
- that is that it really nails performance, because of the remote
- protocol overhead. This way, all those little writes are bundled
- up into an entire cache line write in one go, without having to
- read the cache line in the first place.
- */
+ bundles up the requests into LINE_SIZE chunks, reducing overhead
+ significantly. This is most useful when accessing a large amount
+ of data, such as when performing a backtrace.
+
+ The cache is a splay tree along with a linked list for replacement.
+ Each block caches a LINE_SIZE area of memory. Wtihin each line we remember
+ the address of the line (which must be a multiple of LINE_SIZE) and the
+ actual data block.
+
+ Lines are only allocated as needed, so DCACHE_SIZE really specifies the
+ *maximum* number of lines in the cache.
+
+ At present, the cache is write-through rather than writeback: as soon
+ as data is written to the cache, it is also immediately written to
+ the target. Therefore, cache lines are never "dirty". Whether a given
+ line is valid or not depends on where it is stored in the dcache_struct;
+ there is no per-block valid flag. */
/* NOTE: Interaction of dcache and memory region attributes
@@ -89,20 +66,16 @@
the last bit of the .text segment and the first bit of the .data
segment fall within the same dcache page with a ro/cacheable memory
region defined for the .text segment and a rw/non-cacheable memory
- region defined for the .data segment. */
-
-/* This value regulates the number of cache blocks stored.
- Smaller values reduce the time spent searching for a cache
- line, and reduce memory requirements, but increase the risk
- of a line not being in memory */
-
-#define DCACHE_SIZE 64
+ region defined for the .data segment. */
-/* This value regulates the size of a cache line. Smaller values
- reduce the time taken to read a single byte, but reduce overall
- throughput. */
+/* The maximum number of lines stored. The total size of the cache is
+ equal to DCACHE_SIZE times LINE_SIZE. */
+#define DCACHE_SIZE 4096
-#define LINE_SIZE_POWER (5)
+/* The size of a cache line. Smaller values reduce the time taken to
+ read a single byte and make the cache more granular, but increase
+ overhead and reduce the effectiveness of the cache as a prefetcher. */
+#define LINE_SIZE_POWER 6
#define LINE_SIZE (1 << LINE_SIZE_POWER)
/* Each cache block holds LINE_SIZE bytes of data
@@ -112,59 +85,25 @@
#define XFORM(x) ((x) & LINE_SIZE_MASK)
#define MASK(x) ((x) & ~LINE_SIZE_MASK)
-
-#define ENTRY_INVALID 0 /* data at this byte is wrong */
-#define ENTRY_DIRTY 1 /* data at this byte needs to be written back */
-#define ENTRY_VALID 2 /* data at this byte is same as in memory */
-
-/* For cache state display by "info dcache".
- The letters I,D,V map to
- I = ENTRY_INVALID
- D = ENTRY_DIRTY
- V = ENTRY_VALID */
-static const char state_chars[3] = { 'I', 'D', 'V' };
-
struct dcache_block
- {
- struct dcache_block *p; /* next in list */
- CORE_ADDR addr; /* Address for which data is recorded. */
- gdb_byte data[LINE_SIZE]; /* bytes at given address */
- unsigned char state[LINE_SIZE]; /* what state the data is in */
-
- /* whether anything in state is dirty - used to speed up the
- dirty scan. */
- int anydirty;
-
- int refs;
- };
-
-
-/* FIXME: dcache_struct used to have a cache_has_stuff field that was
- used to record whether the cache had been accessed. This was used
- to invalidate the cache whenever caching was (re-)enabled (if the
- cache was disabled and later re-enabled, it could contain stale
- data). This was not needed because the cache is write through and
- the code that enables, disables, and deletes memory region all
- invalidate the cache.
-
- This is overkill, since it also invalidates cache lines from
- unrelated regions. One way this could be addressed by adding a
- new function that takes an address and a length and invalidates
- only those cache lines that match. */
+{
+ struct dcache_block *newer; /* for LRU and free list */
+ CORE_ADDR addr; /* address of data */
+ gdb_byte data[LINE_SIZE]; /* bytes at given address */
+ int refs; /* # hits */
+};
struct dcache_struct
- {
- /* free list */
- struct dcache_block *free_head;
- struct dcache_block *free_tail;
+{
+ splay_tree tree;
+ struct dcache_block *oldest;
+ struct dcache_block *newest;
- /* in use list */
- struct dcache_block *valid_head;
- struct dcache_block *valid_tail;
+ struct dcache_block *freelist;
- /* The cache itself. */
- struct dcache_block *the_cache;
- };
+ /* The number of in-use lines in the cache. */
+ int size;
+};
static struct dcache_block *dcache_hit (DCACHE *dcache, CORE_ADDR addr);
@@ -174,8 +113,6 @@ static int dcache_read_line (DCACHE *dcache, struct dcache_block *db);
static struct dcache_block *dcache_alloc (DCACHE *dcache, CORE_ADDR addr);
-static int dcache_writeback (DCACHE *dcache);
-
static void dcache_info (char *exp, int tty);
void _initialize_dcache (void);
@@ -190,140 +127,54 @@ show_dcache_enabled_p (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
}
-DCACHE *last_cache; /* Used by info dcache */
-
+static DCACHE *last_cache; /* Used by info dcache */
/* Free all the data cache blocks, thus discarding all cached data. */
void
dcache_invalidate (DCACHE *dcache)
{
- int i;
- dcache->valid_head = 0;
- dcache->valid_tail = 0;
+ struct dcache_block *block, *next;
- dcache->free_head = 0;
- dcache->free_tail = 0;
+ block = dcache->oldest;
- for (i = 0; i < DCACHE_SIZE; i++)
+ while (block)
{
- struct dcache_block *db = dcache->the_cache + i;
+ splay_tree_remove (dcache->tree, (splay_tree_key) block->addr);
+ next = block->newer;
- if (!dcache->free_head)
- dcache->free_head = db;
- else
- dcache->free_tail->p = db;
- dcache->free_tail = db;
- db->p = 0;
+ block->newer = dcache->freelist;
+ dcache->freelist = block;
+
+ block = next;
}
- return;
+ dcache->oldest = NULL;
+ dcache->newest = NULL;
+ dcache->size = 0;
}
/* If addr is present in the dcache, return the address of the block
- containing it. */
+ containing it. */
static struct dcache_block *
dcache_hit (DCACHE *dcache, CORE_ADDR addr)
{
struct dcache_block *db;
- /* Search all cache blocks for one that is at this address. */
- db = dcache->valid_head;
+ splay_tree_node node = splay_tree_lookup (dcache->tree,
+ (splay_tree_key) MASK (addr));
- while (db)
- {
- if (MASK (addr) == db->addr)
- {
- db->refs++;
- return db;
- }
- db = db->p;
- }
+ if (!node)
+ return NULL;
- return NULL;
+ db = (struct dcache_block *) node->value;
+ db->refs++;
+ return db;
}
-/* Make sure that anything in this line which needs to
- be written is. */
-
-static int
-dcache_write_line (DCACHE *dcache, struct dcache_block *db)
-{
- CORE_ADDR memaddr;
- gdb_byte *myaddr;
- int len;
- int res;
- int reg_len;
- struct mem_region *region;
-
- if (!db->anydirty)
- return 1;
-
- len = LINE_SIZE;
- memaddr = db->addr;
- myaddr = db->data;
-
- while (len > 0)
- {
- int s;
- int e;
- int dirty_len;
-
- region = lookup_mem_region(memaddr);
- if (memaddr + len < region->hi)
- reg_len = len;
- else
- reg_len = region->hi - memaddr;
-
- if (!region->attrib.cache || region->attrib.mode == MEM_RO)
- {
- memaddr += reg_len;
- myaddr += reg_len;
- len -= reg_len;
- continue;
- }
-
- while (reg_len > 0)
- {
- s = XFORM(memaddr);
- while (reg_len > 0) {
- if (db->state[s] == ENTRY_DIRTY)
- break;
- s++;
- reg_len--;
-
- memaddr++;
- myaddr++;
- len--;
- }
-
- e = s;
- while (reg_len > 0) {
- if (db->state[e] != ENTRY_DIRTY)
- break;
- e++;
- reg_len--;
- }
-
- dirty_len = e - s;
- res = target_write (&current_target, TARGET_OBJECT_RAW_MEMORY,
- NULL, myaddr, memaddr, dirty_len);
- if (res < dirty_len)
- return 0;
-
- memset (&db->state[XFORM(memaddr)], ENTRY_VALID, res);
- memaddr += res;
- myaddr += res;
- len -= res;
- }
- }
-
- db->anydirty = 0;
- return 1;
-}
+/* Fill a cache line from target memory. */
-/* Read cache line */
static int
dcache_read_line (DCACHE *dcache, struct dcache_block *db)
{
@@ -334,26 +185,20 @@ dcache_read_line (DCACHE *dcache, struct dcache_block *db)
int reg_len;
struct mem_region *region;
- /* If there are any dirty bytes in the line, it must be written
- before a new line can be read */
- if (db->anydirty)
- {
- if (!dcache_write_line (dcache, db))
- return 0;
- }
-
len = LINE_SIZE;
memaddr = db->addr;
myaddr = db->data;
while (len > 0)
{
- region = lookup_mem_region(memaddr);
- if (memaddr + len < region->hi)
+ /* Don't overrun if this block is right at the end of the region. */
+ region = lookup_mem_region (memaddr);
+ if (region->hi == 0 || memaddr + len < region->hi)
reg_len = len;
else
reg_len = region->hi - memaddr;
+ /* Skip non-cacheable/non-readable regions. */
if (!region->attrib.cache || region->attrib.mode == MEM_WO)
{
memaddr += reg_len;
@@ -372,9 +217,6 @@ dcache_read_line (DCACHE *dcache, struct dcache_block *db)
len -= res;
}
- memset (db->state, ENTRY_VALID, sizeof (db->data));
- db->anydirty = 0;
-
return 1;
}
@@ -386,61 +228,47 @@ dcache_alloc (DCACHE *dcache, CORE_ADDR addr)
{
struct dcache_block *db;
- /* Take something from the free list */
- db = dcache->free_head;
- if (db)
+ if (dcache->size >= DCACHE_SIZE)
{
- dcache->free_head = db->p;
+ /* Evict the least recently used line. */
+ db = dcache->oldest;
+ dcache->oldest = db->newer;
+
+ splay_tree_remove (dcache->tree, (splay_tree_key) db->addr);
}
else
{
- /* Nothing left on free list, so grab one from the valid list */
- db = dcache->valid_head;
+ db = dcache->freelist;
+ if (db)
+ dcache->freelist = db->newer;
+ else
+ db = xmalloc (sizeof (struct dcache_block));
- if (!dcache_write_line (dcache, db))
- return NULL;
-
- dcache->valid_head = db->p;
+ dcache->size++;
}
- db->addr = MASK(addr);
+ db->addr = MASK (addr);
+ db->newer = NULL;
db->refs = 0;
- db->anydirty = 0;
- memset (db->state, ENTRY_INVALID, sizeof (db->data));
- /* append this line to end of valid list */
- if (!dcache->valid_head)
- dcache->valid_head = db;
- else
- dcache->valid_tail->p = db;
- dcache->valid_tail = db;
- db->p = 0;
+ if (dcache->newest)
+ dcache->newest->newer = db;
- return db;
-}
+ dcache->newest = db;
-/* Writeback any dirty lines. */
-static int
-dcache_writeback (DCACHE *dcache)
-{
- struct dcache_block *db;
+ if (!dcache->oldest)
+ dcache->oldest = db;
- db = dcache->valid_head;
+ splay_tree_insert (dcache->tree, (splay_tree_key) db->addr,
+ (splay_tree_value) db);
- while (db)
- {
- if (!dcache_write_line (dcache, db))
- return 0;
- db = db->p;
- }
- return 1;
+ return db;
}
-
/* Using the data cache DCACHE return the contents of the byte at
address ADDR in the remote machine.
- Returns 0 on error. */
+ Returns 1 for success, 0 for error. */
static int
dcache_peek_byte (DCACHE *dcache, CORE_ADDR addr, gdb_byte *ptr)
@@ -450,13 +278,8 @@ dcache_peek_byte (DCACHE *dcache, CORE_ADDR addr, gdb_byte *ptr)
if (!db)
{
db = dcache_alloc (dcache, addr);
- if (!db)
- return 0;
- }
-
- if (db->state[XFORM (addr)] == ENTRY_INVALID)
- {
- if (!dcache_read_line(dcache, db))
+
+ if (!dcache_read_line (dcache, db))
return 0;
}
@@ -464,55 +287,78 @@ dcache_peek_byte (DCACHE *dcache, CORE_ADDR addr, gdb_byte *ptr)
return 1;
}
-
/* Write the byte at PTR into ADDR in the data cache.
- Return zero on write error.
- */
+
+ The caller is responsible for also promptly writing the data
+ through to target memory.
+
+ If addr is not in cache, this function does nothing; writing to
+ an area of memory which wasn't present in the cache doesn't cause
+ it to be loaded in.
+
+ Always return 1 to simplify dcache_xfer_memory. */
static int
dcache_poke_byte (DCACHE *dcache, CORE_ADDR addr, gdb_byte *ptr)
{
struct dcache_block *db = dcache_hit (dcache, addr);
- if (!db)
- {
- db = dcache_alloc (dcache, addr);
- if (!db)
- return 0;
- }
+ if (db)
+ db->data[XFORM (addr)] = *ptr;
- db->data[XFORM (addr)] = *ptr;
- db->state[XFORM (addr)] = ENTRY_DIRTY;
- db->anydirty = 1;
return 1;
}
+static int
+dcache_splay_tree_compare (splay_tree_key a, splay_tree_key b)
+{
+ if (a > b)
+ return 1;
+ else if (a == b)
+ return 0;
+ else
+ return -1;
+}
+
/* Initialize the data cache. */
+
DCACHE *
dcache_init (void)
{
- int csize = sizeof (struct dcache_block) * DCACHE_SIZE;
DCACHE *dcache;
+ int i;
dcache = (DCACHE *) xmalloc (sizeof (*dcache));
- dcache->the_cache = (struct dcache_block *) xmalloc (csize);
- memset (dcache->the_cache, 0, csize);
-
- dcache_invalidate (dcache);
+ dcache->tree = splay_tree_new (dcache_splay_tree_compare,
+ NULL,
+ NULL);
+ dcache->oldest = NULL;
+ dcache->newest = NULL;
+ dcache->freelist = NULL;
+ dcache->size = 0;
last_cache = dcache;
+
return dcache;
}
-/* Free a data cache */
+/* Free a data cache. */
+
void
dcache_free (DCACHE *dcache)
{
+ struct dcache_block *db, *next;
+
if (last_cache == dcache)
last_cache = NULL;
- xfree (dcache->the_cache);
+ splay_tree_delete (dcache->tree);
+ for (db = dcache->freelist; db != NULL; db = next)
+ {
+ next = db->newer;
+ xfree (db);
+ }
xfree (dcache);
}
@@ -520,66 +366,138 @@ dcache_free (DCACHE *dcache)
to or from debugger address MYADDR. Write to inferior if SHOULD_WRITE is
nonzero.
- Returns length of data written or read; 0 for error.
-
- This routine is indended to be called by remote_xfer_ functions. */
+ Returns length of data written or read; 0 for error. */
int
-dcache_xfer_memory (DCACHE *dcache, CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr,
+dcache_xfer_memory (struct target_ops *ops, DCACHE *dcache,
+ CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr,
int len, int should_write)
{
int i;
+ int res;
int (*xfunc) (DCACHE *dcache, CORE_ADDR addr, gdb_byte *ptr);
xfunc = should_write ? dcache_poke_byte : dcache_peek_byte;
+ /* Do write-through first, so that if it fails, we don't write to
+ the cache at all. */
+
+ if (should_write)
+ {
+ res = target_write (ops, TARGET_OBJECT_RAW_MEMORY,
+ NULL, myaddr, memaddr, len);
+ if (res < len)
+ return 0;
+ }
+
for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
if (!xfunc (dcache, memaddr + i, myaddr + i))
return 0;
}
+
+ return len;
+}
- /* FIXME: There may be some benefit from moving the cache writeback
- to a higher layer, as it could occur after a sequence of smaller
- writes have been completed (as when a stack frame is constructed
- for an inferior function call). Note that only moving it up one
- level to target_xfer_memory() (also target_xfer_memory_partial())
- is not sufficent, since we want to coalesce memory transfers that
- are "logically" connected but not actually a single call to one
- of the memory transfer functions. */
+/* FIXME: There would be some benefit to making the cache write-back and
+ moving the writeback operation to a higher layer, as it could occur
+ after a sequence of smaller writes have been completed (as when a stack
+ frame is constructed for an inferior function call). Note that only
+ moving it up one level to target_xfer_memory[_partial]() is not
+ sufficient since we want to coalesce memory transfers that are
+ "logically" connected but not actually a single call to one of the
+ memory transfer functions. */
- if (should_write)
- dcache_writeback (dcache);
+static void
+dcache_print_line (int index)
+{
+ splay_tree_node n;
+ struct dcache_block *db;
+ int i, j;
+
+ if (!last_cache)
+ {
+ printf_filtered (_("No data cache available.\n"));
+ return;
+ }
+
+ n = splay_tree_min (last_cache->tree);
+
+ for (i = index; i > 0; --i)
+ {
+ if (!n)
+ break;
+ n = splay_tree_successor (last_cache->tree, n->key);
+ }
+
+ if (!n)
+ {
+ printf_filtered (_("No such cache line exists.\n"));
+ return;
+ }
- return len;
+ db = (struct dcache_block *) n->value;
+
+ printf_filtered (_("Line %d: address %lx [%d hits]\n"),
+ index, db->addr, db->refs);
+
+ for (j = 0; j < LINE_SIZE; j++)
+ {
+ printf_filtered ("%02x ", db->data[j]);
+
+ /* Print a newline every 16 bytes (48 characters) */
+ if ((j % 16 == 15) && (j != LINE_SIZE - 1))
+ printf_filtered ("\n");
+ }
+ printf_filtered ("\n");
}
static void
dcache_info (char *exp, int tty)
{
- struct dcache_block *p;
+ splay_tree_node n;
+ int i, refcount, lineno;
+
+ if (exp)
+ {
+ char *linestart;
+ i = strtol (exp, &linestart, 10);
+ if (linestart == exp || i < 0)
+ {
+ printf_filtered (_("Usage: info dcache [linenumber]\n"));
+ return;
+ }
- printf_filtered (_("Dcache line width %d, depth %d\n"),
+ dcache_print_line (i);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ printf_filtered (_("Dcache line width %d, maximum size %d\n"),
LINE_SIZE, DCACHE_SIZE);
- if (last_cache)
+ if (!last_cache)
{
- printf_filtered (_("Cache state:\n"));
+ printf_filtered (_("No data cache available.\n"));
+ return;
+ }
- for (p = last_cache->valid_head; p; p = p->p)
- {
- int j;
- printf_filtered (_("Line at %s, referenced %d times\n"),
- paddress (target_gdbarch, p->addr), p->refs);
+ refcount = 0;
- for (j = 0; j < LINE_SIZE; j++)
- printf_filtered ("%02x", p->data[j] & 0xFF);
- printf_filtered (("\n"));
+ n = splay_tree_min (last_cache->tree);
+ i = 0;
- for (j = 0; j < LINE_SIZE; j++)
- printf_filtered (" %c", state_chars[p->state[j]]);
- printf_filtered ("\n");
- }
+ while (n)
+ {
+ struct dcache_block *db = (struct dcache_block *) n->value;
+
+ printf_filtered (_("Line %d: address %lx [%d hits]\n"),
+ i, db->addr, db->refs);
+ i++;
+ refcount += db->refs;
+
+ n = splay_tree_successor (last_cache->tree, n->key);
}
+
+ printf_filtered (_("Cache state: %d active lines, %d hits\n"), i, refcount);
}
void
@@ -601,8 +519,7 @@ volatile registers are in use. By default, this option is off."),
add_info ("dcache", dcache_info,
_("\
Print information on the dcache performance.\n\
-The state of each cached byte is represented by a letter:\n\
- I = invalid\n\
- D = dirty\n\
- V = valid"));
+With no arguments, this command prints the cache configuration and a\n\
+summary of each line in the cache. Use \"info dcache <lineno> to dump\"\n\
+the contents of a given line."));
}