摘要:
Multi-processor systems and methods are provided. One embodiment relates to a multi-processor system that may comprise a processor having a processor pipeline that executes program instructions across at least one memory barrier with data from speculative data fills that are provided in response to source requests, and a log that retains executed load instruction entries associated with executed program instruction. The executed load instruction entries may be retired if a cache line associated with data of the speculative data fill has not been invalidated in an epoch that is different from the epoch in which the executed load instruction is executed.
摘要:
One disclosed embodiment may comprise a system that includes a home node that provides a transaction reference to a requester in response to a request from the requester. The requester provides an acknowledgement message to the home node in response to the transaction reference, the transaction reference enabling the requester to determine an order of requests at the home node relative to the request from the requester.
摘要:
Multiprocessor systems and methods are disclosed. One embodiment may comprise a plurality of processor cores. A given processor core may be operative to generate a request for desired data in response to a cache miss at a local cache. A shared cache structure may provide at least one speculative data fill and a coherent data fill of the desired data to at least one of the plurality of processor cores in response to a request from the at least one processor core. A processor scoreboard arbitrates the requests for the desired data. A speculative data fill of the desired data is provided to the at least one processor core. The coherent data fill of the desired data may be provided to the at least one processor core in a determined order.
摘要:
A system comprises a first node including data having an associated D-state and a second node operative to provide a source broadcast requesting the data. The first node is operative in response to the source broadcast to provide the data to the second node and transition the state associated with the data at the first node from the D-state to an O-state without concurrently updating memory. An S-state is associated with the data at the second node.
摘要:
Multi-processor systems and methods are disclosed. One embodiment may comprise a multi-processor system including a processor that executes program instructions across at least one memory barrier. A request engine may provide an updated data fill corresponding to an invalid cache line. The invalid cache line may be associated with at least one executed load instruction. A load compare component may compare the invalid cache line to the updated data fill to evaluate the consistency of the at least one executed load instruction.
摘要:
A system comprises a first node that employs a source broadcast protocol to initiate a transaction. The first node employs a forward progress protocol to resolve the transaction if the source broadcast protocol cannot provide a deterministic resolution of the transaction.
摘要:
Multi-processor systems and methods are disclosed. One embodiment may comprise a multi-processor system comprising a processor having a processor pipeline that executes program instructions with data from a speculative fill that is provided in response to a source request, and a backup system that retains information associated with a previous processor execution state corresponding to an instruction associated with the speculative fill. The backup system may initiate a backup of the processor pipeline to the previous processor execution state if the speculative fill is determined to be non-coherent, and the processor pipeline may continue execution of program instructions if the speculative fill is determined to be coherent.
摘要:
Systems and methods are disclosed for interaction between different cache coherency protocols. One system may comprise a home node that receives a request for data from a first node in a first cache coherency protocol. A second node provides a conflict response to a request for the data from the home node. The conflict response indicates that an ordering point for the data is migrating according to a second cache coherency protocol, which is different from the first cache coherency protocol.
摘要:
Multi-processor systems and methods are disclosed. One embodiment may comprise a multi-processor system comprising at least one data fill provided to a source processor in response to a source request by the source processor, and a coherent signal generated by the multi-processor system that provides an indication of which data fill of the at least one data fill is a coherent data fill.
摘要:
Systems and method are disclosed for providing responses for different cache coherency protocols. One embodiment may comprise a system that includes a first node employing a first cache coherency protocol. A detector associated with the first node detects a condition based on responses provided by the first node to requests provided according to a second cache coherency protocol, the second cache coherency protocol being different from the first cache coherency protocol. The first node provides a response to a given one of the requests to the first node that varies based on the condition detected by the detector.