> On Jan. 30, 2015, 9:47 p.m., Nilay Vaish wrote:
> > src/cpu/testers/memtest/MemTest.py, line 55
> > <http://reviews.gem5.org/r/2611/diff/1/?file=43345#file43345line55>
> >
> >     Are you sure this should be dropped?  I think the coherence protocols 
> > that provide a dma controller need this for testing.
> 
> Andreas Hansson wrote:
>     All regressions work just fine (with stats updates).
>     
>     I am about to post a separate test script that actually shares data (not 
> just false sharing), doing so based on the TrafficGen and MemChecker.

You're ok with this Nilay? I'll post the true-sharing checker later this week.


- Andreas


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On Jan. 21, 2015, 1:23 p.m., Andreas Hansson wrote:
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> (Updated Jan. 21, 2015, 1:23 p.m.)
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> 
> Review request for Default.
> 
> 
> Repository: gem5
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> 
> Description
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> 
> Changeset 10671:94bc71e83168
> ---------------------------
> cpu: Tidy up the MemTest and make false sharing more obvious
> 
> The MemTest class really only tests false sharing, and as such there
> was a lot of old cruft that could be removed. This patch cleans up the
> tester, and also makes it more clear what the assumptions are. As part
> of this simplification the reference functional memory is also
> removed.
> 
> The regression configs using MemTest are updated to reflect the
> changes, and the stats will be bumped in a separate patch. The example
> config will be updated in a separate patch due to more extensive
> re-work.
> 
> In a follow-on patch a new tester will be introduced that uses the
> MemChecker to implement true sharing.
> 
> 
> Diffs
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> 
>   configs/example/memtest.py a6fe75e8296b 
>   src/cpu/testers/memtest/MemTest.py a6fe75e8296b 
>   src/cpu/testers/memtest/memtest.hh a6fe75e8296b 
>   src/cpu/testers/memtest/memtest.cc a6fe75e8296b 
>   tests/configs/memtest-filter.py a6fe75e8296b 
>   tests/configs/memtest-ruby.py a6fe75e8296b 
>   tests/configs/memtest.py a6fe75e8296b 
> 
> Diff: http://reviews.gem5.org/r/2611/diff/
> 
> 
> Testing
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> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andreas Hansson
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>

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