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I am not really aware of the protocol used by the classic side.
But typically ordering only makes protocols more correct, though
less performing.  So, the patch is fine with me.

- Nilay Vaish


On Oct. 13, 2015, 3:36 p.m., Andreas Hansson wrote:
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> (Updated Oct. 13, 2015, 3:36 p.m.)
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> Review request for Default.
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> Repository: gem5
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> Description
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> Changeset 11171:4bbaf47ddcc8
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> mem: Enforce packet order on the cache response path
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> This patch enforces insertion order transmission of packets on the
> response path in the cache. Note that the logic to enforce order is
> already present in the packet queue, this patch simply turns it on for
> queues in the response path.
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> Without this patch, there are corner cases where a request-response is
> faster than a response-response forwarded through the cache. This
> violation of queuing order causes problems in the snoop filter leaving
> it with inaccurate information. This causes assert failures in the
> snoop filter later on.
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> A follow on patch relaxes the order enforcement in the packet queue to
> limit the performance impact.
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> Diffs
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>   src/mem/cache/cache.cc 44b5c183c3cd 
>   src/mem/qport.hh 44b5c183c3cd 
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> Diff: http://reviews.gem5.org/r/3152/diff/
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> Testing
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> Thanks,
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> Andreas Hansson
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