> On 2011-01-17 09:01:22, Steve Reinhardt wrote:
> > src/cpu/o3/fetch.hh, line 253
> > <http://reviews.m5sim.org/r/338/diff/2/?file=9499#file9499line253>
> >
> >     This is a big improvement... seems like it would be even better if we 
> > could create a new ISA-dependent function like suppressInterrupts() that 
> > returns ((pc & 0x3) != 0) for the Alpha case and false for everyone else, 
> > then get rid of this function and change the original line to
> >       (interruptPending && !suppressInterrupts(pc))
> >     which addresses my other concern, that checkInterrupt() is kind of 
> > unspecific  since we already have a function called checkInterrupts().

I thought about creating one, but I couldn't decide what parameters should be 
passed to it. Until we have another ISA that needs similar functionality (and 
I'm not sure we will, I really don't know how to define a function to handle 
the case, so I don't think there is a point in doing it.


- Ali


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On 2011-01-12 09:06:31, Ali Saidi wrote:
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> (Updated 2011-01-12 09:06:31)
> 
> 
> Review request for Default, Ali Saidi, Gabe Black, Steve Reinhardt, and 
> Nathan Binkert.
> 
> 
> Summary
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> 
> O3: Fixes fetch deadlock when the interrupt clears before CPU handles it.
> 
> When this condition occurs the cpu should restart the fetch stage to fetch 
> from
> the original execution path. Fault handling in the commit stage is cleaned up 
> a
> little bit so the control flow is simplier. Finally, if an instruction is 
> being
> used to carry a fault it isn't executed, so the fault propigates 
> appropriately.
> 
> 
> Diffs
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> 
>   src/arch/arm/interrupts.hh 5d0f62927d75 
>   src/cpu/o3/commit.hh 5d0f62927d75 
>   src/cpu/o3/commit_impl.hh 5d0f62927d75 
>   src/cpu/o3/fetch.hh 5d0f62927d75 
>   src/cpu/o3/fetch_impl.hh 5d0f62927d75 
>   src/cpu/o3/iew_impl.hh 5d0f62927d75 
> 
> Diff: http://reviews.m5sim.org/r/338/diff
> 
> 
> Testing
> -------
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ali
> 
>

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