Apparatuses, systems, and methods for controlling cache allocations in a configurable combined private and shared cache in a processor-based system

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for controlling cache allocations in a configurable combined private and shared cache in a processor-based system. The processor-based system is configured to receive a cache allocation request to allocate a line in a share cache structure, which may further include...

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Hauptverfasser: Shannon, Richard James, Jourdan, Stephan Jean, Bendt, Jared Eric, Erler, Matthew Robert
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Apparatuses, systems, and methods for controlling cache allocations in a configurable combined private and shared cache in a processor-based system. The processor-based system is configured to receive a cache allocation request to allocate a line in a share cache structure, which may further include a client identification (ID). The cache allocation request and the client ID can be compared to a sub-non-uniform memory access (NUMA) (sub-NUMA) bit mask and a client allocation bit mask to generate a cache allocation vector. The sub-NUMA bit mask may have been programmed to indicate that processing cores associated with a sub-NUMA region are available, whereas processing cores associated with other sub-NUMA regions are not available, and the client allocation bit mask may have been programmed to indicate that processing cores are available. The sub-NUMA bit mask and the client allocation bit mask can be combined to create a cache allocation vector that a cache allocation request to allocate a line serviced by one of processing cores.