Dynamic Control of Cache Injection Based on Write Data Type

Selective cache injection of write data generated or used by a coprocessor hardware accelerator in a multi-core processor system having a hierarchical bus architecture to facilitate transfer of address and data between multiple agents coupled to the bus. A bridge device maintains configuration setti...

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Hauptverfasser: BASS BRIAN MITCHELL, LAURICELLA KENNETH ANTHONY, LEAVENS ROSS BOYD
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Zusammenfassung:Selective cache injection of write data generated or used by a coprocessor hardware accelerator in a multi-core processor system having a hierarchical bus architecture to facilitate transfer of address and data between multiple agents coupled to the bus. A bridge device maintains configuration settings for cache injection of write data and includes a set of n shared write data buffers used for write requests to memory. Each coprocessor hardware accelerator has m local write data cacheline buffers holding different types of write data. For write data produced by a coprocessor hardware accelerator, cache injection is accomplished based on configuration settings in a DMA channel dedicated to the coprocessor and a bridge controller. The access history of cache injected data for a particular processing thread or data flow is also tracked to determine whether to down grade or maintain a request for cache injection.