configs/dram/sweep.py

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# Authors: Andreas Hansson

from __future__ import print_function
from __future__ import absolute_import

import math
import optparse

import m5
from m5.objects import *
from m5.util import addToPath
from m5.stats import periodicStatDump

addToPath('../')

from common import MemConfig

# this script is helpful to sweep the efficiency of a specific memory
# controller configuration, by varying the number of banks accessed,
# and the sequential stride size (how many bytes per activate), and
# observe what bus utilisation (bandwidth) is achieved

parser = optparse.OptionParser()

dram_generators = {
    "DRAM" : lambda x: x.createDram,
    "DRAM_ROTATE" : lambda x: x.createDramRot,
}

# Use a single-channel DDR3-1600 x64 (8x8 topology) by default
parser.add_option("--mem-type", type="choice", default="DDR3_1600_8x8",
                  choices=MemConfig.mem_names(),
                  help = "type of memory to use")

parser.add_option("--mem-ranks", "-r", type="int", default=1,
                  help = "Number of ranks to iterate across")

parser.add_option("--rd_perc", type="int", default=100,
                  help = "Percentage of read commands")

parser.add_option("--mode", type="choice", default="DRAM",
                  choices=dram_generators.keys(),
                  help = "DRAM: Random traffic; \
                          DRAM_ROTATE: Traffic rotating across banks and ranks")

parser.add_option("--addr_map", type="int", default=1,
                  help = "0: RoCoRaBaCh; 1: RoRaBaCoCh/RoRaBaChCo")

(options, args) = parser.parse_args()

if args:
    print("Error: script doesn't take any positional arguments")
    sys.exit(1)

# at the moment we stay with the default open-adaptive page policy,
# and address mapping

# start with the system itself, using a multi-layer 2.0 GHz
# crossbar, delivering 64 bytes / 3 cycles (one header cycle)
# which amounts to 42.7 GByte/s per layer and thus per port
system = System(membus = IOXBar(width = 32))
system.clk_domain = SrcClockDomain(clock = '2.0GHz',
                                   voltage_domain =
                                   VoltageDomain(voltage = '1V'))

# we are fine with 256 MB memory for now
mem_range = AddrRange('256MB')
system.mem_ranges = [mem_range]

# do not worry about reserving space for the backing store
system.mmap_using_noreserve = True

# force a single channel to match the assumptions in the DRAM traffic
# generator
options.mem_channels = 1
options.external_memory_system = 0
options.tlm_memory = 0
options.elastic_trace_en = 0
MemConfig.config_mem(options, system)

# the following assumes that we are using the native DRAM
# controller, check to be sure
if not isinstance(system.mem_ctrls[0], m5.objects.DRAMCtrl):
    fatal("This script assumes the memory is a DRAMCtrl subclass")

# there is no point slowing things down by saving any data
system.mem_ctrls[0].null = True

# Set the address mapping based on input argument
# Default to RoRaBaCoCh
if options.addr_map == 0:
   system.mem_ctrls[0].addr_mapping = "RoCoRaBaCh"
elif options.addr_map == 1:
   system.mem_ctrls[0].addr_mapping = "RoRaBaCoCh"
else:
    fatal("Did not specify a valid address map argument")

# stay in each state for 0.25 ms, long enough to warm things up, and
# short enough to avoid hitting a refresh
period = 250000000

# stay in each state as long as the dump/reset period, use the entire
# range, issue transactions of the right DRAM burst size, and match
# the DRAM maximum bandwidth to ensure that it is saturated

# get the number of banks
nbr_banks = system.mem_ctrls[0].banks_per_rank.value

# determine the burst length in bytes
burst_size = int((system.mem_ctrls[0].devices_per_rank.value *
                  system.mem_ctrls[0].device_bus_width.value *
                  system.mem_ctrls[0].burst_length.value) / 8)

# next, get the page size in bytes
page_size = system.mem_ctrls[0].devices_per_rank.value * \
    system.mem_ctrls[0].device_rowbuffer_size.value

# match the maximum bandwidth of the memory, the parameter is in seconds
# and we need it in ticks (ps)
itt = system.mem_ctrls[0].tBURST.value * 1000000000000

# assume we start at 0
max_addr = mem_range.end

# use min of the page size and 512 bytes as that should be more than
# enough
max_stride = min(512, page_size)

# create a traffic generator, and point it to the file we just created
system.tgen = PyTrafficGen()

# add a communication monitor
system.monitor = CommMonitor()

# connect the traffic generator to the bus via a communication monitor
system.tgen.port = system.monitor.slave
system.monitor.master = system.membus.slave

# connect the system port even if it is not used in this example
system.system_port = system.membus.slave

# every period, dump and reset all stats
periodicStatDump(period)

# run Forrest, run!
root = Root(full_system = False, system = system)
root.system.mem_mode = 'timing'

m5.instantiate()

def trace():
    generator = dram_generators[options.mode](system.tgen)
    for bank in range(1, nbr_banks + 1):
        for stride_size in range(burst_size, max_stride + 1, burst_size):
            num_seq_pkts = int(math.ceil(float(stride_size) / burst_size))
            yield generator(period,
                            0, max_addr, burst_size, int(itt), int(itt),
                            options.rd_perc, 0,
                            num_seq_pkts, page_size, nbr_banks, bank,
                            options.addr_map, options.mem_ranks)
    yield system.tgen.createExit(0)

system.tgen.start(trace())

m5.simulate()

print("DRAM sweep with burst: %d, banks: %d, max stride: %d" %
    (burst_size, nbr_banks, max_stride))