mem-ruby: fix load deadlock with WB GPU L2 caches
By default the GPU VIPER coherence protocol uses a WT L2 cache.
However it has support for using WB caches (although this is not
tested currently). When using a WB L2 cache for the GPU, this
results in deadlocks with loads.
Specifically, when a load reaches the L2 and the line is currently
in the W state, that line must be written back before the load can
be performed. However, the current transition for this in the L2
did not attempt to retry the load when the WB completes, resulting
in a deadlock. This deadlock can be replicated by running the GPU
Ruby random tester as is with a WB L2 cache instead of a WT L2
cache.
To fix this, this change modifies the transition in question to
put the load on the stalled requests buffer, which the WBAck will
check when it returns to the L2 (and thus perform the load).
This fix has been tested and verified with both the per-checkin and
nightly GPU Ruby Random tester tests (with a WB L2 cache).
Change-Id: Ieec4f61a3070cf9976b8c3ef0cdbd0cc5a1443c6
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/68977
Reviewed-by: Matthew Poremba <matthew.poremba@amd.com>
Maintainer: Bobby Bruce <bbruce@ucdavis.edu>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
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