plugins: Added a new cache modelling plugin

Added a cache modelling plugin that uses a static configuration used in
many of the commercial microprocessors and uses random eviction policy.

The purpose of the plugin is to identify the most cache-thrashing
instructions for both instruction cache and data cache.

Signed-off-by: Mahmoud Mandour <ma.mandourr@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Message-Id: <20210623125458.450462-2-ma.mandourr@gmail.com>
Message-Id: <20210709143005.1554-37-alex.bennee@linaro.org>
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Mahmoud Mandour 2021-07-09 15:30:01 +01:00 committed by Alex Bennée
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@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ NAMES += hotpages
NAMES += howvec
NAMES += lockstep
NAMES += hwprofile
NAMES += cache
SONAMES := $(addsuffix .so,$(addprefix lib,$(NAMES)))

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/*
* Copyright (C) 2021, Mahmoud Mandour <ma.mandourr@gmail.com>
*
* License: GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
* See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
*/
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <glib.h>
#include <qemu-plugin.h>
QEMU_PLUGIN_EXPORT int qemu_plugin_version = QEMU_PLUGIN_VERSION;
static enum qemu_plugin_mem_rw rw = QEMU_PLUGIN_MEM_RW;
static GHashTable *miss_ht;
static GMutex mtx;
static GRand *rng;
static int limit;
static bool sys;
static uint64_t dmem_accesses;
static uint64_t dmisses;
static uint64_t imem_accesses;
static uint64_t imisses;
/*
* A CacheSet is a set of cache blocks. A memory block that maps to a set can be
* put in any of the blocks inside the set. The number of block per set is
* called the associativity (assoc).
*
* Each block contains the the stored tag and a valid bit. Since this is not
* a functional simulator, the data itself is not stored. We only identify
* whether a block is in the cache or not by searching for its tag.
*
* In order to search for memory data in the cache, the set identifier and tag
* are extracted from the address and the set is probed to see whether a tag
* match occur.
*
* An address is logically divided into three portions: The block offset,
* the set number, and the tag.
*
* The set number is used to identify the set in which the block may exist.
* The tag is compared against all the tags of a set to search for a match. If a
* match is found, then the access is a hit.
*/
typedef struct {
uint64_t tag;
bool valid;
} CacheBlock;
typedef struct {
CacheBlock *blocks;
} CacheSet;
typedef struct {
CacheSet *sets;
int num_sets;
int cachesize;
int assoc;
int blksize_shift;
uint64_t set_mask;
uint64_t tag_mask;
} Cache;
typedef struct {
char *disas_str;
const char *symbol;
uint64_t addr;
uint64_t dmisses;
uint64_t imisses;
} InsnData;
Cache *dcache, *icache;
static int pow_of_two(int num)
{
g_assert((num & (num - 1)) == 0);
int ret = 0;
while (num /= 2) {
ret++;
}
return ret;
}
static inline uint64_t extract_tag(Cache *cache, uint64_t addr)
{
return addr & cache->tag_mask;
}
static inline uint64_t extract_set(Cache *cache, uint64_t addr)
{
return (addr & cache->set_mask) >> cache->blksize_shift;
}
static Cache *cache_init(int blksize, int assoc, int cachesize)
{
Cache *cache;
int i;
uint64_t blk_mask;
cache = g_new(Cache, 1);
cache->assoc = assoc;
cache->cachesize = cachesize;
cache->num_sets = cachesize / (blksize * assoc);
cache->sets = g_new(CacheSet, cache->num_sets);
cache->blksize_shift = pow_of_two(blksize);
for (i = 0; i < cache->num_sets; i++) {
cache->sets[i].blocks = g_new0(CacheBlock, assoc);
}
blk_mask = blksize - 1;
cache->set_mask = ((cache->num_sets - 1) << cache->blksize_shift);
cache->tag_mask = ~(cache->set_mask | blk_mask);
return cache;
}
static int get_invalid_block(Cache *cache, uint64_t set)
{
int i;
for (i = 0; i < cache->assoc; i++) {
if (!cache->sets[set].blocks[i].valid) {
return i;
}
}
return -1;
}
static int get_replaced_block(Cache *cache)
{
return g_rand_int_range(rng, 0, cache->assoc);
}
static bool in_cache(Cache *cache, uint64_t addr)
{
int i;
uint64_t tag, set;
tag = extract_tag(cache, addr);
set = extract_set(cache, addr);
for (i = 0; i < cache->assoc; i++) {
if (cache->sets[set].blocks[i].tag == tag &&
cache->sets[set].blocks[i].valid) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
/**
* access_cache(): Simulate a cache access
* @cache: The cache under simulation
* @addr: The address of the requested memory location
*
* Returns true if the requsted data is hit in the cache and false when missed.
* The cache is updated on miss for the next access.
*/
static bool access_cache(Cache *cache, uint64_t addr)
{
uint64_t tag, set;
int replaced_blk;
if (in_cache(cache, addr)) {
return true;
}
tag = extract_tag(cache, addr);
set = extract_set(cache, addr);
replaced_blk = get_invalid_block(cache, set);
if (replaced_blk == -1) {
replaced_blk = get_replaced_block(cache);
}
cache->sets[set].blocks[replaced_blk].tag = tag;
cache->sets[set].blocks[replaced_blk].valid = true;
return false;
}
static void vcpu_mem_access(unsigned int vcpu_index, qemu_plugin_meminfo_t info,
uint64_t vaddr, void *userdata)
{
uint64_t effective_addr;
struct qemu_plugin_hwaddr *hwaddr;
InsnData *insn;
g_mutex_lock(&mtx);
hwaddr = qemu_plugin_get_hwaddr(info, vaddr);
if (hwaddr && qemu_plugin_hwaddr_is_io(hwaddr)) {
g_mutex_unlock(&mtx);
return;
}
effective_addr = hwaddr ? qemu_plugin_hwaddr_phys_addr(hwaddr) : vaddr;
if (!access_cache(dcache, effective_addr)) {
insn = (InsnData *) userdata;
insn->dmisses++;
dmisses++;
}
dmem_accesses++;
g_mutex_unlock(&mtx);
}
static void vcpu_insn_exec(unsigned int vcpu_index, void *userdata)
{
uint64_t insn_addr;
InsnData *insn;
g_mutex_lock(&mtx);
insn_addr = ((InsnData *) userdata)->addr;
if (!access_cache(icache, insn_addr)) {
insn = (InsnData *) userdata;
insn->imisses++;
imisses++;
}
imem_accesses++;
g_mutex_unlock(&mtx);
}
static void vcpu_tb_trans(qemu_plugin_id_t id, struct qemu_plugin_tb *tb)
{
size_t n_insns;
size_t i;
InsnData *data;
n_insns = qemu_plugin_tb_n_insns(tb);
for (i = 0; i < n_insns; i++) {
struct qemu_plugin_insn *insn = qemu_plugin_tb_get_insn(tb, i);
uint64_t effective_addr;
if (sys) {
effective_addr = (uint64_t) qemu_plugin_insn_haddr(insn);
} else {
effective_addr = (uint64_t) qemu_plugin_insn_vaddr(insn);
}
/*
* Instructions might get translated multiple times, we do not create
* new entries for those instructions. Instead, we fetch the same
* entry from the hash table and register it for the callback again.
*/
g_mutex_lock(&mtx);
data = g_hash_table_lookup(miss_ht, GUINT_TO_POINTER(effective_addr));
if (data == NULL) {
data = g_new0(InsnData, 1);
data->disas_str = qemu_plugin_insn_disas(insn);
data->symbol = qemu_plugin_insn_symbol(insn);
data->addr = effective_addr;
g_hash_table_insert(miss_ht, GUINT_TO_POINTER(effective_addr),
(gpointer) data);
}
g_mutex_unlock(&mtx);
qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_mem_cb(insn, vcpu_mem_access,
QEMU_PLUGIN_CB_NO_REGS,
rw, data);
qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_insn_exec_cb(insn, vcpu_insn_exec,
QEMU_PLUGIN_CB_NO_REGS, data);
}
}
static void insn_free(gpointer data)
{
InsnData *insn = (InsnData *) data;
g_free(insn->disas_str);
g_free(insn);
}
static void cache_free(Cache *cache)
{
for (int i = 0; i < cache->num_sets; i++) {
g_free(cache->sets[i].blocks);
}
g_free(cache->sets);
g_free(cache);
}
static int dcmp(gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
{
InsnData *insn_a = (InsnData *) a;
InsnData *insn_b = (InsnData *) b;
return insn_a->dmisses < insn_b->dmisses ? 1 : -1;
}
static int icmp(gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
{
InsnData *insn_a = (InsnData *) a;
InsnData *insn_b = (InsnData *) b;
return insn_a->imisses < insn_b->imisses ? 1 : -1;
}
static void log_stats()
{
g_autoptr(GString) rep = g_string_new("");
g_string_append_printf(rep,
"Data accesses: %lu, Misses: %lu\nMiss rate: %lf%%\n\n",
dmem_accesses,
dmisses,
((double) dmisses / (double) dmem_accesses) * 100.0);
g_string_append_printf(rep,
"Instruction accesses: %lu, Misses: %lu\nMiss rate: %lf%%\n\n",
imem_accesses,
imisses,
((double) imisses / (double) imem_accesses) * 100.0);
qemu_plugin_outs(rep->str);
}
static void log_top_insns()
{
int i;
GList *curr, *miss_insns;
InsnData *insn;
miss_insns = g_hash_table_get_values(miss_ht);
miss_insns = g_list_sort(miss_insns, dcmp);
g_autoptr(GString) rep = g_string_new("");
g_string_append_printf(rep, "%s", "address, data misses, instruction\n");
for (curr = miss_insns, i = 0; curr && i < limit; i++, curr = curr->next) {
insn = (InsnData *) curr->data;
g_string_append_printf(rep, "0x%" PRIx64, insn->addr);
if (insn->symbol) {
g_string_append_printf(rep, " (%s)", insn->symbol);
}
g_string_append_printf(rep, ", %ld, %s\n", insn->dmisses,
insn->disas_str);
}
miss_insns = g_list_sort(miss_insns, icmp);
g_string_append_printf(rep, "%s", "\naddress, fetch misses, instruction\n");
for (curr = miss_insns, i = 0; curr && i < limit; i++, curr = curr->next) {
insn = (InsnData *) curr->data;
g_string_append_printf(rep, "0x%" PRIx64, insn->addr);
if (insn->symbol) {
g_string_append_printf(rep, " (%s)", insn->symbol);
}
g_string_append_printf(rep, ", %ld, %s\n", insn->imisses,
insn->disas_str);
}
qemu_plugin_outs(rep->str);
g_list_free(miss_insns);
}
static void plugin_exit(qemu_plugin_id_t id, void *p)
{
log_stats();
log_top_insns();
cache_free(dcache);
cache_free(icache);
g_hash_table_destroy(miss_ht);
}
QEMU_PLUGIN_EXPORT
int qemu_plugin_install(qemu_plugin_id_t id, const qemu_info_t *info,
int argc, char **argv)
{
int i;
int iassoc, iblksize, icachesize;
int dassoc, dblksize, dcachesize;
limit = 32;
sys = info->system_emulation;
dassoc = 8;
dblksize = 64;
dcachesize = dblksize * dassoc * 32;
iassoc = 8;
iblksize = 64;
icachesize = iblksize * iassoc * 32;
for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
char *opt = argv[i];
if (g_str_has_prefix(opt, "limit=")) {
limit = g_ascii_strtoll(opt + 6, NULL, 10);
} else {
fprintf(stderr, "option parsing failed: %s\n", opt);
return -1;
}
}
dcache = cache_init(dblksize, dassoc, dcachesize);
icache = cache_init(iblksize, iassoc, icachesize);
rng = g_rand_new();
qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_tb_trans_cb(id, vcpu_tb_trans);
qemu_plugin_register_atexit_cb(id, plugin_exit, NULL);
miss_ht = g_hash_table_new_full(NULL, g_direct_equal, NULL, insn_free);
return 0;
}