Hello Andreas,

I ran tests on clean repo (without any source code modifications), however,
I had modified SysPaths.py to point to binaries, disks downloaded from gem5
download page (ARM Full-System Files
<http://www.gem5.org/dist/current/arm/aarch-system-2014-10.tar.xz>). I am
not sure, if that caused the tests to use different kernel/disk image than
the default ones. I compiled opt binary and ran quick tests on opt (scons
build/ARM/tests/opt/quick).

I am running tests now without modifications to SysPaths.py. I will let you
know if my results would change.

Thank you,
-Rizwana

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Andreas Hansson <[email protected]>
wrote:

>  Hi Rizwana,
>
>  There should be no stats changes at all on the trunk. The regression
> runs from yesterday confirms this as well. Are you sure you ran with a
> clean repo?
>
>  Andreas
>
>   From: Rizwana Begum <[email protected]>
> Date: Tuesday, 3 February 2015 15:44
> To: Andreas Hansson <[email protected]>
> Cc: gem5 users mailing list <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [gem5-users] DRAMCtrl auto precharge logic simplification
>
>  Hello Andreas,
>
>  Yes, the condition will still consider bank conflicts for open-adaptive
> policy.
>
>  I made the fix and ran quick regression tests for ARM. All of the tests
> passed, however there are some errors(in % difference) in results. Here is
> the output before and after the fix (grep for error):
>
>  *gem5-dev tip (before fix):*
>  Maximum error magnitude: +68.750000%
> [... showing top 20 errors only, additional errors omitted ...]
> Maximum error magnitude: +89.743590%
> [... showing top 20 errors only, additional errors omitted ...]
> Maximum error magnitude: +9999.000000%
> [... showing top 20 errors only, additional errors omitted ...]
> Maximum error magnitude: +9999.000000%
> [... showing top 20 errors only, additional errors omitted ...]
> Maximum error magnitude: +68.750000%
> [... showing top 20 errors only, additional errors omitted ...]
> Maximum error magnitude: +0.000000%
> Maximum error magnitude: +0.000000%
> Maximum error magnitude: +0.000000%
> Maximum error magnitude: +0.000000%
> Maximum error magnitude: +0.000000%
> Maximum error magnitude: +0.000000%
>
>  *With fix:*
>  Maximum error magnitude: +6.666667%
> [... showing top 20 errors only, additional errors omitted ...]
> Maximum error magnitude: +9999.000000%
> [... showing top 20 errors only, additional errors omitted ...]
> Maximum error magnitude: +9999.000000%
> [... showing top 20 errors only, additional errors omitted ...]
> Maximum error magnitude: +9999.000000%
> [... showing top 20 errors only, additional errors omitted ...]
> Maximum error magnitude: +38.862333%
> [... showing top 20 errors only, additional errors omitted ...]
> Maximum error magnitude: +68.750000%
> [... showing top 20 errors only, additional errors omitted ...]
> Maximum error magnitude: +89.743590%
> [... showing top 20 errors only, additional errors omitted ...]
> Maximum error magnitude: +9999.000000%
> [... showing top 20 errors only, additional errors omitted ...]
> Maximum error magnitude: +9999.000000%
> [... showing top 20 errors only, additional errors omitted ...]
> Maximum error magnitude: +68.750000%
> [... showing top 20 errors only, additional errors omitted ...]
> Maximum error magnitude: +0.000000%
> Maximum error magnitude: +0.000000%
> Maximum error magnitude: +0.000000%
> Maximum error magnitude: +0.000000%
> Maximum error magnitude: +0.000000%
> Maximum error magnitude: +0.000000%
>
>  Is this a concern? or can I ignore these errors?
>
>  PS: Attached full output of quick regression tests.
>
>  Thank you,
> -Rizwana
>
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 3:57 AM, Andreas Hansson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>  Hi Rizwana,
>>
>>  I look forward to see the patch.
>>
>>  Note that open-adaptive and closed-adaptive behave differently. In the
>> open case we only close if there is no hit, and there is a bank conflict.
>> For the closed one we close if there are no hits (ignoring if there are
>> conflicts or not). If this is till captured then by all means go ahead and
>> simplify the code. Perhaps add some more comments to make this more clear.
>>
>>  Andreas
>>
>>   From: Rizwana Begum via gem5-users <[email protected]>
>> Reply-To: Rizwana Begum <[email protected]>, gem5 users mailing list
>> <[email protected]>
>> Date: Tuesday, 3 February 2015 05:01
>> To: gem5 users mailing list <[email protected]>
>> Subject: [gem5-users] DRAMCtrl auto precharge logic simplification
>>
>>  Hello All,
>>
>>  I think the if condition that's checking to find the right condition
>> for auto-precharge in doDRAMAccess() can be simplified
>>
>>  Original :
>>        while (!(got_more_hits &&
>>                   (got_bank_conflict || pageMgmt ==
>> Enums::close_adaptive)) &&
>>                p != queue.end()) {
>>
>>  Simplified:
>>         while (!got_more_hits && p != queue.end()) {
>>
>>  The above simplification comes as both close-adaptive and open-adaptive
>> policies keep row open if a hit is found. Otherwise the search for a hit
>> continues until the end of the queue and during the search
>> got_bank_conflict gets updated anyways.
>>
>>  I am planning to put this simplification on reviewboard (along with
>> another bug fix that I have). I would appreciate it if anyone using DRAM
>> controller has any comments regarding this simplification.
>>
>>  Thank you,
>> -Rizwana
>>
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