Hi Daecheol,

Unfortunately, the flush command is a bit more complicated to implement
than just a simple replacement. I responded to another message about this
on the mailing list a few minutes ago that you can see for more information.

Cheers,
Jason

On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 8:59 PM Daecheol You via gem5-users <
gem5-users@gem5.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am running PARSEC benchmark with full system simulation.
> The CPU model is O3CPU (parameters tuned) with ARM ISA and
> MESI_Three_Level protocol were used. (build/ARM_MESI_Three_Level/gem5.opt)
> While the benchmark is running, panic occurs since the L0 cache controller
> gets unsupported type of request with the following message.
>
> panic: Runtime Error at MESI_Three_Level-L0cache.sm:287: Invalid
> RubyRequestType.
>
> I checked the type of request which triggers panic by inserting debug
> message at mandatory_request_type_to_event() in
> MESI_Three_Level-L0cache.sm. It was FLUSH request, and it is not handled
> properly by the protocol. It seems that other protocols also do not handle
> FLUSH request. I wonder why the protocol does not process FLUSH request
> from a mandatory queue, and how I workaround this issue.
>
> I modified the MESI_Three_Level-L0cache.sm so that it triggers
> L0_Replacement event and pop the mandatory queue explicitly for the FLUSH
> request. However, panic occurs at wakeup() function of sequencer
> (src/mem/ruby/system/Sequencer.cc) since the FLUSH request is not erased
> from the m_RequestTable. (Unlike read/writeCallback, evictionCallback does
> not erase the entry in request table.)
> It would be very helpful if you guys provide me a guide for this issue.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Daecheol.
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