Hypervisor: L1TLB PLRU updated by sector hit mismatching Virtual bit #2952
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Related issue: after #2841
Type of change: other enhancement
Impact: no functional change
Development Phase: implementation
Release Notes
The
sectorHit
function in the TLB is used for PLRU updates and inserting new entries in the same sector.The
TLBEntry.hit
function includes bothvpn
andvirtual
arguments to distinguish between HS/HU or VS/VU entries, but thesectorHit
function does not. This won’t cause problems when inserting new entries in the same sector, but can allow misses due to mismatching Virtual bit to still update the PLRU as if they were a hit.virtual
argument to theTLBEntry.sectorHit
function.v
bit fromTLBEntryData
to be a single tag bit alongsidevpn
.