Re: [Gems-users] state transitions in MOESI


Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 11:49:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Dave Z." <zhu_dave@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Gems-users] state transitions in MOESI
Other than store events in S state, store events in O
state trigger GETX events as well. I would say the
idea is to invalidate the other copies, but when a
GETX request is received, the local copy is sent to
the requestor. So, I still don't undertand why it's an
exclusive data request rather than an invalidation
message?

Thanks,

Dave


--- "Datta, Kushal" <kdatta@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> Well, since the data is in the O State in P0, most
> probably it is updating the data (P0->store).
> So, although P1 has the data in S state in its
> cache,
> it does not have the most-recent value. So P1 needs
> to get the data from P0.
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> Kushal.
> Graduate Student,
> Department of ECE,
> UNC Charlotte.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gems-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of
> Dave Z.
> Sent: Mon 4/9/2007 1:29 PM
> To: Gems Users
> Subject: Re: [Gems-users] state transitions in MOESI
>  
> Hello,
> 
> Let me correct my question. If some data is in S
> state
> in the cache, on a store event: GETX event is sent
> to
> the owner directory. The directory then sends the
> data
> to the requesting cache. Why is it necessary to
> acquire the data when the cache already has it in S
> state?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> --- "Dave Z." <zhu_dave@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have a question regarding the state transitions
> in
> > MOESI-hammer (perhaps the same scenario exists in
> > other protocols as well). Let's say we have two
> > processors: P0 and P1 that share some data. P0 is
> > the owner, so the data is in O state in P0 and in
> S
> > state in P1. If P1 tries to write to the data,
> GETX
> > will be issued. P0 sees the Other_GETX event and
> > sends the data back to P1, right? If so, why is
> > there a need to send the data even though P1 has
> the
> > data in S state?
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > 
> > Dave
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  
> >
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