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C6xxx Specific DMA Rules and Guidelines

6.13 C6xxx Specific DMA Rules and Guidelines

6.13.1 Cache Coherency Issues for Algorithm Producers

In certain C6000 targets, data that are in both external memory and the L2 cache can cause coherence problems with background DMA transfers in several ways. The figures below depict some memory access scenarios that potentially lead to problems. We later introduce rules and guidelines for both algorithm and framework developers to ensure correct operation of C6000 algorithms.

In Section 6.13.2, CPU access of the memory corresponding to location x brings it into the L2 cache. Subsequent writes to x take place in the L2 cache until the cache line containing x gets written back to external memory. If a DMA transfer starts copying the data from location x to another location, it may end up reading stale value of x in external memory since certain DMA controllers will not detect presence or flushing of a dirty cache line containing x. To avoid this problem, the cache must be flushed before the DMA read proceeds.

X = 0ld Y = new

Y

L2 cache

X

X

External memory

DMA

In Section 6.13.3, the location x has been brought into the L2 cache. Suppose a DMA transfer writes new data to location x. In this case, the CPU would access the old cached data in a subsequent read, unless the cached copy is invalidated.

X = 0ld Y = new

Y

L2 cache

X

Y

External memory

DMA

 

Algorithms must enforce coherence and alignment/size constraints for internal buffers they request through the IALG interface. To deal with these coherency problems, the following new guidelines and rules have been added.

DMA Guideline 3

To ensure correctness, All C6000 algorithms that implement IDMA2 need to be supplied with the internal memory they request from the client application using algAlloc().

This guideline applies to the client application, rather than to the algorithm. If DMA Guideline 3 is followed; i.e., if the type of memory requested is provided, the algorithm is guaranteed to operate correctly.

DMA Rule 6

C6000 algorithms must not issue any CPU read/writes to buffers in external memory that are involved in DMA transfers. This also applies to buffers passed to the algorithm through its algorithm interface.

DMA Rule 6 is necessary because it is the only way for an eXpressDSP-compliant algorithm to avoid having to deal with cache coherence operations such as cache line writeback, cache line invalidate, etc. These operations are low-level and should be dealt with at the client application level. With the introduction of DMA Rule 6, no external buffers involved in DMA transfers will end up in the cache, and therefore no external coherency problems will occur.

DMA Rule 7

If a C6000 algorithm has implemented the IDMA2 interface, the client must allocate all the required external memory at a cache line boundary. These buffers must be a multiple of cache line length in size. The client must also ensure that these buffers are not in cache before passing them to the algorithm.

SPRU352G –June 2005 –Revised February 2007

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Contents Rules and Guidelines Users GuideSubmit Documentation Feedback Contents Use of the DMA Resource Urls List of Figures Read This First Intended AudienceDocument Overview Text Conventions Related DocumentationRule n Guideline nOverview Rules for TMS320C5x Rules for TMS320C6x Scope of the StandardRequirements of the Standard Rules and GuidelinesIntentional Omissions Goals of the StandardFrameworks System ArchitectureCore Run-Time Support AlgorithmsGeneral Programming Guidelines Threads and Reentrancy Use of C LanguageThreads RuleReentrancy Preemptive vs. Non-Preemptive MultitaskingExample Data Memory Data MemoryScratch versus Persistent Memory SpacesScratch vs Persistent Memory Allocation Guideline Algorithm versus ApplicationProgram Memory ROM-abilitySection Name Purpose Use of Peripherals Use of PeripheralsInterfaces and Modules Algorithms Packaging Algorithm Component ModelImplementation Fir.h Interfaces and ModulesExternal Identifiers Naming Conventions Module Initialization and FinalizationModule Instance Objects Run-Time Object Creation and Deletion Design-Time Object CreationExample Module Module ConfigurationMultiple Interface Support Summary Interface InheritanceElement Description RequiredAlgorithms AlgorithmsObject Code PackagingDebug Verses Release Header FilesModuleversvendorvariant.1arch Data Memory Program Memory Interrupt Latency Execution Time Algorithm Performance CharacterizationHeap Memory ExternalSize Static Local and Global Data Memory Stack MemoryData Bss Object files Size Execution Time Interrupt LatencyMips Is Not Enough OperationExecution Timeline for Two Periodic Tasks Execution Time ModelProcess 19800059000 198000 Submit Documentation Feedback DSP-Specific Guidelines Register Types CPU Register TypesTMS320C6xxx Rules and Guidelines Use of Floating PointEndian Byte Ordering Data ModelsStatus Register Register ConventionsRegister Use Type CSR Field Use TypeInterrupt Latency TMS320C54xx Rules and GuidelinesProgram Models TMS320C54xx Rules and Guidelines Status Registers ST0 Field Name Use TypeST1 Field Name Use Type TMS320C55x Rules and Guidelines Stack ArchitecturePmst Field Name Use Type Example RelocatabilitySSP Status Bits ST2 Field Name Use TypeST3 Field Name Use Type Homy General TMS320C24xx GuidelinesTMS320C28x Rules and Guidelines TMS320C28x Rules and GuidelinesXAR0 M0M1MAP Submitting DMA Transfer Requests Use of the DMA ResourceAlgorithm and Framework OverviewLogical Channel Requirements for the Use of the DMA ResourceData Transfer Synchronization Data Transfer PropertiesAbstract Interface DMA GuidelineDMA Rule Resource Characterization Data Transfers bytes FrequencyAverage Maximum Strong Ordering of DMA Transfer Requests Runtime APIsDevice Independent DMA Optimization Guideline Submitting DMA Transfer Requests13 C6xxx Specific DMA Rules and Guidelines Cache Coherency Issues for Algorithm Producers14 C55x Specific DMA Rules and Guidelines Supporting Packed/Burst Mode DMA TransfersAddressing Automatic Endianism Conversion Issues Minimizing Logical Channel Reconfiguration OverheadInter-Algorithm Synchronization Non-Preemptive SystemPreemptive System Algorithm B Algorithm a Inter-Algorithm Synchronization Appendix a General Rules DMA Rules Performance Characterization RulesGeneral Guidelines DMA Guidelines Submit Documentation Feedback Core Run-Time APIs DSP/BIOS Run-time Support LibraryTI C-Language Run-Time Support Library DSP/BIOS Run-time Support LibraryBooks BibliographySubmit Documentation Feedback Glossary of Terms GlossaryGlossary of Terms Glossary of Terms Important Notice
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