Evict Data Cache Block, Ecb | Compaq ECQD2KCTE specification

4.11.3 Evict Data Cache Block

Format:

ECB

(Rb.ab)

! Memory format

Operation:

va ← Rbv

IF { va maps to memory space } THEN

Prepare to reuse cache resources that are occupied by the the addressed byte.

END

Exceptions:

None

Instruction mnemonics:

ECB	Evict Cache Block

Qualifiers:

None

Description:

The ECB instruction provides a hint that the addressed location will not be referenced again in the near future, so any cache space it occupies should be made available to cache other mem- ory locations. If the cache copy of the location is dirty, the processor may start writing it back; if the cache has multiple sets, the processor may arrange for the set containing the addressed byte to be the next set allocated.

The ECB instruction does not generate exceptions; if it encounters data address translation errors (access violation, translation not valid, and so forth) during execution, it is treated as a NOP.

If the address maps to non-memory-like (I/O) space, ECB is treated as a NOP.

Software Note:

•ECB makes a particular cache location available for reuse by evicting and invalidating its contents. The intent is to give software more control over cache allocation policy in set-associative caches so that "useful" blocks can be retained in the cache.

•ECB is a performance hint — it does not serialize the eviction of the addressed cache block with any preceding or following memory operation.

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Alpha Architecture Handbook October Table of Contents Instruction Formats Page 10.19 Integer Register to Floating-Point Register Move System Architecture and Programming Implications Digital Unix Ieee Floating-Point Conformance Index Figures Tables Xiii Xiv Preface Page Chapter Alpha Approach to Risc ArchitectureAlpha Is a True 64-Bit Architecture Alpha Is Designed for Very High-Speed Implementations Alpha Approach to Byte Manipulation Alpha Approach to Multiprocessor Shared MemoryAlpha Instructions Include Hints for Achieving Higher Speed PALcode Alpha’s Very Flexible Privileged Software Library Data Format Overview Alpha and Programming Languages Instruction Format Overview Instruction OverviewPALcode Instructions Branch Instructions Load/Store InstructionsInteger Operate Instructions Instruction Set Characteristics Terminology and ConventionsFloating-Point Operate Instructions Numbering Security HolesUnpredictable and Undefined Ranges and Extents Aligned and UnalignedUnaligned Must Be Zero MBZ Read As Zero RAZShould Be Zero SBZ Ignore IGNPage Addressing Data TypesByte Word Longword Quadword VAX Floating-Point Formats Ffloating Ffloating Load Exponent Mapping Mapf Gfloating Gfloating Register Format Dfloating Ieee Floating-Point Formats SFloating Sfloating Load Exponent Mapping Maps Memory Register Tfloating 13 Tfloating Datum 14 Tfloating Register Format XFloating 15 Xfloating Datum XFloating Big-Endian Formats Longword Integer Format in Floating-Point Unit 17 Xfloating Big-Endian Datum Quadword Integer Format in Floating-Point Unit Data Types with No Hardware Support Big-Endian Addressing Support 23 Little-Endian Byte Addressing 14Alpha Architecture Handbook Alpha Registers Program CounterInteger Registers Implementation note Floating-Point Registers Lock Registers Notation Processor Cycle Counter PCC RegisterOptional Registers Memory Prefetch Registers Operand Notation Operand Notation MeaningOperand Value Notation Meaning Expression Operand Notation Meaning Operand Access Type Notation Operand Access Type Notation MeaningInstruction Operand Notation Operand Name Notation Operators Operand Data Type NotationOperand Data Type Notation Meaning Operators Meaning Bit concatenation Case DIVLoadlocked Not PhysicaladdressPriorityencode LTU Instruction Formats Notation ConventionsSoftware Note XOR Memory Instruction Format Memory Format Instructions with a Function Code Branch Instruction Format Operate Instruction FormatMemory Format Jump Instructions Floating-Point Operate Instruction Format Floating-Point Operate Instruction Format PALcode Instruction Format Floating-Point Convert InstructionsFloating-Point/Integer Register Moves PALcode Instruction Format Page Instruction Set Overview Instruction Type Section Subsetting Rules Floating-Point Subsets Software Emulation Rules Opcode QualifiersOpcode Qualifiers Meaning Memory Integer Load/Store Instructions Memory Integer Load/Store Instructions Mnemonic Operation Load Address Load Memory Data into Integer Register LDL Implementation Notes Load Unaligned Memory Data into Integer Register Load Memory Data into Integer Register Locked 10Alpha Architecture Handbook Implementation Notes Store Integer Register Data into Memory Conditional Stqc BEQ Hardware/Software Implementation Note Store Integer Register Data into Memory 16Alpha Architecture Handbook Store Unaligned Integer Register Data into Memory Control Instructions Control Instructions Summary Mnemonic Operation BNE BSRJMP JSR Conditional Branch Unconditional Branch Jumps Encoding Meaning Integer Arithmetic Instructions Count instruction CIX extension implementation noteInteger Arithmetic Instructions Summary Mnemonic Operation Longword Add Addl Scaled Longword Add S4ADDLS8ADDL Quadword Add Addq Scaled Quadword Add S4ADDQS8ADDQ Integer Signed Compare Integer Unsigned Compare Count Leading Zero Count Population Count Trailing Zero Longword Multiply Mull Quadword Multiply Mulq Unsigned Quadword Multiply High Longword Subtract Subl Scaled Longword Subtract S4SUBLS8SUBL Quadword Subtract Subq Scaled Quadword Subtract S4SUBQS8SUBQ Logical and Shift Instructions Logical and Shift Instructions Summary Mnemonic Operation Logical Functions Conditional Move Integer Is exactly equivalent to Shift Logical Shift Arithmetic Byte Manipulation Instructions Instruction Meaning Described in Section Inswh InslhInsqh Mskbl Compare Byte BEQ Loop To compare two character strings for greater/equal/less Extract Byte Ldqu Optimized examples Big-endian examples Byte Insert 56Alpha Architecture Handbook Byte Mask Insqh Inswh Sign Extend Zero Bytes Subsets and Faults Floating-Point InstructionsSingle-Precision Operations Definitions Alpha finite number Denormal Dirty zeroInfinity Non-finite number Encodings True zeroSign Exponent Fraction Vax Meaning Finite Rounding Modes VAX Rounding ModesIeee Rounding Modes VAX Rounding Mode Instruction Notation Ieee Rounding Mode Instruction NotationComputational Models VAX-Format Arithmetic with Precise Exceptions High-Performance VAX-Format Arithmetic IEEE-Compliant ArithmeticIEEE-Compliant Arithmetic Without Inexact Exception Trapping Modes High-Performance IEEE-Format ArithmeticVAX Trapping Modes When /U or /V mode is specified VAX Trapping Modes Summary Trap Mode Notation Meaning Ieee Trapping Modes Summary of Ieee Trapping Modes Trap Mode Notation Meaning SUI Arithmetic Trap Completion SVI Trap Shadow Length Rules Page Invalid Operation INV Arithmetic Trap Division by Zero DZE Arithmetic Trap Overflow OVF Arithmetic Trap Ieee Floating-Point Trap Disable Bits Underflow UNF Arithmetic TrapInexact Result INE Arithmetic Trap Integer Overflow IOV Arithmetic Trap Floating-Point Control Register Fpcr Ieee Denormal Control Bits Ieee Rounding Mode Selected Floating-Point Control Register Fpcr FormatPage Accessing the Fpcr Default Values of the Fpcr Saving and Restoring the FpcrSoftware Notes Floating-Point Instruction Function Field Format Floating-Point Instruction Function Field Contents Meaning for Opcodes 1616 FNC ITOFS/ITOFTSQRTS/SQRTT Unpredictable Ieee Standard Conversion of NaN and Infinity Values Copying NaN Values Generating NaN ValuesPropagating NaN Values Memory Format Floating-Point Instructions Load Ffloating Load Gfloating Load Sfloating Load Tfloating Store Ffloating Store Gfloating Store Sfloating Store Tfloating Branch Format Floating-Point Instructions FBxx Fa.rq,disp.al Branch format Page Floating-Point Operate Format Instructions Addf AddgAdds Ieee Mulf MulgMuls Mult Copy Sign Convert Integer to Integer Floating-Point Conditional Move Fcmovne F3,F2,F1 Move from/to Floating-Point Control Register VAX Floating Add Ieee Floating Add VAX Floating Compare CmpgeqCmpgle Cmpglt Ieee Floating Compare CmpteqCmptle Cmptlt Convert VAX Floating to Integer Convert Integer to VAX Floating Convert VAX Floating to VAX Floating Convert Ieee Floating to Integer Convert Integer to Ieee Floating Convert Ieee SFloating to Ieee TFloating Convert Ieee TFloating to Ieee SFloating VAX Floating Divide Ieee Floating Divide Floating-Point Register to Integer Register Move Integer Register to Floating-Point Register Move Itofs is exactly equivalent to the sequence VAX Floating Multiply Ieee Floating Multiply VAX Floating Square Root Ieee Floating Square Root VAX Floating Subtract Ieee Floating Subtract Miscellaneous Instructions 17 Miscellaneous Instructions Summary Mnemonic Operation Architecture Mask 134Alpha Architecture Handbook Call Privileged Architecture Library Evict Data Cache Block Implementation Note Exception Barrier Prefetch Data 140Alpha Architecture Handbook Implementation Version Memory Barrier Read Processor Cycle Counter Trap Barrier Write Hint Implementation Note Write Memory Barrier Processor Processor j VAX Compatibility Instructions 18 VAX Compatibility Instructions Summary Mnemonic Operation VAX Compatibility Instructions Multimedia Graphics and Video Support Mnemonic Operation Byte and Word Minimum and Maximum Instruction mnemonics Pixel Error Pack Bytes Unpack Bytes Physical Address Space Characteristics Coherency of Memory AccessIntroduction Granularity of Memory Access Software/Hardware Note Width of Memory Access Memory-Like and Non-Memory-Like Behavior Translation Buffers and Virtual Caches Caches and Write BuffersHardware/Software Coordination Note Page Atomic Update of a Single Datum Data SharingAtomic Change of a Single Datum Atomic Update of Data Structures STQ 8Alpha Architecture Handbook Ordering Considerations for Shared Data Structures Read/Write Ordering Alpha Shared Memory Model Implementation Note Architectural Definition of Processor Issue Sequence Definition of Processor Issue ConstraintsDefinition of Before and After Processor Issue Constraints 1st↓ 2nd → PiIn=4y,b PiRny,b PiWny,b PiMB PiIMB Definition of Location Access Constraints Definition of VisibilityDefinition of Storage Definition of Dependence Constraint Definition of Load-Locked and Store-Conditional Litmus Tests TimelinessLitmus Test 1 Impossible Sequence PiPj Litmus Test 2 Impossible Sequence Litmus Test 3 Impossible Sequence Litmus Test 4 Sequence Okay Litmus Test 5 Sequence OkayLitmus Test 6 Sequence Okay Litmus Test 7 Impossible Sequence Litmus Test 8 Impossible Sequence Litmus Test 9 Impossible Sequence Litmus Test 10 Sequence OkayLitmus Test 11 Impossible Sequence Implied Barriers Implications for SoftwareSingle Processor Data Stream Single Processor Instruction Stream See Footnote 1 on Multiprocessor Context Switch First Processor Second ProcessorPage Multiprocessor Send/Receive Interrupt Implications for Memory Mapped I/O Multiple Processors Writing to a Single I/O Device Implications for Hardware Arithmetic Traps Dictable PALcode PALcode Instructions and Functions PALcode Environment Special Functions Required for PALcode PALcode Replacement PALcode Effects on System Code Required PALcode Instructions PALcode Instructions that Require Recognition Mnemonic Name Required PALcode Instructions Mnemonic Type Operation DrainaHalt IMB Drain Aborts Callpal Draina Halt Callpal Halt Instruction Memory Barrier Callpal IMB Console Subsystem Overview Page Input/Output Overview Page OpenVMS Alpha Unprivileged OpenVMS Alpha PALcode Chme ChmkChms Chmu Insqhil InsqhilrInsqhiq Insqhiqr Insqtilr InsqtiqInsqtiqr Insquel Rdps ReadunqREI Remqhil Remqhiqr RemqtilRemqtilr Remqtiq Remquel RemqueqRscc Swasten Privileged OpenVMS Alpha Palcode CflushLdqp Mfpr Stqp SwpctxWtint Page Unprivileged Digital Unix PALcode Mnemonic Operation and Description Privileged Digital Unix PALcode 10-3 10-4Alpha Architecture Handbook Unprivileged Windows NT Alpha PALcode Unprivileged Windows NT Alpha PALcode Instruction Summary Privileged Windows NT Alpha PALcode 11-3 11-4Alpha Architecture Handbook 11-5 Page Appendix a Hardware-Software Compact Instruction-Stream Considerations Instruction AlignmentBranch Prediction and Minimizing Branch-Taken Factor Figure A-1 Branch-Format BSR and BR Opcodes Data-Stream Considerations Improving I-Stream Density FactorInstruction Scheduling Factor Data Alignment Factor Shared Data in Multiple Processors Factor Avoiding Cache/TB Conflicts Factor Figure A-3 Bad Allocation in Cache Sequential Read/Write Factor Prefetching Factor Aligned Byte/Word Within Register Memory Accesses Code Sequences Division Byte Swap Stylized Code Forms4.1 NOP Clear a Register Load Literal Register-to-Register Move Negate4.6 not Booleans Exceptions and Trap Barriers Pseudo-Operations Stylized Code Forms Software Considerations A-15 Timing Considerations Atomic Sequences Appendix B Alpha Choices for Ieee Options 2Alpha Architecture Handbook Alpha Support for OS Completion Handlers Ieee Floating-Point Control FPC Quadword Figure B-1 Ieee Floating-Point Control FPC QuadwordPage Mapping to Ieee Standard Figure B-2 Ieee Trap Handling Behavior Completion Signal Alpha Instructions Code Handler Table B-2 Ieee Floating-Point Trap Handling User Hardware1 MULx Output Exceptions CVTff Output Exceptions Cmptlt Cmptle Input Exceptions SQRTx Output Exceptions Division by Zero OverflowUnderflow Inexact Appendix C Common Architecture Instruction Summary Table C-2 Common Architecture Instructions ADDL/VADDQ/V 15.0AF Convert Gfloating to quadword MULL/V MULQ/V SUBL/V SUBQ/V Ieee Floating-Point Instructions Table C-3 Ieee Floating-Point Instruction Function Codes VAX Floating-Point Instructions Programming Note Independent Floating-Point Instructions Opcode Summary Table C-7 Key to Opcode Summary Symbol Meaning Table C-6 Opcode Summary Common Architecture Opcodes in Numerical Order Table C-8 Common Architecture Opcodes in Numerical Order Instruction Summary C-11 Addt Instruction Summary C-13 OpenVMS Alpha PALcode Instruction Summary Mfprasn MfprespMfprfen Mfpripl Digital Unix PALcode Instruction Summary Table C-12 Digital Unix Privileged PALcode InstructionsMnemonic Opcode Description Windows NT Alpha Instruction Summary Table C-14 Windows NT Alpha Privileged PALcode instructions PALcode Opcodes in Numerical Order Table C-15 PALcode Opcodes in Numerical OrderWindows NT OpenVMS Alpha Wtint 00.003F 00.0063 Required PALcode Opcodes Opcodes Reserved to PALcodeTable C-16 Required PALcode Opcodes Mnemonic Type Table C-17 Opcodes Reserved for PALcode Mnemonic Opcodes Reserved to Compaq Unused Function Code BehaviorTable C-18 Opcodes Reserved for Compaq Mnemonic OPC01 OPC02 OPC03 OPC04 OPC05 OPC06 OPC07 Ascii Character Set Table C-19 Ascii Character Set Hex Code Appendix D Processor Type AssignmentsTable D-1 Processor Type Assignments Major Type Minor Type EV3 PALcode Variation Assignments Architecture Mask and Implementation Values Table D-3 Amask Bit Assignments Bit MeaningTable D-4 Implver Value Assignments Meaning Digital UnixPage Appendix E Waivers DECchip 21264 LDxL/STxC with WH64 Violation Implementation-Specific Functionality DECchip 21064/21066/21068 Performance Monitoring For the OpenVMS Alpha Operating System Disable performance monitoring Functions and Arguments for the DECchip 21064/21066/21068 Select desired events muxctl Select performance monitoring options= PCMUX0 = PCMUX1 Value Description PC0 PC1 DECchip 21164/21164PC Performance Monitoring Performance Monitor Interrupt Mechanism Input Contents Register Bits Meaning Windows NT Alpha Functions and Argument CTR0 CTR1PCSEL0 OpenVMS Alpha and Digital Unix Functions and Arguments ModeselectPCSEL1 PCSEL2 Disable performance monitoring do not reset counters Select desired events Muxselect Select interrupt frequencies Read the counters Operate on counter MBZ PCSEL0 MBZMBZ PCSEL1 Counters Operate Under These Modes When Bits Set Bits MeaningS U P 6310 Table E-13 21164/21164PC Counter 1 PCSEL1 Event Selection Table E-14 21164/21164PC Counter 2 PCSEL2 Event Selection Table E-15 21164 CBOX1 Event Selection Value MeaningTable E-16 21164 CBOX2 Event Selection Table E-17 21164PC PM0MUX Event Selection Table E-18 21164PC PM1MUX Event Selection 3 21264 Performance Monitoring SEXTPCTR0CTL47 PCTR0IERCMPCEN0 PCTR1 SL1 Bit value Meaning Select logging options Enable and write selected counters R17/a1 Bits Meaning Table E-26 21264 Enable and Write Counters for OpenVMS Alpha Page Index Index-2 Index-3 Index-4 Index-5 Index-6 Index-7 Index-8 Index-9 Index-10 Index-11 Index-12 Index-13