#ifndef CACHE_H #define CACHE_H #include "definitions.h" #include "storage.h" #include class Cache : public Storage { public: /** * Constructor. * @param The number of `lines` contained in memory. The total number of * words is this number multiplied by LINE_SIZE. * @param The next lowest level in storage. Methods from this object are * called in case of a cache miss. * @param The number of clock cycles each access takes. * @return A new cache object. */ Cache(Storage *lower, int delay); ~Cache(); Response write(Accessor accessor, signed int data, int address) override; Response read( Accessor accessor, int address, std::array &data) override; /** * Getter for the meta attribute. * TODO this doesn't seem like good object-oriented practice. * @return this->meta */ std::array, L1_CACHE_SIZE> *get_meta(); private: /** * Fetches `address` from a lower level of storage if it is not already * present. If it is not, temporarily sets the is_blocked attribute of this * cache level to true, and the victim line is chosen/written back. * @param the address that must be present in cache. */ void fetch_resource(int address); /** * An array of metadata about elements in `data`. * If the first value of an element is negative, the corresponding * element in `data` is invalid. If the most second value of an element * is nonzero, the corresponding element in `data` is dirty. */ std::array, L1_CACHE_SIZE> meta; }; #endif /* CACHE_H_INCLUDED */