Date: | Thu, 1 Nov 2007 13:34:22 -0500 |
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From: | "Lide Duan" <leaderduan@xxxxxxxxx> |
Subject: | [Gems-users] Different numbers of instructions, msgs, etc when running Ruby on the same workload |
Hello there, I have got some confusion about Ruby running on the same checkpoint... Basically I modified the routing algorithm utilized in the on-chip interconnect of Ruby, and compared the output results with the unmodified Ruby version. For both simulations, the checkpoint has been run from one magic instruction to the other, implying the same amount of work. I assumed that the msgs injected into the interconnect (from the components) should be the same for both cases because the only difference is the routing algorithm, which should not affect the behaviors on the cache level since all the msgs finally arrive to their corresponding destinations. However, the numbers of the injected msgs of the two runs have 5% difference, and the msgs generated in the interconnect (all of them are Invalidate_Control, to my observation) have more the 10% difference. The numbers of instructions of the two simulations are also different (but not much) although the two runs were from the same start point to the same end point. On the other hand, if I run Ruby twice without making any modification between the two runs (i.e. the same Ruby on the same workload), the results are exactly the same. So I don't think there is any random effect to cause the above difference. Then, are the results I have got reasonable? Thanks, Lide |
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