FUJITSU Implementation Supplement Fujitsu SPARC64 V - Manual (Page 202)

Release 1.0, 1 July 2002 F. Chapter P Error Handling 191
Marked Uncorrectable Error in D1 Cache Data
When a marked uncorrectable error ( UE ) in D1 cache data is detected during the D1
cache line writeback to the U2 cache, the D1 cache data and its ECC are written to
the target U2 cache data and its ECC without modification. That is, a marked
UE in
D1 cache is propagated into the U2 cache. Such an error is not reported to software.
When a marked UE in D1 cache data is detected during access by a load or store
(excluding doubleword store) instruction, the data access error is detected. The
data_access_error exception is generated precisely and the marked UE detection and
its ERROR_MARK_ID are indicated in ASI_DSFSR .
Raw Uncorrectable Error in D1 Cache Data During D1 Cache
Line Writeback
When a raw (unmarked) UE is detected in D1 cache data during the D1 cache line
writeback to the U2 cache, error marking is applied to the doubleword containing
the raw
UE with ERROR_MARK_ID = ASI_EIDR . Only the correct doubleword or the
doubleword with marked UE is written into the target U2 cache line.
The restrainable error ASI_AFSR.UE_RAW_D1$INSD is detected.
Raw Uncorrectable Error in D1 Cache Data on Access by Load
or Store Instruction
When a raw (unmarked) UE is detected in D1 cache data during access by a load or
store instruction, hardware executes the following sequence:
1. Hardware writes back the D1 cache line and refills it from U2 cache. The D1 cache
line containing the raw UE , whether it is clean or dirty, is always written back to
the U2 cache. During this D1 cache line writeback to U2 cache, error marking is
applied for the doubleword containing the raw
UE with
ERROR_MARK_ID = ASI_EIDR . The D1 cache line is refilled from the U2 cache
and the restrainable error ASI_AFSR.UE_RAW_D1$INSD is detected.
2. Normally, hardware changes the raw UE in the D1 cache data to a marked UE .
However, yet another error may introduce a raw UE into the same doubleword
again. When a raw UE is detected again, step 1 is repeated until the D1 cache way
reduction is applied.
3. At this point, hardware changes the raw UE in the D1 cache data to a marked UE .
The load or store instruction accesses the doubleword with the marked UE . The
marked UE is detected during execution of the load or store instruction, as
described in Raw Uncorrectable Error in D1 Cache Data During D1 Cache Line
Writeback, above.