| 摘要 |
Cache line replacement in a symmetric multiprocessing computer, the computer having a plurality of processors, a main memory that is shared among the processors, a plurality of cache levels including at least one high level of private caches and a low level shared cache, and a cache controller that controls the shared cache, including receiving in the cache controller a memory instruction that requires replacement of a cache line in the low level shared cache; and selecting for replacement by the cache controller a least recently used cache line in the low level shared cache that has no copy stored in any higher level cache. |
