mem-cache: allow prefetchers to emit page crossing references

QueuedPrefetcher takes the responsability to check for page
crossing references.

Change-Id: I0ae6bf8be465118990d9ea1cac0da8f70e69aeb1
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/14735
Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
This commit is contained in:
Javier Bueno
2018-11-29 16:35:16 +01:00
committed by Javier Bueno Hedo
parent 38f87dab68
commit afa039d0c0
3 changed files with 14 additions and 22 deletions

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@@ -93,14 +93,20 @@ QueuedPrefetcher::notify(const PacketPtr &pkt, const PrefetchInfo &pfi)
// Block align prefetch address
addr_prio.first = blockAddress(addr_prio.first);
PrefetchInfo new_pfi(pfi,addr_prio.first);
if (samePage(pfi.getAddr(), addr_prio.first)) {
PrefetchInfo new_pfi(pfi,addr_prio.first);
pfIdentified++;
DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "Found a pf candidate addr: %#x, "
"inserting into prefetch queue.\n", new_pfi.getAddr());
pfIdentified++;
DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "Found a pf candidate addr: %#x, "
"inserting into prefetch queue.\n", new_pfi.getAddr());
// Create and insert the request
insert(pkt, new_pfi, addr_prio.second);
// Create and insert the request
insert(pkt, new_pfi, addr_prio.second);
} else {
// Record the number of page crossing prefetches generate
pfSpanPage += 1;
DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "Ignoring page crossing prefetch.\n");
}
}
}

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@@ -195,15 +195,7 @@ StridePrefetcher::calculatePrefetch(const PrefetchInfo &pfi,
}
Addr new_addr = pf_addr + d * prefetch_stride;
if (samePage(pf_addr, new_addr)) {
DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "Queuing prefetch to %#x.\n", new_addr);
addresses.push_back(AddrPriority(new_addr, 0));
} else {
// Record the number of page crossing prefetches generated
pfSpanPage += degree - d + 1;
DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "Ignoring page crossing prefetch.\n");
return;
}
addresses.push_back(AddrPriority(new_addr, 0));
}
} else {
// Miss in table

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@@ -51,13 +51,7 @@ TaggedPrefetcher::calculatePrefetch(const PrefetchInfo &pfi,
for (int d = 1; d <= degree; d++) {
Addr newAddr = blkAddr + d*(blkSize);
if (!samePage(blkAddr, newAddr)) {
// Count number of unissued prefetches due to page crossing
pfSpanPage += degree - d + 1;
return;
} else {
addresses.push_back(AddrPriority(newAddr,0));
}
addresses.push_back(AddrPriority(newAddr,0));
}
}