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gem5/src/cpu/pred/loop_predictor.hh
Gabe Black 91d83cc8a1 misc: Standardize the way create() constructs SimObjects.
The create() method on Params structs usually instantiate SimObjects
using a constructor which takes the Params struct as a parameter
somehow. There has been a lot of needless variation in how that was
done, making it annoying to pass Params down to base classes. Some of
the different forms were:

const Params &
Params &
Params *
const Params *
Params const*

This change goes through and fixes up every constructor and every
create() method to use the const Params & form. We use a reference
because the Params struct should never be null. We use const because
neither the create method nor the consuming object should modify the
record of the parameters as they came in from the config. That would
make consuming them not idempotent, and make it impossible to tell what
the actual simulation configuration was since it would change from any
user visible form (config script, config.ini, dot pdf output).

Change-Id: I77453cba52fdcfd5f4eec92dfb0bddb5a9945f31
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/35938
Reviewed-by: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>
Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
2020-10-14 12:06:44 +00:00

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#ifndef __CPU_PRED_LOOP_PREDICTOR_HH__
#define __CPU_PRED_LOOP_PREDICTOR_HH__
#include "base/statistics.hh"
#include "base/types.hh"
#include "sim/sim_object.hh"
struct LoopPredictorParams;
class LoopPredictor : public SimObject
{
protected:
const unsigned logSizeLoopPred;
const unsigned loopTableAgeBits;
const unsigned loopTableConfidenceBits;
const unsigned loopTableTagBits;
const unsigned loopTableIterBits;
const unsigned logLoopTableAssoc;
const uint8_t confidenceThreshold;
const uint16_t loopTagMask;
const uint16_t loopNumIterMask;
const int loopSetMask;
// Prediction Structures
// Loop Predictor Entry
struct LoopEntry
{
uint16_t numIter;
uint16_t currentIter;
uint16_t currentIterSpec; // only for useSpeculation
uint8_t confidence;
uint16_t tag;
uint8_t age;
bool dir; // only for useDirectionBit
LoopEntry() : numIter(0), currentIter(0), currentIterSpec(0),
confidence(0), tag(0), age(0), dir(0) { }
};
LoopEntry *ltable;
int8_t loopUseCounter;
unsigned withLoopBits;
const bool useDirectionBit;
const bool useSpeculation;
const bool useHashing;
const bool restrictAllocation;
const unsigned initialLoopIter;
const unsigned initialLoopAge;
const bool optionalAgeReset;
struct LoopPredictorStats : public Stats::Group {
LoopPredictorStats(Stats::Group *parent);
Stats::Scalar correct;
Stats::Scalar wrong;
} stats;
/**
* Updates an unsigned counter based on up/down parameter
* @param ctr Reference to counter to update.
* @param up Boolean indicating if the counter is incremented/decremented
* If true it is incremented, if false it is decremented
* @param nbits Counter width.
*/
static inline void unsignedCtrUpdate(uint8_t &ctr, bool up, unsigned nbits)
{
assert(nbits <= sizeof(uint8_t) << 3);
if (up) {
if (ctr < ((1 << nbits) - 1))
ctr++;
} else {
if (ctr)
ctr--;
}
}
static inline void signedCtrUpdate(int8_t &ctr, bool up, unsigned nbits)
{
if (up) {
if (ctr < ((1 << (nbits - 1)) - 1))
ctr++;
} else {
if (ctr > -(1 << (nbits - 1)))
ctr--;
}
}
public:
// Primary branch history entry
struct BranchInfo
{
uint16_t loopTag;
uint16_t currentIter;
bool loopPred;
bool loopPredValid;
bool loopPredUsed;
int loopIndex;
int loopIndexB; // only for useHashing
int loopHit;
bool predTaken;
BranchInfo()
: loopTag(0), currentIter(0),
loopPred(false),
loopPredValid(false), loopIndex(0), loopIndexB(0), loopHit(0),
predTaken(false)
{}
};
/**
* Computes the index used to access the
* loop predictor.
* @param pc_in The unshifted branch PC.
* @param instShiftAmt Shift the pc by as many bits
*/
int lindex(Addr pc_in, unsigned instShiftAmt) const;
/**
* Computes the index used to access the
* ltable structures.
* It may take hashing into account
* @param index Result of lindex function
* @param lowPcBits PC bits masked with set size
* @param way Way to be used
*/
int finallindex(int lindex, int lowPcBits, int way) const;
/**
* Get a branch prediction from the loop
* predictor.
* @param pc The unshifted branch PC.
* @param bi Pointer to information on the
* prediction.
* @param speculative Use speculative number of iterations
* @param instShiftAmt Shift the pc by as many bits (if hashing is not
* used)
* @result the result of the prediction, if it could be predicted
*/
bool getLoop(Addr pc, BranchInfo* bi, bool speculative,
unsigned instShiftAmt) const;
/**
* Updates the loop predictor.
* @param pc The unshifted branch PC.
* @param taken The actual branch outcome.
* @param bi Pointer to information on the
* prediction recorded at prediction time.
* @param tage_pred tage prediction of the branch
*/
void loopUpdate(Addr pc, bool Taken, BranchInfo* bi, bool tage_pred);
/**
* Speculatively updates the loop predictor
* iteration count (only for useSpeculation).
* @param taken The predicted branch outcome.
* @param bi Pointer to information on the prediction
* recorded at prediction time.
*/
void specLoopUpdate(bool taken, BranchInfo* bi);
/**
* Update LTAGE for conditional branches.
* @param branch_pc The unshifted branch PC.
* @param taken Actual branch outcome.
* @param tage_pred Prediction from TAGE
* @param bi Pointer to information on the prediction
* recorded at prediction time.
* @param instShiftAmt Number of bits to shift instructions
*/
void condBranchUpdate(ThreadID tid, Addr branch_pc, bool taken,
bool tage_pred, BranchInfo* bi, unsigned instShiftAmt);
/**
* Get the loop prediction
* @param tid The thread ID to select the global
* histories to use.
* @param branch_pc The unshifted branch PC.
* @param cond_branch True if the branch is conditional.
* @param bi Reference to wrapping pointer to allow storing
* derived class prediction information in the base class.
* @param prev_pred_taken Result of the TAGE prediction
* @param instShiftAmt Shift the pc by as many bits
* @param instShiftAmt Shift the pc by as many bits
* @result the prediction, true if taken
*/
bool loopPredict(
ThreadID tid, Addr branch_pc, bool cond_branch,
BranchInfo* bi, bool prev_pred_taken, unsigned instShiftAmt);
/**
* Update the stats
* @param taken Actual branch outcome
* @param bi Pointer to information on the prediction
* recorded at prediction time.
*/
void updateStats(bool taken, BranchInfo* bi);
void squashLoop(BranchInfo * bi);
void squash(ThreadID tid, BranchInfo *bi);
virtual bool calcConf(int index) const;
virtual bool optionalAgeInc() const;
virtual BranchInfo *makeBranchInfo();
/**
* Gets the value of the loop use counter
* @return the loop use counter value
*/
int8_t getLoopUseCounter() const
{
return loopUseCounter;
}
/**
* Initialize the loop predictor
*/
void init() override;
LoopPredictor(const LoopPredictorParams &p);
size_t getSizeInBits() const;
};
#endif//__CPU_PRED_LOOP_PREDICTOR_HH__