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gem5/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.cc
Nikolaos Kyparissas a5fece3b91 mem: added distance parameter to stride prefetcher
The Stride Prefetcher will skip this number of strides ahead of the
first identified prefetch, then generate `degree` prefetches at
`stride` intervals. A value of zero indicates no skip (i.e. start
prefetching from the next identified prefetch address).

This parameter can be used to increase the timeliness of prefetches by
starting to prefetch far enough ahead of the demand stream to cover
the memory system latency.

[Richard Cooper <richard.cooper@arm.com>:
- Added detail to commit comment and `distance` Param documentation.
- Changed `distance` Param from `Param.Int` to `Param.Unsigned`.
]

Change-Id: I4ce79c72d74445b12acf68e0a54e13966e30041c
Co-authored-by: Richard Cooper <richard.cooper@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Cooper <richard.cooper@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2024-02-26 10:40:45 +00:00

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/**
* @file
* Stride Prefetcher template instantiations.
*/
#include "mem/cache/prefetch/stride.hh"
#include <cassert>
#include "base/intmath.hh"
#include "base/logging.hh"
#include "base/random.hh"
#include "base/trace.hh"
#include "debug/HWPrefetch.hh"
#include "mem/cache/prefetch/associative_set_impl.hh"
#include "mem/cache/replacement_policies/base.hh"
#include "params/StridePrefetcher.hh"
namespace gem5
{
namespace prefetch
{
Stride::StrideEntry::StrideEntry(const SatCounter8& init_confidence)
: TaggedEntry(), confidence(init_confidence)
{
invalidate();
}
void
Stride::StrideEntry::invalidate()
{
TaggedEntry::invalidate();
lastAddr = 0;
stride = 0;
confidence.reset();
}
Stride::Stride(const StridePrefetcherParams &p)
: Queued(p),
initConfidence(p.confidence_counter_bits, p.initial_confidence),
threshConf(p.confidence_threshold/100.0),
useRequestorId(p.use_requestor_id),
degree(p.degree),
distance(p.distance),
pcTableInfo(p.table_assoc, p.table_entries, p.table_indexing_policy,
p.table_replacement_policy)
{
}
Stride::PCTable*
Stride::findTable(int context)
{
// Check if table for given context exists
auto it = pcTables.find(context);
if (it != pcTables.end())
return &it->second;
// If table does not exist yet, create one
return allocateNewContext(context);
}
Stride::PCTable*
Stride::allocateNewContext(int context)
{
// Create new table
auto insertion_result = pcTables.insert(std::make_pair(context,
PCTable(pcTableInfo.assoc, pcTableInfo.numEntries,
pcTableInfo.indexingPolicy, pcTableInfo.replacementPolicy,
StrideEntry(initConfidence))));
DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "Adding context %i with stride entries\n", context);
// Get iterator to new pc table, and then return a pointer to the new table
return &(insertion_result.first->second);
}
void
Stride::calculatePrefetch(const PrefetchInfo &pfi,
std::vector<AddrPriority> &addresses,
const CacheAccessor &cache)
{
if (!pfi.hasPC()) {
DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "Ignoring request with no PC.\n");
return;
}
// Get required packet info
Addr pf_addr = pfi.getAddr();
Addr pc = pfi.getPC();
bool is_secure = pfi.isSecure();
RequestorID requestor_id = useRequestorId ? pfi.getRequestorId() : 0;
// Get corresponding pc table
PCTable* pcTable = findTable(requestor_id);
// Search for entry in the pc table
StrideEntry *entry = pcTable->findEntry(pc, is_secure);
if (entry != nullptr) {
pcTable->accessEntry(entry);
// Hit in table
int new_stride = pf_addr - entry->lastAddr;
bool stride_match = (new_stride == entry->stride);
// Adjust confidence for stride entry
if (stride_match && new_stride != 0) {
entry->confidence++;
} else {
entry->confidence--;
// If confidence has dropped below the threshold, train new stride
if (entry->confidence.calcSaturation() < threshConf) {
entry->stride = new_stride;
}
}
DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "Hit: PC %x pkt_addr %x (%s) stride %d (%s), "
"conf %d\n", pc, pf_addr, is_secure ? "s" : "ns",
new_stride, stride_match ? "match" : "change",
(int)entry->confidence);
entry->lastAddr = pf_addr;
// Abort prefetch generation if below confidence threshold
if (entry->confidence.calcSaturation() < threshConf) {
return;
}
// Generate up to degree prefetches
for (int d = 1; d <= degree; d++) {
// Round strides up to atleast 1 cacheline
int prefetch_stride = new_stride;
if (abs(new_stride) < blkSize) {
prefetch_stride = (new_stride < 0) ? -blkSize : blkSize;
}
Addr new_addr = pf_addr + distance * prefetch_stride
+ d * prefetch_stride;
addresses.push_back(AddrPriority(new_addr, 0));
}
} else {
// Miss in table
DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "Miss: PC %x pkt_addr %x (%s)\n", pc, pf_addr,
is_secure ? "s" : "ns");
StrideEntry* entry = pcTable->findVictim(pc);
// Insert new entry's data
entry->lastAddr = pf_addr;
pcTable->insertEntry(pc, is_secure, entry);
}
}
uint32_t
StridePrefetcherHashedSetAssociative::extractSet(const Addr pc) const
{
const Addr hash1 = pc >> 1;
const Addr hash2 = hash1 >> tagShift;
return (hash1 ^ hash2) & setMask;
}
Addr
StridePrefetcherHashedSetAssociative::extractTag(const Addr addr) const
{
return addr;
}
} // namespace prefetch
} // namespace gem5