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gem5/src/mem/cache/prefetch/base.cc
Andreas Hansson 88554790c3 Mem: Use cycles to express cache-related latencies
This patch changes the cache-related latencies from an absolute time
expressed in Ticks, to a number of cycles that can be scaled with the
clock period of the caches. Ultimately this patch serves to enable
future work that involves dynamic frequency scaling. As an immediate
benefit it also makes it more convenient to specify cache performance
without implicitly assuming a specific CPU core operating frequency.

The stat blocked_cycles that actually counter in ticks is now updated
to count in cycles.

As the timing is now rounded to the clock edges of the cache, there
are some regressions that change. Plenty of them have very minor
changes, whereas some regressions with a short run-time are perturbed
quite significantly. A follow-on patch updates all the statistics for
the regressions.
2012-10-15 08:10:54 -04:00

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* Authors: Ron Dreslinski
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/**
* @file
* Hardware Prefetcher Definition.
*/
#include <list>
#include "arch/isa_traits.hh"
#include "base/trace.hh"
#include "config/the_isa.hh"
#include "debug/HWPrefetch.hh"
#include "mem/cache/prefetch/base.hh"
#include "mem/cache/base.hh"
#include "mem/request.hh"
#include "sim/system.hh"
BasePrefetcher::BasePrefetcher(const Params *p)
: ClockedObject(p), size(p->size), latency(p->latency), degree(p->degree),
useMasterId(p->use_master_id), pageStop(!p->cross_pages),
serialSquash(p->serial_squash), onlyData(p->data_accesses_only),
system(p->sys), masterId(system->getMasterId(name()))
{
}
void
BasePrefetcher::setCache(BaseCache *_cache)
{
cache = _cache;
blkSize = cache->getBlockSize();
}
void
BasePrefetcher::regStats()
{
pfIdentified
.name(name() + ".prefetcher.num_hwpf_identified")
.desc("number of hwpf identified")
;
pfMSHRHit
.name(name() + ".prefetcher.num_hwpf_already_in_mshr")
.desc("number of hwpf that were already in mshr")
;
pfCacheHit
.name(name() + ".prefetcher.num_hwpf_already_in_cache")
.desc("number of hwpf that were already in the cache")
;
pfBufferHit
.name(name() + ".prefetcher.num_hwpf_already_in_prefetcher")
.desc("number of hwpf that were already in the prefetch queue")
;
pfRemovedFull
.name(name() + ".prefetcher.num_hwpf_evicted")
.desc("number of hwpf removed due to no buffer left")
;
pfRemovedMSHR
.name(name() + ".prefetcher.num_hwpf_removed_MSHR_hit")
.desc("number of hwpf removed because MSHR allocated")
;
pfIssued
.name(name() + ".prefetcher.num_hwpf_issued")
.desc("number of hwpf issued")
;
pfSpanPage
.name(name() + ".prefetcher.num_hwpf_span_page")
.desc("number of hwpf spanning a virtual page")
;
pfSquashed
.name(name() + ".prefetcher.num_hwpf_squashed_from_miss")
.desc("number of hwpf that got squashed due to a miss "
"aborting calculation time")
;
}
inline bool
BasePrefetcher::inCache(Addr addr)
{
if (cache->inCache(addr)) {
pfCacheHit++;
return true;
}
return false;
}
inline bool
BasePrefetcher::inMissQueue(Addr addr)
{
if (cache->inMissQueue(addr)) {
pfMSHRHit++;
return true;
}
return false;
}
PacketPtr
BasePrefetcher::getPacket()
{
DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "Requesting a hw_pf to issue\n");
if (pf.empty()) {
DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "No HW_PF found\n");
return NULL;
}
PacketPtr pkt = *pf.begin();
while (!pf.empty()) {
pkt = *pf.begin();
pf.pop_front();
Addr blk_addr = pkt->getAddr() & ~(Addr)(blkSize-1);
if (!inCache(blk_addr) && !inMissQueue(blk_addr))
// we found a prefetch, return it
break;
DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "addr 0x%x in cache, skipping\n", pkt->getAddr());
delete pkt->req;
delete pkt;
if (pf.empty()) {
cache->deassertMemSideBusRequest(BaseCache::Request_PF);
return NULL; // None left, all were in cache
}
}
pfIssued++;
assert(pkt != NULL);
DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "returning 0x%x\n", pkt->getAddr());
return pkt;
}
Tick
BasePrefetcher::notify(PacketPtr &pkt, Tick time)
{
if (!pkt->req->isUncacheable() && !(pkt->req->isInstFetch() && onlyData)) {
// Calculate the blk address
Addr blk_addr = pkt->getAddr() & ~(Addr)(blkSize-1);
// Check if miss is in pfq, if so remove it
std::list<PacketPtr>::iterator iter = inPrefetch(blk_addr);
if (iter != pf.end()) {
DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "Saw a miss to a queued prefetch addr: "
"0x%x, removing it\n", blk_addr);
pfRemovedMSHR++;
delete (*iter)->req;
delete (*iter);
iter = pf.erase(iter);
if (pf.empty())
cache->deassertMemSideBusRequest(BaseCache::Request_PF);
}
// Remove anything in queue with delay older than time
// since everything is inserted in time order, start from end
// and work until pf.empty() or time is earlier
// This is done to emulate Aborting the previous work on a new miss
// Needed for serial calculators like GHB
if (serialSquash) {
iter = pf.end();
if (iter != pf.begin())
iter--;
while (!pf.empty() && ((*iter)->time >= time)) {
pfSquashed++;
DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "Squashing old prefetch addr: 0x%x\n",
(*iter)->getAddr());
delete (*iter)->req;
delete (*iter);
iter = pf.erase(iter);
if (iter != pf.begin())
iter--;
}
if (pf.empty())
cache->deassertMemSideBusRequest(BaseCache::Request_PF);
}
std::list<Addr> addresses;
std::list<Cycles> delays;
calculatePrefetch(pkt, addresses, delays);
std::list<Addr>::iterator addrIter = addresses.begin();
std::list<Cycles>::iterator delayIter = delays.begin();
for (; addrIter != addresses.end(); ++addrIter, ++delayIter) {
Addr addr = *addrIter;
pfIdentified++;
DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "Found a pf candidate addr: 0x%x, "
"inserting into prefetch queue with delay %d time %d\n",
addr, *delayIter, time);
// Check if it is already in the pf buffer
if (inPrefetch(addr) != pf.end()) {
pfBufferHit++;
DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "Prefetch addr already in pf buffer\n");
continue;
}
// create a prefetch memreq
Request *prefetchReq = new Request(*addrIter, blkSize, 0, masterId);
PacketPtr prefetch =
new Packet(prefetchReq, MemCmd::HardPFReq);
prefetch->allocate();
prefetch->req->setThreadContext(pkt->req->contextId(),
pkt->req->threadId());
prefetch->time = time + clock * *delayIter;
// We just remove the head if we are full
if (pf.size() == size) {
pfRemovedFull++;
PacketPtr old_pkt = *pf.begin();
DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "Prefetch queue full, "
"removing oldest 0x%x\n", old_pkt->getAddr());
delete old_pkt->req;
delete old_pkt;
pf.pop_front();
}
pf.push_back(prefetch);
}
}
return pf.empty() ? 0 : pf.front()->time;
}
std::list<PacketPtr>::iterator
BasePrefetcher::inPrefetch(Addr address)
{
// Guaranteed to only be one match, we always check before inserting
std::list<PacketPtr>::iterator iter;
for (iter = pf.begin(); iter != pf.end(); iter++) {
if (((*iter)->getAddr() & ~(Addr)(blkSize-1)) == address) {
return iter;
}
}
return pf.end();
}
bool
BasePrefetcher::samePage(Addr a, Addr b)
{
return roundDown(a, TheISA::VMPageSize) == roundDown(b, TheISA::VMPageSize);
}