History log of /gem5/src/cpu/pred/2bit_local.cc
Revision Date Author Comments
# 13981:577196ddd040 02-May-2019 Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>

arch, base, cpu, dev, mem, sim: Remove #if 0-ed out code.

This code will be preserved through version control, but otherwise
creates clutter and will rot in place since it's never compiled.

Change-Id: Id265f6deac445116843956ea5cf1210d8127274e
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/18608
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Reviewed-by: Brandon Potter <Brandon.Potter@amd.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>


# 13959:ea907b02c800 05-Apr-2019 Daniel <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>

cpu: Revamp saturating counters

Revamp the SatCounter class, improving comments, implementing
increment, decrement and read operators to solve an old todo,
and adding missing error checking.

Change-Id: Ia057c423c90652ebd966b6b91a3471b17800f933
Signed-off-by: Daniel <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/17992
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>


# 13626:d6a6358aa6db 05-Jan-2019 Jairo Balart <jairo.balart@metempsy.com>

cpu: Made TAGE a SimObject that can be used by other predictors

The TAGE implementation is now a SimObject so that other branch predictors
can easily use it. It has also been updated with the latest available TAGE
implementation from Andre Seznec:

http://www.irisa.fr/alf/downloads/seznec/TAGE-GSC-IMLI.tar

Change-Id: I2251b8b2d7f94124f9955f52b917dc3b064f090e
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/15317
Reviewed-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com>
Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>


# 12334:e0ab29a34764 30-Nov-2017 Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>

misc: Rename misc.(hh|cc) to logging.(hh|cc)

These files aren't a collection of miscellaneous stuff, they're the
definition of the Logger interface, and a few utility macros for
calling into that interface (panic, warn, etc.).

Change-Id: I84267ac3f45896a83c0ef027f8f19c5e9a5667d1
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/6226
Reviewed-by: Brandon Potter <Brandon.Potter@amd.com>
Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>


# 11793:ef606668d247 09-Nov-2016 Brandon Potter <brandon.potter@amd.com>

style: [patch 1/22] use /r/3648/ to reorganize includes


# 11783:f94c14fd6561 21-Dec-2016 Arthur Perais <arthur.perais@inria.fr>

cpu: disallow speculative update of branch predictor tables (o3)

The Minor and o3 cpu models share the branch prediction
code. Minor relies on the BPredUnit::squash() function
to update the branch predictor tables on a branch mispre-
diction. This is fine because Minor executes in-order, so
the update is on the correct path. However, this causes the
branch predictor to be updated on out-of-order branch
mispredictions when using the o3 model, which should not
be the case.

This patch guards against speculative update of the branch
prediction tables. On a branch misprediction, BPredUnit::squash()
calls BpredUnit::update(..., squashed = true). The underlying
branch predictor tests against the value of squashed. If it is
true, it restores any speculatively updated internal state
it might have (e.g., global/local branch history), then returns.
If false, it updates its prediction tables. Previously, exist-
ing predictors did not test against the "squashed" parameter.

To accomodate for this change, the Minor model must now call
BPredUnit::squash() then BPredUnit::update(..., squashed = false)
on branch mispredictions. Before, calling BpredUnit::squash()
performed the prediction tables update.

The effect is a slight MPKI improvement when using the o3
model. A further patch should perform the same modifications
for the indirect target predictor and BTB (less critical).

Signed-off-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>


# 11434:b5aed9d2d54e 05-Apr-2016 Mitch Hayenga <mitch.hayenga@arm.com>

cpu: Implement per-thread GHRs

Branch predictors that use GHRs should index them on a
per-thread basis. This makes that so.

This is a re-spin of fb51231 after the revert (bd1c6789).


# 11429:cf5af0cc3be4 06-Apr-2016 Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>

Revert power patch sets with unexpected interactions

The following patches had unexpected interactions with the current
upstream code and have been reverted for now:

e07fd01651f3: power: Add support for power models
831c7f2f9e39: power: Low-power idle power state for idle CPUs
4f749e00b667: power: Add power states to ClockedObject

Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>


# 11427:fb512311295e 05-Apr-2016 Curtis Dunham <Curtis.Dunham@arm.com>

cpu: Implement per-thread GHRs

Branch predictors that use GHRs should index them on a
per-thread basis. This makes that so.


# 10785:f56c10663a01 13-Apr-2015 Dibakar Gope <gope@wisc.edu>

cpu: re-organizes the branch predictor structure.

Committed by: Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>


# 9480:d059f8a95a42 24-Jan-2013 Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>, Timothy Jones <timothy.jones@cl.cam.ac.uk>

branch predictor: move out of o3 and inorder cpus
This patch moves the branch predictor files in the o3 and inorder directories
to src/cpu/pred. This allows sharing the branch predictor across different
cpu models.

This patch was originally posted by Timothy Jones in July 2010
but never made it to the repository.


# 8842:a02932e2e73d 13-Feb-2012 Mrinmoy Ghosh <mrinmoy.ghosh@arm.com>

BP: Fix several Branch Predictor issues.
1. Updates the Branch Predictor correctly to the state
just after a mispredicted branch, if a squash occurs.
2. If a BTB does not find an entry, the branch is predicted not taken.
The global history is modified to correctly reflect this prediction.
3. Local history is now updated at the fetch stage instead of
execute stage.
4. In the Update stage of the branch predictor the local predictors are
now correctly updated according to the state of local history during
fetch stage.

This patch also improves performance by as much as 17% on some benchmarks


# 8232:b28d06a175be 15-Apr-2011 Nathan Binkert <nate@binkert.org>

trace: reimplement the DTRACE function so it doesn't use a vector
At the same time, rename the trace flags to debug flags since they
have broader usage than simply tracing. This means that
--trace-flags is now --debug-flags and --trace-help is now --debug-help


# 6227:a17798f2a52c 05-Jun-2009 Nathan Binkert <nate@binkert.org>

types: clean up types, especially signed vs unsigned


# 6226:f1076450ab2b 05-Jun-2009 Nathan Binkert <nate@binkert.org>

move: put predictor includes and cc files into the same place