/* * Copyright (c) 2014 The University of Wisconsin * * Copyright (c) 2006 INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en * Informatique et en Automatique / French National Research Institute * for Computer Science and Applied Mathematics) * * All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are * met: redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer; * redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution; * neither the name of the copyright holders nor the names of its * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from * this software without specific prior written permission. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. * * Authors: Vignyan Reddy, Dibakar Gope and Arthur Perais, * from André Seznec's code. */ /* @file * Implementation of a L-TAGE branch predictor */ #include "cpu/pred/ltage.hh" #include "base/intmath.hh" #include "base/logging.hh" #include "base/random.hh" #include "base/trace.hh" #include "debug/Fetch.hh" #include "debug/LTage.hh" LTAGE::LTAGE(const LTAGEParams *params) : TAGE(params), loopPredictor(params->loop_predictor) { } void LTAGE::init() { TAGE::init(); } //prediction bool LTAGE::predict(ThreadID tid, Addr branch_pc, bool cond_branch, void* &b) { LTageBranchInfo *bi = new LTageBranchInfo(*tage, *loopPredictor); b = (void*)(bi); bool pred_taken = tage->tagePredict(tid, branch_pc, cond_branch, bi->tageBranchInfo); pred_taken = loopPredictor->loopPredict(tid, branch_pc, cond_branch, bi->lpBranchInfo, pred_taken, instShiftAmt); if (cond_branch) { if (bi->lpBranchInfo->loopPredUsed) { bi->tageBranchInfo->provider = LOOP; } DPRINTF(LTage, "Predict for %lx: taken?:%d, loopTaken?:%d, " "loopValid?:%d, loopUseCounter:%d, tagePred:%d, altPred:%d\n", branch_pc, pred_taken, bi->lpBranchInfo->loopPred, bi->lpBranchInfo->loopPredValid, loopPredictor->getLoopUseCounter(), bi->tageBranchInfo->tagePred, bi->tageBranchInfo->altTaken); } // record final prediction bi->lpBranchInfo->predTaken = pred_taken; return pred_taken; } // PREDICTOR UPDATE void LTAGE::update(ThreadID tid, Addr branch_pc, bool taken, void* bp_history, bool squashed, const StaticInstPtr & inst, Addr corrTarget) { assert(bp_history); LTageBranchInfo* bi = static_cast(bp_history); assert(corrTarget != MaxAddr); if (squashed) { if (tage->isSpeculativeUpdateEnabled()) { // This restores the global history, then update it // and recomputes the folded histories. tage->squash(tid, taken, bi->tageBranchInfo, corrTarget); if (bi->tageBranchInfo->condBranch) { loopPredictor->squashLoop(bi->lpBranchInfo); } } return; } int nrand = random_mt.random() & 3; if (bi->tageBranchInfo->condBranch) { DPRINTF(LTage, "Updating tables for branch:%lx; taken?:%d\n", branch_pc, taken); tage->updateStats(taken, bi->tageBranchInfo); loopPredictor->updateStats(taken, bi->lpBranchInfo); loopPredictor->condBranchUpdate(tid, branch_pc, taken, bi->tageBranchInfo->tagePred, bi->lpBranchInfo, instShiftAmt); tage->condBranchUpdate(tid, branch_pc, taken, bi->tageBranchInfo, nrand, corrTarget, bi->lpBranchInfo->predTaken); } tage->updateHistories(tid, branch_pc, taken, bi->tageBranchInfo, false, inst, corrTarget); delete bi; } void LTAGE::squash(ThreadID tid, void *bp_history) { LTageBranchInfo* bi = (LTageBranchInfo*)(bp_history); if (bi->tageBranchInfo->condBranch) { loopPredictor->squash(tid, bi->lpBranchInfo); } TAGE::squash(tid, bp_history); } void LTAGE::regStats() { TAGE::regStats(); } LTAGE* LTAGEParams::create() { return new LTAGE(this); }