/** * Copyright (c) 2018 Metempsy Technology Consulting * 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: Javier Bueno */ #include "mem/cache/prefetch/signature_path_v2.hh" #include #include "debug/HWPrefetch.hh" #include "mem/cache/prefetch/associative_set_impl.hh" #include "params/SignaturePathPrefetcherV2.hh" SignaturePathPrefetcherV2::SignaturePathPrefetcherV2( const SignaturePathPrefetcherV2Params *p) : SignaturePathPrefetcher(p), globalHistoryRegister(p->global_history_register_entries, p->global_history_register_entries, p->global_history_register_indexing_policy, p->global_history_register_replacement_policy, GlobalHistoryEntry()) { } void SignaturePathPrefetcherV2::handleSignatureTableMiss(stride_t current_block, signature_t &new_signature, double &new_conf, stride_t &new_stride) { bool found = false; // This should return all entries of the GHR, since it is a fully // associative table std::vector all_ghr_entries = globalHistoryRegister.getPossibleEntries(0 /* any value works */); for (auto gh_entry : all_ghr_entries) { if (gh_entry->lastBlock + gh_entry->delta == current_block) { new_signature = gh_entry->signature; new_conf = gh_entry->confidence; new_stride = gh_entry->delta; found = true; globalHistoryRegister.accessEntry(gh_entry); break; } } if (!found) { new_signature = current_block; new_conf = 1.0; new_stride = current_block; } } double SignaturePathPrefetcherV2::calculateLookaheadConfidence( PatternEntry const &sig, PatternStrideEntry const &lookahead) const { if (sig.counter == 0) return 0.0; return (((double) usefulPrefetches) / issuedPrefetches) * (((double) lookahead.counter) / sig.counter); } double SignaturePathPrefetcherV2::calculatePrefetchConfidence(PatternEntry const &sig, PatternStrideEntry const &entry) const { if (sig.counter == 0) return 0.0; return ((double) entry.counter) / sig.counter; } void SignaturePathPrefetcherV2::increasePatternEntryCounter( PatternEntry &pattern_entry, PatternStrideEntry &pstride_entry) { if (pattern_entry.counter.isSaturated()) { pattern_entry.counter >>= 1; for (auto &entry : pattern_entry.strideEntries) { entry.counter >>= 1; } } if (pstride_entry.counter.isSaturated()) { pattern_entry.counter >>= 1; for (auto &entry : pattern_entry.strideEntries) { entry.counter >>= 1; } } pattern_entry.counter++; pstride_entry.counter++; } void SignaturePathPrefetcherV2::handlePageCrossingLookahead(signature_t signature, stride_t last_offset, stride_t delta, double path_confidence) { // Always use the replacement policy to assign new entries, as all // of them are unique, there are never "hits" in the GHR GlobalHistoryEntry *gh_entry = globalHistoryRegister.findVictim(0); assert(gh_entry != nullptr); // Any address value works, as it is never used globalHistoryRegister.insertEntry(0, false, gh_entry); gh_entry->signature = signature; gh_entry->lastBlock = last_offset; gh_entry->delta = delta; gh_entry->confidence = path_confidence; } SignaturePathPrefetcherV2* SignaturePathPrefetcherV2Params::create() { return new SignaturePathPrefetcherV2(this); }