1/*
2 * Copyright (c) 2011-2012, 2014 ARM Limited
3 * Copyright (c) 2010 The University of Edinburgh
4 * All rights reserved
5 *
6 * The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
7 * not be construed as granting a license to any other intellectual
8 * property including but not limited to intellectual property relating
9 * to a hardware implementation of the functionality of the software
10 * licensed hereunder. You may use the software subject to the license
11 * terms below provided that you ensure that this notice is replicated
12 * unmodified and in its entirety in all distributions of the software,
13 * modified or unmodified, in source code or in binary form.
14 *
15 * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of The University of Michigan
16 * All rights reserved.
17 *
18 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
19 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
20 * met: redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
21 * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer;
22 * redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
23 * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
24 * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution;
25 * neither the name of the copyright holders nor the names of its
26 * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
27 * this software without specific prior written permission.
28 *
29 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
30 * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
31 * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
32 * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
33 * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
34 * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
35 * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
36 * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
37 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
38 * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
39 * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
40 *
41 * Authors: Kevin Lim
42 * Korey Sewell
43 * Timothy M. Jones
44 * Nilay Vaish
45 */
46
47#ifndef __CPU_PRED_BPRED_UNIT_HH__
48#define __CPU_PRED_BPRED_UNIT_HH__
49
50#include <deque>
51
52#include "base/statistics.hh"
53#include "base/types.hh"
54#include "cpu/pred/btb.hh"
55#include "cpu/pred/indirect.hh"
56#include "cpu/pred/ras.hh"
57#include "cpu/inst_seq.hh"
58#include "cpu/static_inst.hh"
59#include "params/BranchPredictor.hh"
60#include "sim/probe/pmu.hh"
61#include "sim/sim_object.hh"
62
63/**
64 * Basically a wrapper class to hold both the branch predictor
65 * and the BTB.
66 */
67class BPredUnit : public SimObject
68{
69 public:
70 typedef BranchPredictorParams Params;
71 /**
72 * @param params The params object, that has the size of the BP and BTB.
73 */
74 BPredUnit(const Params *p);
75
76 /**
77 * Registers statistics.
78 */
79 void regStats() override;
80
81 void regProbePoints() override;
82
83 /** Perform sanity checks after a drain. */
84 void drainSanityCheck() const;
85
86 /**
87 * Predicts whether or not the instruction is a taken branch, and the
88 * target of the branch if it is taken.
89 * @param inst The branch instruction.
90 * @param PC The predicted PC is passed back through this parameter.
91 * @param tid The thread id.
92 * @return Returns if the branch is taken or not.
93 */
94 bool predict(const StaticInstPtr &inst, const InstSeqNum &seqNum,
95 TheISA::PCState &pc, ThreadID tid);
96
97 // @todo: Rename this function.
98 virtual void uncondBranch(ThreadID tid, Addr pc, void * &bp_history) = 0;
99
100 /**
101 * Tells the branch predictor to commit any updates until the given
102 * sequence number.
103 * @param done_sn The sequence number to commit any older updates up until.
104 * @param tid The thread id.
105 */
106 void update(const InstSeqNum &done_sn, ThreadID tid);
107
108 /**
109 * Squashes all outstanding updates until a given sequence number.
110 * @param squashed_sn The sequence number to squash any younger updates up
111 * until.
112 * @param tid The thread id.
113 */
114 void squash(const InstSeqNum &squashed_sn, ThreadID tid);
115
116 /**
117 * Squashes all outstanding updates until a given sequence number, and
118 * corrects that sn's update with the proper address and taken/not taken.
119 * @param squashed_sn The sequence number to squash any younger updates up
120 * until.
121 * @param corr_target The correct branch target.
122 * @param actually_taken The correct branch direction.
123 * @param tid The thread id.
124 */
125 void squash(const InstSeqNum &squashed_sn,
126 const TheISA::PCState &corr_target,
127 bool actually_taken, ThreadID tid);
128
129 /**
130 * @param bp_history Pointer to the history object. The predictor
131 * will need to update any state and delete the object.
132 */
133 virtual void squash(ThreadID tid, void *bp_history) = 0;
134
135 /**
136 * Looks up a given PC in the BP to see if it is taken or not taken.
137 * @param inst_PC The PC to look up.
138 * @param bp_history Pointer that will be set to an object that
139 * has the branch predictor state associated with the lookup.
140 * @return Whether the branch is taken or not taken.
141 */
142 virtual bool lookup(ThreadID tid, Addr instPC, void * &bp_history) = 0;
143
144 /**
145 * If a branch is not taken, because the BTB address is invalid or missing,
146 * this function sets the appropriate counter in the global and local
147 * predictors to not taken.
148 * @param inst_PC The PC to look up the local predictor.
149 * @param bp_history Pointer that will be set to an object that
150 * has the branch predictor state associated with the lookup.
151 */
152 virtual void btbUpdate(ThreadID tid, Addr instPC, void * &bp_history) = 0;
153
154 /**
155 * Looks up a given PC in the BTB to see if a matching entry exists.
156 * @param inst_PC The PC to look up.
157 * @return Whether the BTB contains the given PC.
158 */
159 bool BTBValid(Addr instPC)
160 { return BTB.valid(instPC, 0); }
161
162 /**
163 * Looks up a given PC in the BTB to get the predicted target.
164 * @param inst_PC The PC to look up.
165 * @return The address of the target of the branch.
166 */
167 TheISA::PCState BTBLookup(Addr instPC)
168 { return BTB.lookup(instPC, 0); }
169
170 /**
171 * Updates the BP with taken/not taken information.
172 * @param inst_PC The branch's PC that will be updated.
173 * @param taken Whether the branch was taken or not taken.
174 * @param bp_history Pointer to the branch predictor state that is
175 * associated with the branch lookup that is being updated.
176 * @param squashed Set to true when this function is called during a
177 * squash operation.
| 1/*
2 * Copyright (c) 2011-2012, 2014 ARM Limited
3 * Copyright (c) 2010 The University of Edinburgh
4 * All rights reserved
5 *
6 * The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
7 * not be construed as granting a license to any other intellectual
8 * property including but not limited to intellectual property relating
9 * to a hardware implementation of the functionality of the software
10 * licensed hereunder. You may use the software subject to the license
11 * terms below provided that you ensure that this notice is replicated
12 * unmodified and in its entirety in all distributions of the software,
13 * modified or unmodified, in source code or in binary form.
14 *
15 * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of The University of Michigan
16 * All rights reserved.
17 *
18 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
19 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
20 * met: redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
21 * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer;
22 * redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
23 * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
24 * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution;
25 * neither the name of the copyright holders nor the names of its
26 * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
27 * this software without specific prior written permission.
28 *
29 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
30 * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
31 * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
32 * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
33 * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
34 * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
35 * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
36 * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
37 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
38 * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
39 * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
40 *
41 * Authors: Kevin Lim
42 * Korey Sewell
43 * Timothy M. Jones
44 * Nilay Vaish
45 */
46
47#ifndef __CPU_PRED_BPRED_UNIT_HH__
48#define __CPU_PRED_BPRED_UNIT_HH__
49
50#include <deque>
51
52#include "base/statistics.hh"
53#include "base/types.hh"
54#include "cpu/pred/btb.hh"
55#include "cpu/pred/indirect.hh"
56#include "cpu/pred/ras.hh"
57#include "cpu/inst_seq.hh"
58#include "cpu/static_inst.hh"
59#include "params/BranchPredictor.hh"
60#include "sim/probe/pmu.hh"
61#include "sim/sim_object.hh"
62
63/**
64 * Basically a wrapper class to hold both the branch predictor
65 * and the BTB.
66 */
67class BPredUnit : public SimObject
68{
69 public:
70 typedef BranchPredictorParams Params;
71 /**
72 * @param params The params object, that has the size of the BP and BTB.
73 */
74 BPredUnit(const Params *p);
75
76 /**
77 * Registers statistics.
78 */
79 void regStats() override;
80
81 void regProbePoints() override;
82
83 /** Perform sanity checks after a drain. */
84 void drainSanityCheck() const;
85
86 /**
87 * Predicts whether or not the instruction is a taken branch, and the
88 * target of the branch if it is taken.
89 * @param inst The branch instruction.
90 * @param PC The predicted PC is passed back through this parameter.
91 * @param tid The thread id.
92 * @return Returns if the branch is taken or not.
93 */
94 bool predict(const StaticInstPtr &inst, const InstSeqNum &seqNum,
95 TheISA::PCState &pc, ThreadID tid);
96
97 // @todo: Rename this function.
98 virtual void uncondBranch(ThreadID tid, Addr pc, void * &bp_history) = 0;
99
100 /**
101 * Tells the branch predictor to commit any updates until the given
102 * sequence number.
103 * @param done_sn The sequence number to commit any older updates up until.
104 * @param tid The thread id.
105 */
106 void update(const InstSeqNum &done_sn, ThreadID tid);
107
108 /**
109 * Squashes all outstanding updates until a given sequence number.
110 * @param squashed_sn The sequence number to squash any younger updates up
111 * until.
112 * @param tid The thread id.
113 */
114 void squash(const InstSeqNum &squashed_sn, ThreadID tid);
115
116 /**
117 * Squashes all outstanding updates until a given sequence number, and
118 * corrects that sn's update with the proper address and taken/not taken.
119 * @param squashed_sn The sequence number to squash any younger updates up
120 * until.
121 * @param corr_target The correct branch target.
122 * @param actually_taken The correct branch direction.
123 * @param tid The thread id.
124 */
125 void squash(const InstSeqNum &squashed_sn,
126 const TheISA::PCState &corr_target,
127 bool actually_taken, ThreadID tid);
128
129 /**
130 * @param bp_history Pointer to the history object. The predictor
131 * will need to update any state and delete the object.
132 */
133 virtual void squash(ThreadID tid, void *bp_history) = 0;
134
135 /**
136 * Looks up a given PC in the BP to see if it is taken or not taken.
137 * @param inst_PC The PC to look up.
138 * @param bp_history Pointer that will be set to an object that
139 * has the branch predictor state associated with the lookup.
140 * @return Whether the branch is taken or not taken.
141 */
142 virtual bool lookup(ThreadID tid, Addr instPC, void * &bp_history) = 0;
143
144 /**
145 * If a branch is not taken, because the BTB address is invalid or missing,
146 * this function sets the appropriate counter in the global and local
147 * predictors to not taken.
148 * @param inst_PC The PC to look up the local predictor.
149 * @param bp_history Pointer that will be set to an object that
150 * has the branch predictor state associated with the lookup.
151 */
152 virtual void btbUpdate(ThreadID tid, Addr instPC, void * &bp_history) = 0;
153
154 /**
155 * Looks up a given PC in the BTB to see if a matching entry exists.
156 * @param inst_PC The PC to look up.
157 * @return Whether the BTB contains the given PC.
158 */
159 bool BTBValid(Addr instPC)
160 { return BTB.valid(instPC, 0); }
161
162 /**
163 * Looks up a given PC in the BTB to get the predicted target.
164 * @param inst_PC The PC to look up.
165 * @return The address of the target of the branch.
166 */
167 TheISA::PCState BTBLookup(Addr instPC)
168 { return BTB.lookup(instPC, 0); }
169
170 /**
171 * Updates the BP with taken/not taken information.
172 * @param inst_PC The branch's PC that will be updated.
173 * @param taken Whether the branch was taken or not taken.
174 * @param bp_history Pointer to the branch predictor state that is
175 * associated with the branch lookup that is being updated.
176 * @param squashed Set to true when this function is called during a
177 * squash operation.
|
| 178 * @param inst Static instruction information
179 * @param corrTarget The resolved target of the branch (only needed
180 * for squashed branches)
|
178 * @todo Make this update flexible enough to handle a global predictor.
179 */
180 virtual void update(ThreadID tid, Addr instPC, bool taken,
| 181 * @todo Make this update flexible enough to handle a global predictor.
182 */
183 virtual void update(ThreadID tid, Addr instPC, bool taken,
|
181 void *bp_history, bool squashed) = 0;
| 184 void *bp_history, bool squashed,
185 const StaticInstPtr & inst = StaticInst::nullStaticInstPtr,
186 Addr corrTarget = MaxAddr) = 0;
|
182 /**
183 * Updates the BTB with the target of a branch.
184 * @param inst_PC The branch's PC that will be updated.
185 * @param target_PC The branch's target that will be added to the BTB.
186 */
187 void BTBUpdate(Addr instPC, const TheISA::PCState &target)
188 { BTB.update(instPC, target, 0); }
189
190
191 virtual unsigned getGHR(ThreadID tid, void* bp_history) const { return 0; }
192
193 void dump();
194
195 private:
196 struct PredictorHistory {
197 /**
198 * Makes a predictor history struct that contains any
199 * information needed to update the predictor, BTB, and RAS.
200 */
201 PredictorHistory(const InstSeqNum &seq_num, Addr instPC,
202 bool pred_taken, void *bp_history,
| 187 /**
188 * Updates the BTB with the target of a branch.
189 * @param inst_PC The branch's PC that will be updated.
190 * @param target_PC The branch's target that will be added to the BTB.
191 */
192 void BTBUpdate(Addr instPC, const TheISA::PCState &target)
193 { BTB.update(instPC, target, 0); }
194
195
196 virtual unsigned getGHR(ThreadID tid, void* bp_history) const { return 0; }
197
198 void dump();
199
200 private:
201 struct PredictorHistory {
202 /**
203 * Makes a predictor history struct that contains any
204 * information needed to update the predictor, BTB, and RAS.
205 */
206 PredictorHistory(const InstSeqNum &seq_num, Addr instPC,
207 bool pred_taken, void *bp_history,
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203 ThreadID _tid)
| 208 ThreadID _tid, const StaticInstPtr & inst)
|
204 : seqNum(seq_num), pc(instPC), bpHistory(bp_history), RASTarget(0),
205 RASIndex(0), tid(_tid), predTaken(pred_taken), usedRAS(0), pushedRAS(0),
| 209 : seqNum(seq_num), pc(instPC), bpHistory(bp_history), RASTarget(0),
210 RASIndex(0), tid(_tid), predTaken(pred_taken), usedRAS(0), pushedRAS(0),
|
206 wasCall(0), wasReturn(0), wasIndirect(0)
| 211 wasCall(0), wasReturn(0), wasIndirect(0),
212 target(MaxAddr), inst(inst)
|
207 {}
208
209 bool operator==(const PredictorHistory &entry) const {
210 return this->seqNum == entry.seqNum;
211 }
212
213 /** The sequence number for the predictor history entry. */
214 InstSeqNum seqNum;
215
216 /** The PC associated with the sequence number. */
217 Addr pc;
218
219 /** Pointer to the history object passed back from the branch
220 * predictor. It is used to update or restore state of the
221 * branch predictor.
222 */
223 void *bpHistory;
224
225 /** The RAS target (only valid if a return). */
226 TheISA::PCState RASTarget;
227
228 /** The RAS index of the instruction (only valid if a call). */
229 unsigned RASIndex;
230
231 /** The thread id. */
232 ThreadID tid;
233
234 /** Whether or not it was predicted taken. */
235 bool predTaken;
236
237 /** Whether or not the RAS was used. */
238 bool usedRAS;
239
240 /* Whether or not the RAS was pushed */
241 bool pushedRAS;
242
243 /** Whether or not the instruction was a call. */
244 bool wasCall;
245
246 /** Whether or not the instruction was a return. */
247 bool wasReturn;
248
249 /** Wether this instruction was an indirect branch */
250 bool wasIndirect;
| 213 {}
214
215 bool operator==(const PredictorHistory &entry) const {
216 return this->seqNum == entry.seqNum;
217 }
218
219 /** The sequence number for the predictor history entry. */
220 InstSeqNum seqNum;
221
222 /** The PC associated with the sequence number. */
223 Addr pc;
224
225 /** Pointer to the history object passed back from the branch
226 * predictor. It is used to update or restore state of the
227 * branch predictor.
228 */
229 void *bpHistory;
230
231 /** The RAS target (only valid if a return). */
232 TheISA::PCState RASTarget;
233
234 /** The RAS index of the instruction (only valid if a call). */
235 unsigned RASIndex;
236
237 /** The thread id. */
238 ThreadID tid;
239
240 /** Whether or not it was predicted taken. */
241 bool predTaken;
242
243 /** Whether or not the RAS was used. */
244 bool usedRAS;
245
246 /* Whether or not the RAS was pushed */
247 bool pushedRAS;
248
249 /** Whether or not the instruction was a call. */
250 bool wasCall;
251
252 /** Whether or not the instruction was a return. */
253 bool wasReturn;
254
255 /** Wether this instruction was an indirect branch */
256 bool wasIndirect;
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| 257
258 /** Target of the branch. First it is predicted, and fixed later
259 * if necessary
260 */
261 Addr target;
262
263 /** The branch instrction */
264 const StaticInstPtr inst;
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251 };
252
253 typedef std::deque<PredictorHistory> History;
254
255 /** Number of the threads for which the branch history is maintained. */
256 const unsigned numThreads;
257
258
259 /**
260 * The per-thread predictor history. This is used to update the predictor
261 * as instructions are committed, or restore it to the proper state after
262 * a squash.
263 */
264 std::vector<History> predHist;
265
266 /** The BTB. */
267 DefaultBTB BTB;
268
269 /** The per-thread return address stack. */
270 std::vector<ReturnAddrStack> RAS;
271
272 /** Option to disable indirect predictor. */
273 const bool useIndirect;
274
275 /** The indirect target predictor. */
276 IndirectPredictor iPred;
277
278 /** Stat for number of BP lookups. */
279 Stats::Scalar lookups;
280 /** Stat for number of conditional branches predicted. */
281 Stats::Scalar condPredicted;
282 /** Stat for number of conditional branches predicted incorrectly. */
283 Stats::Scalar condIncorrect;
284 /** Stat for number of BTB lookups. */
285 Stats::Scalar BTBLookups;
286 /** Stat for number of BTB hits. */
287 Stats::Scalar BTBHits;
288 /** Stat for number of times the BTB is correct. */
289 Stats::Scalar BTBCorrect;
290 /** Stat for percent times an entry in BTB found. */
291 Stats::Formula BTBHitPct;
292 /** Stat for number of times the RAS is used to get a target. */
293 Stats::Scalar usedRAS;
294 /** Stat for number of times the RAS is incorrect. */
295 Stats::Scalar RASIncorrect;
296
297 /** Stat for the number of indirect target lookups.*/
298 Stats::Scalar indirectLookups;
299 /** Stat for the number of indirect target hits.*/
300 Stats::Scalar indirectHits;
301 /** Stat for the number of indirect target misses.*/
302 Stats::Scalar indirectMisses;
303 /** Stat for the number of indirect target mispredictions.*/
304 Stats::Scalar indirectMispredicted;
305
306 protected:
307 /** Number of bits to shift instructions by for predictor addresses. */
308 const unsigned instShiftAmt;
309
310 /**
311 * @{
312 * @name PMU Probe points.
313 */
314
315 /**
316 * Helper method to instantiate probe points belonging to this
317 * object.
318 *
319 * @param name Name of the probe point.
320 * @return A unique_ptr to the new probe point.
321 */
322 ProbePoints::PMUUPtr pmuProbePoint(const char *name);
323
324
325 /**
326 * Branches seen by the branch predictor
327 *
328 * @note This counter includes speculative branches.
329 */
330 ProbePoints::PMUUPtr ppBranches;
331
332 /** Miss-predicted branches */
333 ProbePoints::PMUUPtr ppMisses;
334
335 /** @} */
336};
337
338#endif // __CPU_PRED_BPRED_UNIT_HH__
| 265 };
266
267 typedef std::deque<PredictorHistory> History;
268
269 /** Number of the threads for which the branch history is maintained. */
270 const unsigned numThreads;
271
272
273 /**
274 * The per-thread predictor history. This is used to update the predictor
275 * as instructions are committed, or restore it to the proper state after
276 * a squash.
277 */
278 std::vector<History> predHist;
279
280 /** The BTB. */
281 DefaultBTB BTB;
282
283 /** The per-thread return address stack. */
284 std::vector<ReturnAddrStack> RAS;
285
286 /** Option to disable indirect predictor. */
287 const bool useIndirect;
288
289 /** The indirect target predictor. */
290 IndirectPredictor iPred;
291
292 /** Stat for number of BP lookups. */
293 Stats::Scalar lookups;
294 /** Stat for number of conditional branches predicted. */
295 Stats::Scalar condPredicted;
296 /** Stat for number of conditional branches predicted incorrectly. */
297 Stats::Scalar condIncorrect;
298 /** Stat for number of BTB lookups. */
299 Stats::Scalar BTBLookups;
300 /** Stat for number of BTB hits. */
301 Stats::Scalar BTBHits;
302 /** Stat for number of times the BTB is correct. */
303 Stats::Scalar BTBCorrect;
304 /** Stat for percent times an entry in BTB found. */
305 Stats::Formula BTBHitPct;
306 /** Stat for number of times the RAS is used to get a target. */
307 Stats::Scalar usedRAS;
308 /** Stat for number of times the RAS is incorrect. */
309 Stats::Scalar RASIncorrect;
310
311 /** Stat for the number of indirect target lookups.*/
312 Stats::Scalar indirectLookups;
313 /** Stat for the number of indirect target hits.*/
314 Stats::Scalar indirectHits;
315 /** Stat for the number of indirect target misses.*/
316 Stats::Scalar indirectMisses;
317 /** Stat for the number of indirect target mispredictions.*/
318 Stats::Scalar indirectMispredicted;
319
320 protected:
321 /** Number of bits to shift instructions by for predictor addresses. */
322 const unsigned instShiftAmt;
323
324 /**
325 * @{
326 * @name PMU Probe points.
327 */
328
329 /**
330 * Helper method to instantiate probe points belonging to this
331 * object.
332 *
333 * @param name Name of the probe point.
334 * @return A unique_ptr to the new probe point.
335 */
336 ProbePoints::PMUUPtr pmuProbePoint(const char *name);
337
338
339 /**
340 * Branches seen by the branch predictor
341 *
342 * @note This counter includes speculative branches.
343 */
344 ProbePoints::PMUUPtr ppBranches;
345
346 /** Miss-predicted branches */
347 ProbePoints::PMUUPtr ppMisses;
348
349 /** @} */
350};
351
352#endif // __CPU_PRED_BPRED_UNIT_HH__
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