/* * Copyright (c) 2004-2006 The Regents of The University of Michigan * 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: Kevin Lim */ #ifndef __CPU_O3_2BIT_LOCAL_PRED_HH__ #define __CPU_O3_2BIT_LOCAL_PRED_HH__ #include #include "base/types.hh" #include "cpu/o3/sat_counter.hh" /** * Implements a local predictor that uses the PC to index into a table of * counters. Note that any time a pointer to the bp_history is given, it * should be NULL using this predictor because it does not have any branch * predictor state that needs to be recorded or updated; the update can be * determined solely by the branch being taken or not taken. */ class LocalBP { public: /** * Default branch predictor constructor. * @param localPredictorSize Size of the local predictor. * @param localCtrBits Number of bits per counter. * @param instShiftAmt Offset amount for instructions to ignore alignment. */ LocalBP(unsigned localPredictorSize, unsigned localCtrBits, unsigned instShiftAmt); /** * Looks up the given address in the branch predictor and returns * a true/false value as to whether it is taken. * @param branch_addr The address of the branch to look up. * @param bp_history Pointer to any bp history state. * @return Whether or not the branch is taken. */ bool lookup(Addr &branch_addr, void * &bp_history); /** * Updates the branch predictor with the actual result of a branch. * @param branch_addr The address of the branch to update. * @param taken Whether or not the branch was taken. */ void update(Addr &branch_addr, bool taken, void *bp_history); void squash(void *bp_history) { assert(bp_history == NULL); } void reset(); private: /** * Returns the taken/not taken prediction given the value of the * counter. * @param count The value of the counter. * @return The prediction based on the counter value. */ inline bool getPrediction(uint8_t &count); /** Calculates the local index based on the PC. */ inline unsigned getLocalIndex(Addr &PC); /** Array of counters that make up the local predictor. */ std::vector localCtrs; /** Size of the local predictor. */ unsigned localPredictorSize; /** Number of sets. */ unsigned localPredictorSets; /** Number of bits of the local predictor's counters. */ unsigned localCtrBits; /** Number of bits to shift the PC when calculating index. */ unsigned instShiftAmt; /** Mask to get index bits. */ unsigned indexMask; }; #endif // __CPU_O3_2BIT_LOCAL_PRED_HH__