/** * Copyright (c) 2018 Inria * 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: Daniel Carvalho */ /** * @file * Declaration of a Re-Reference Interval Prediction replacement policy. * * Not-Recently Used (NRU) is an approximation of LRU that uses a single bit * to determine if a block is going to be re-referenced in the near or distant * future. * * Re-Reference Interval Prediction (RRIP) is an extension of NRU that uses a * re-reference prediction value to determine if blocks are going to be re- * used in the near future or not. * * The higher the value of the RRPV, the more distant the block is from * its next access. * * Bimodal Re-Reference Interval Prediction (BRRIP) is an extension of RRIP * that has a probability of not inserting blocks as the LRU. This probability * is controlled by the bimodal throtle parameter (btp). * * From the original paper, this implementation of RRIP is also called * Static RRIP (SRRIP), as it always inserts blocks with the same RRPV. */ #ifndef __MEM_CACHE_REPLACEMENT_POLICIES_BRRIP_RP_HH__ #define __MEM_CACHE_REPLACEMENT_POLICIES_BRRIP_RP_HH__ #include "mem/cache/replacement_policies/base.hh" #include "params/BRRIPRP.hh" class BRRIPRP : public BaseReplacementPolicy { protected: /** * Maximum Re-Reference Prediction Value possible. A block with this * value as the rrpv has the longest possible re-reference interval, * that is, it is likely not to be used in the near future, and is * among the best eviction candidates. * A maxRRPV of 1 implies in a NRU. */ const unsigned maxRRPV; /** * The hit priority (HP) policy replaces blocks that do not receive cache * hits over any cache block that receives a hit, while the frequency * priority (FP) policy replaces infrequently re-referenced blocks. */ const bool hitPriority; /** * Bimodal throtle parameter. Value in the range [0,100] used to decide * if a new block is inserted with long or distant re-reference. */ const unsigned btp; public: /** Convenience typedef. */ typedef BRRIPRPParams Params; /** * Construct and initiliaze this replacement policy. */ BRRIPRP(const Params *p); /** * Destructor. */ ~BRRIPRP() {} /** * Touch a block to update its replacement data. * * @param blk Cache block to be touched. */ void touch(CacheBlk *blk) override; /** * Reset replacement data for a block. Used when a block is inserted. * Sets the insertion tick, and update correspondent replacement data. * Set RRPV according to the insertion policy used. * * @param blk Cache block to be reset. */ void reset(CacheBlk *blk) override; /** * Find replacement victim using rrpv. * * @param cands Replacement candidates, selected by indexing policy. * @return Cache block to be replaced. */ CacheBlk* getVictim(const ReplacementCandidates& candidates) override; }; #endif // __MEM_CACHE_REPLACEMENT_POLICIES_BRRIP_RP_HH__