xref: /gem5/src/cpu/pred/BranchPredictor.py

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# Authors: Nilay Vaish and Dibakar Gope

from m5.SimObject import SimObject
from m5.params import *
from m5.proxy import *

class BranchPredictor(SimObject):
    type = 'BranchPredictor'
    cxx_class = 'BPredUnit'
    cxx_header = "cpu/pred/bpred_unit.hh"
    abstract = True

    numThreads = Param.Unsigned(Parent.numThreads, "Number of threads")
    BTBEntries = Param.Unsigned(4096, "Number of BTB entries")
    BTBTagSize = Param.Unsigned(16, "Size of the BTB tags, in bits")
    RASSize = Param.Unsigned(16, "RAS size")
    instShiftAmt = Param.Unsigned(2, "Number of bits to shift instructions by")

    useIndirect = Param.Bool(True, "Use indirect branch predictor")
    indirectHashGHR = Param.Bool(True, "Hash branch predictor GHR")
    indirectHashTargets = Param.Bool(True, "Hash path history targets")
    indirectSets = Param.Unsigned(256, "Cache sets for indirect predictor")
    indirectWays = Param.Unsigned(2, "Ways for indirect predictor")
    indirectTagSize = Param.Unsigned(16, "Indirect target cache tag bits")
    indirectPathLength = Param.Unsigned(3,
        "Previous indirect targets to use for path history")



class LocalBP(BranchPredictor):
    type = 'LocalBP'
    cxx_class = 'LocalBP'
    cxx_header = "cpu/pred/2bit_local.hh"

    localPredictorSize = Param.Unsigned(2048, "Size of local predictor")
    localCtrBits = Param.Unsigned(2, "Bits per counter")


class TournamentBP(BranchPredictor):
    type = 'TournamentBP'
    cxx_class = 'TournamentBP'
    cxx_header = "cpu/pred/tournament.hh"

    localPredictorSize = Param.Unsigned(2048, "Size of local predictor")
    localCtrBits = Param.Unsigned(2, "Bits per counter")
    localHistoryTableSize = Param.Unsigned(2048, "size of local history table")
    globalPredictorSize = Param.Unsigned(8192, "Size of global predictor")
    globalCtrBits = Param.Unsigned(2, "Bits per counter")
    choicePredictorSize = Param.Unsigned(8192, "Size of choice predictor")
    choiceCtrBits = Param.Unsigned(2, "Bits of choice counters")


class BiModeBP(BranchPredictor):
    type = 'BiModeBP'
    cxx_class = 'BiModeBP'
    cxx_header = "cpu/pred/bi_mode.hh"

    globalPredictorSize = Param.Unsigned(8192, "Size of global predictor")
    globalCtrBits = Param.Unsigned(2, "Bits per counter")
    choicePredictorSize = Param.Unsigned(8192, "Size of choice predictor")
    choiceCtrBits = Param.Unsigned(2, "Bits of choice counters")

# TAGE branch predictor as described in https://www.jilp.org/vol8/v8paper1.pdf
# The default sizes below are for the 8C-TAGE configuration (63.5 Kbits)
class TAGE(BranchPredictor):
    type = 'TAGE'
    cxx_class = 'TAGE'
    cxx_header = "cpu/pred/tage.hh"

    nHistoryTables = Param.Unsigned(7, "Number of history tables")
    minHist = Param.Unsigned(5, "Minimum history size of LTAGE")
    maxHist = Param.Unsigned(130, "Maximum history size of LTAGE")

    tagTableTagWidths = VectorParam.Unsigned(
        [0, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12], "Tag size in TAGE tag tables")
    logTagTableSizes = VectorParam.Int(
        [13, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9], "Log2 of TAGE table sizes")
    logRatioBiModalHystEntries = Param.Unsigned(2,
        "Log num of prediction entries for a shared hysteresis bit " \
        "for the Bimodal")

    tagTableCounterBits = Param.Unsigned(3, "Number of tag table counter bits")
    tagTableUBits = Param.Unsigned(2, "Number of tag table u bits")

    histBufferSize = Param.Unsigned(2097152,
            "A large number to track all branch histories(2MEntries default)")

    pathHistBits = Param.Unsigned(16, "Path history size")
    logUResetPeriod = Param.Unsigned(18,
        "Log period in number of branches to reset TAGE useful counters")
    useAltOnNaBits = Param.Unsigned(4, "Size of the USE_ALT_ON_NA counter")


# LTAGE branch predictor as described in
# https://www.irisa.fr/caps/people/seznec/L-TAGE.pdf
# It is basically a TAGE predictor plus a loop predictor
# The differnt TAGE sizes are updated according to the paper values (256 Kbits)
class LTAGE(TAGE):
    type = 'LTAGE'
    cxx_class = 'LTAGE'
    cxx_header = "cpu/pred/ltage.hh"

    nHistoryTables = 12
    minHist = 4
    maxHist = 640
    tagTableTagWidths = [0, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12, 13, 14, 15]
    logTagTableSizes = [14, 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 11, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 9]
    logUResetPeriod = 19

    logSizeLoopPred = Param.Unsigned(8, "Log size of the loop predictor")
    withLoopBits = Param.Unsigned(7, "Size of the WITHLOOP counter")
    loopTableAgeBits = Param.Unsigned(8, "Number of age bits per loop entry")
    loopTableConfidenceBits = Param.Unsigned(2,
            "Number of confidence bits per loop entry")
    loopTableTagBits = Param.Unsigned(14, "Number of tag bits per loop entry")
    loopTableIterBits = Param.Unsigned(14, "Nuber of iteration bits per loop")
    logLoopTableAssoc = Param.Unsigned(2, "Log loop predictor associativity")