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authorAnis Peysieux <anis.peysieux@inria.fr>2019-04-09 16:26:53 +0200
committerAnis Peysieux <anis.peysieux@gmail.com>2019-04-11 15:34:46 +0000
commit04bc162f152b4a67aad921b4965353cb73cbc820 (patch)
tree9784e7db9e584d6d42bab1fe2b6322e544b1ddaf
parent740756e97736ad6b65dcb651c2f1f69cc1282781 (diff)
downloadgem5-04bc162f152b4a67aad921b4965353cb73cbc820.tar.xz
mem-cache: Fix RRPV for RRIP
The RRPV values for RRIP and NRU replacment policies. Long re-rereference interval was used instead of distant re-rereference interval and vice-versa. The btp value permit to choose beetwen distant and long insertion ratio. A btp value of 0 force the policy to always insert at a distant re-reference interval and a btp value of 100 force the policy to always insert at a long (intermediate) re-rereference interval. Change-Id: I516098f73942b769dcc31fe0edfe07c3e9c3effd Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/17851 Reviewed-by: Daniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br> Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
-rw-r--r--src/mem/cache/replacement_policies/ReplacementPolicies.py4
-rw-r--r--src/mem/cache/replacement_policies/brrip_rp.hh4
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/replacement_policies/ReplacementPolicies.py b/src/mem/cache/replacement_policies/ReplacementPolicies.py
index 0bbf1d16b..f40d1459b 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/replacement_policies/ReplacementPolicies.py
+++ b/src/mem/cache/replacement_policies/ReplacementPolicies.py
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ class BRRIPRP(BaseReplacementPolicy):
"Percentage of blocks to be inserted with long RRPV")
class RRIPRP(BRRIPRP):
- btp = 0
+ btp = 100
class NRURP(BRRIPRP):
- btp = 0
+ btp = 100
max_RRPV = 1
class TreePLRURP(BaseReplacementPolicy):
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/replacement_policies/brrip_rp.hh b/src/mem/cache/replacement_policies/brrip_rp.hh
index 9374742c1..d3746644f 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/replacement_policies/brrip_rp.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/replacement_policies/brrip_rp.hh
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ class BRRIPRP : public BaseReplacementPolicy
{
/**
* Re-Reference Interval Prediction Value.
+ * Some values have specific names (according to the paper):
+ * 0 -> near-immediate re-rereference interval
+ * max_RRPV-1 -> long re-rereference interval
+ * max_RRPV -> distant re-rereference interval
* A value equal to max_RRPV + 1 indicates an invalid entry.
*/
int rrpv;