base: Add function to saturate SatCounter

Create a saturation function for the SatCounter that makes its
internal counter reach its maximum value.

Change-Id: Ibd30fa27c4ae2714dd48e3eba85addd035fb737c
Signed-off-by: Daniel R. Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/20451
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/base/sat_counter.test.cc b/src/base/sat_counter.test.cc
index dbdaf0ae6..817f2c7ac 100644
--- a/src/base/sat_counter.test.cc
+++ b/src/base/sat_counter.test.cc
@@ -97,6 +97,23 @@ TEST(SatCounterTest, SaturationPercentile)
 }
 
 /**
+ * Test abrupt saturation.
+ */
+TEST(SatCounterTest, Saturate)
+{
+    const unsigned bits = 3;
+    const unsigned max_value = (1 << bits) - 1;
+    SatCounter counter(bits);
+    counter++;
+    ASSERT_FALSE(counter.isSaturated());
+
+    // Make sure the value added is what was missing to saturate
+    const unsigned diff = counter.saturate();
+    ASSERT_EQ(diff, max_value - 1);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(counter.isSaturated());
+}
+
+/**
  * Test back and forth against an int.
  */
 TEST(SatCounterTest, IntComparison)