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authorGiacomo Gabrielli <giacomo.gabrielli@arm.com>2018-10-16 16:04:08 +0100
committerGiacomo Gabrielli <giacomo.gabrielli@arm.com>2019-01-30 16:57:54 +0000
commit25474167e5b247d1b91fbf802c5b396a63ae705e (patch)
treeb509597b23d792734f55c33b8125eebfbd9cd3a5 /src/cpu/exec_context.hh
parentc6f5db8743f19b02a38146d9cf2a829883387008 (diff)
downloadgem5-25474167e5b247d1b91fbf802c5b396a63ae705e.tar.xz
arch,cpu: Add vector predicate registers
Latest-gen. vector/SIMD extensions, including the Arm Scalable Vector Extension (SVE), introduce the notion of a predicate register file. This changeset adds this feature across architectures and CPU models. Change-Id: Iebcadbad89c0a582ff8b1b70de353305db603946 Signed-off-by: Giacomo Gabrielli <giacomo.gabrielli@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/13715 Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
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diff --git a/src/cpu/exec_context.hh b/src/cpu/exec_context.hh
index 75f428b87..87af91623 100644
--- a/src/cpu/exec_context.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/exec_context.hh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
- * Copyright (c) 2014, 2016 ARM Limited
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 2016-2017 ARM Limited
* All rights reserved
*
* The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ class ExecContext {
typedef TheISA::CCReg CCReg;
using VecRegContainer = TheISA::VecRegContainer;
using VecElem = TheISA::VecElem;
+ using VecPredRegContainer = TheISA::VecPredRegContainer;
public:
/**
@@ -168,6 +169,22 @@ class ExecContext {
const VecElem val) = 0;
/** @} */
+ /** Predicate registers interface. */
+ /** @{ */
+ /** Reads source predicate register operand. */
+ virtual const VecPredRegContainer&
+ readVecPredRegOperand(const StaticInst *si, int idx) const = 0;
+
+ /** Gets destination predicate register operand for modification. */
+ virtual VecPredRegContainer&
+ getWritableVecPredRegOperand(const StaticInst *si, int idx) = 0;
+
+ /** Sets a destination predicate register operand to a value. */
+ virtual void
+ setVecPredRegOperand(const StaticInst *si, int idx,
+ const VecPredRegContainer& val) = 0;
+ /** @} */
+
/**
* @{
* @name Condition Code Registers