Track the PC of the cache data stored in fetch so it doesn't access memory multiple times if information is already in fetch.

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extra : convert_revision : 00b160b255e998cf99286bcc21894110c7642624

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/cpu/o3/fetch_impl.hh b/src/cpu/o3/fetch_impl.hh
index de883b5ba..a430f4472 100644
--- a/src/cpu/o3/fetch_impl.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/fetch_impl.hh
@@ -517,6 +517,11 @@ DefaultFetch<Impl>::fetchCacheLine(Addr fetch_PC, Fault &ret_fault, unsigned tid
     // Align the fetch PC so it's at the start of a cache block.
     fetch_PC = icacheBlockAlignPC(fetch_PC);
 
+    // If we've already got the block, no need to try to fetch it again.
+    if (fetch_PC == cacheDataPC[tid]) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     // Setup the memReq to do a read of the first instruction's address.
     // Set the appropriate read size and flags as well.
     // Build request here.
@@ -550,6 +555,8 @@ DefaultFetch<Impl>::fetchCacheLine(Addr fetch_PC, Fault &ret_fault, unsigned tid
                                         Packet::ReadReq, Packet::Broadcast);
         data_pkt->dataStatic(cacheData[tid]);
 
+        cacheDataPC[tid] = fetch_PC;
+
         DPRINTF(Fetch, "Fetch: Doing instruction read.\n");
 
         fetchedCacheLines++;