mem-cache: Return entry in StridePrefetcher::pcTableHit()

Return a pointer to the entry instead of returning a
boolean and passing a pointer reference. As a side
effect, change the name of the function to be more
descriptive of the functionality.

Change-Id: Iad44979e98031754c1d0857b1790c0eaf77e9765
Signed-off-by: Daniel <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/14356
Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.hh b/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.hh
index 03ceec584..605b5432d 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.hh
@@ -110,7 +110,16 @@ class StridePrefetcher : public QueuedPrefetcher
     };
     PCTable pcTable;
 
-    bool pcTableHit(Addr pc, bool is_secure, int master_id, StrideEntry* &entry);
+    /**
+     * Search for an entry in the pc table.
+     *
+     * @param pc The PC to look for.
+     * @param is_secure True if the target memory space is secure.
+     * @param master_id The context.
+     * @return Pointer to the entry.
+     */
+    StrideEntry* findEntry(Addr pc, bool is_secure, int master_id);
+
     StrideEntry* pcTableVictim(Addr pc, int master_id);
 
     Addr pcHash(Addr pc) const;