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authorDaniel <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>2018-11-13 20:59:50 +0100
committerDaniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>2018-11-15 16:52:44 +0000
commit359a2ef70996fb4ed64d09421344eef2e4c85ab1 (patch)
treefe69ccbf8f810200db532d5dedde23fe76458a10 /src/mem/cache
parent67e45b872a0bd268e3ce4158c25c6f27e8b0d42e (diff)
downloadgem5-359a2ef70996fb4ed64d09421344eef2e4c85ab1.tar.xz
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/mem/cache')
-rw-r--r--src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.cc20
-rw-r--r--src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.hh11
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.cc b/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.cc
index 3cea78ed7..a00b10a05 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.cc
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ StridePrefetcher::calculatePrefetch(const PacketPtr &pkt,
bool is_secure = pkt->isSecure();
MasterID master_id = useMasterId ? pkt->req->masterId() : 0;
- // Lookup pc-based information
- StrideEntry *entry;
+ // Search for entry in the pc table
+ StrideEntry *entry = findEntry(pc, is_secure, master_id);
- if (pcTableHit(pc, is_secure, master_id, entry)) {
+ if (entry != nullptr) {
// Hit in table
int new_stride = pkt_addr - entry->lastAddr;
bool stride_match = (new_stride == entry->stride);
@@ -198,22 +198,20 @@ StridePrefetcher::pcTableVictim(Addr pc, int master_id)
return &pcTable[master_id][set][way];
}
-inline bool
-StridePrefetcher::pcTableHit(Addr pc, bool is_secure, int master_id,
- StrideEntry* &entry)
+inline StridePrefetcher::StrideEntry*
+StridePrefetcher::findEntry(Addr pc, bool is_secure, int master_id)
{
int set = pcHash(pc);
StrideEntry* set_entries = pcTable[master_id][set];
for (int way = 0; way < pcTableAssoc; way++) {
+ StrideEntry* entry = &set_entries[way];
// Search ways for match
- if (set_entries[way].instAddr == pc &&
- set_entries[way].isSecure == is_secure) {
+ if ((entry->instAddr == pc) && (entry->isSecure == is_secure)) {
DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "Lookup hit table[%d][%d].\n", set, way);
- entry = &set_entries[way];
- return true;
+ return entry;
}
}
- return false;
+ return nullptr;
}
StridePrefetcher*
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;