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author | Korey Sewell <ksewell@umich.edu> | 2011-06-19 21:43:37 -0400 |
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committer | Korey Sewell <ksewell@umich.edu> | 2011-06-19 21:43:37 -0400 |
commit | 89d0f95bf02489ab8fed382af2f104c4788b8db6 (patch) | |
tree | e0ae62c3c28b5c902bcf5320b81393486335c5d7 /src | |
parent | 479195d4cf5d52138a1dc3cf1e5ffe588c6e924f (diff) | |
download | gem5-89d0f95bf02489ab8fed382af2f104c4788b8db6.tar.xz |
inorder: branch predictor update
only update BTB on a taken branch and update branch predictor w/pcstate from instruction
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only pay attention to branch predictor updates if the the inst. is in fact a branch
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r-- | src/cpu/inorder/cpu.cc | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | src/cpu/inorder/pipeline_stage.cc | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | src/cpu/inorder/resources/bpred_unit.cc | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | src/cpu/inorder/resources/branch_predictor.cc | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | src/cpu/inorder/resources/fetch_seq_unit.cc | 6 |
5 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/cpu/inorder/cpu.cc b/src/cpu/inorder/cpu.cc index 03c44ea86..75e9e06d9 100644 --- a/src/cpu/inorder/cpu.cc +++ b/src/cpu/inorder/cpu.cc @@ -506,6 +506,9 @@ InOrderCPU::createBackEndSked(DynInstPtr inst) W.needs(RegManager, UseDefUnit::WriteDestReg, idx); } + if (inst->isControl()) + W.needs(BPred, BranchPredictor::UpdatePredictor); + // Insert Back Schedule into our cache of // resource schedules addToSkedCache(inst, res_sked); diff --git a/src/cpu/inorder/pipeline_stage.cc b/src/cpu/inorder/pipeline_stage.cc index e739fd2e6..263720700 100644 --- a/src/cpu/inorder/pipeline_stage.cc +++ b/src/cpu/inorder/pipeline_stage.cc @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ PipelineStage::squash(InstSeqNum squash_seq_num, ThreadID tid) while (cur_it != end_it) { if ((*cur_it)->seqNum <= squash_seq_num) { DPRINTF(InOrderStage, "[tid:%i]: Cannot remove skidBuffer " - "instructions (starting w/[sn:%i]) before delay slot " + "instructions (starting w/[sn:%i]) before " "[sn:%i]. %i insts left.\n", tid, (*cur_it)->seqNum, squash_seq_num, skidBuffer[tid].size()); diff --git a/src/cpu/inorder/resources/bpred_unit.cc b/src/cpu/inorder/resources/bpred_unit.cc index 25b8b165a..778366532 100644 --- a/src/cpu/inorder/resources/bpred_unit.cc +++ b/src/cpu/inorder/resources/bpred_unit.cc @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ BPredUnit::predict(DynInstPtr &inst, TheISA::PCState &predPC, ThreadID tid) tid, asid, inst->pcState(), target); } else { DPRINTF(InOrderBPred, "[tid:%i]: BTB doesn't have a " - "valid entry.\n",tid); + "valid entry, predicting false.\n",tid); pred_taken = false; } } @@ -369,7 +369,9 @@ BPredUnit::squash(const InstSeqNum &squashed_sn, BPUpdate((*hist_it).pc.instAddr(), actually_taken, pred_hist.front().bpHistory); - BTB.update((*hist_it).pc.instAddr(), corrTarget, asid); + // only update BTB on branch taken right??? + if (actually_taken) + BTB.update((*hist_it).pc.instAddr(), corrTarget, asid); DPRINTF(InOrderBPred, "[tid:%i]: Removing history for [sn:%i] " "PC %s.\n", tid, (*hist_it).seqNum, (*hist_it).pc); diff --git a/src/cpu/inorder/resources/branch_predictor.cc b/src/cpu/inorder/resources/branch_predictor.cc index 3132770d4..3dea92cfb 100644 --- a/src/cpu/inorder/resources/branch_predictor.cc +++ b/src/cpu/inorder/resources/branch_predictor.cc @@ -152,10 +152,14 @@ BranchPredictor::squash(DynInstPtr inst, int squash_stage, DPRINTF(InOrderBPred, "[tid:%i][sn:%i] Squashing...\n", tid, bpred_squash_num); + // update due to branch resolution if (squash_stage >= ThePipeline::BackEndStartStage) { - bool taken = inst->predTaken(); - branchPred.squash(bpred_squash_num, inst->readPredTarg(), taken, tid); + branchPred.squash(bpred_squash_num, + inst->pcState(), + inst->pcState().branching(), + tid); } else { + // update due to predicted taken branch branchPred.squash(bpred_squash_num, tid); } } diff --git a/src/cpu/inorder/resources/fetch_seq_unit.cc b/src/cpu/inorder/resources/fetch_seq_unit.cc index 072ecb76f..8a55822a6 100644 --- a/src/cpu/inorder/resources/fetch_seq_unit.cc +++ b/src/cpu/inorder/resources/fetch_seq_unit.cc @@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ FetchSeqUnit::execute(int slot_num) ThreadID tid = inst->readTid(); int stage_num = fs_req->getStageNum(); - DPRINTF(InOrderFetchSeq, "[tid:%i]: Current PC is %s\n", tid, - pc[tid]); - switch (fs_req->cmd) { case AssignNextPC: { + DPRINTF(InOrderFetchSeq, "[tid:%i]: Current PC is %s\n", tid, + pc[tid]); + if (pcValid[tid]) { inst->pcState(pc[tid]); inst->setMemAddr(pc[tid].instAddr()); |