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-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of The University of Michigan
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
- * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
- * met: redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
- * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer;
- * redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
- * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
- * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution;
- * neither the name of the copyright holders nor the names of its
- * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
- * this software without specific prior written permission.
- *
- * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
- * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
- * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
- * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
- * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
- * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
- * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
- * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
- * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
- * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
- */
-
-#ifndef __CPU_O3_BPRED_UNIT_HH__
-#define __CPU_O3_BPRED_UNIT_HH__
-
-// For Addr type.
-#include "arch/isa_traits.hh"
-#include "base/statistics.hh"
-#include "cpu/inst_seq.hh"
-
-#include "cpu/o3/2bit_local_pred.hh"
-#include "cpu/o3/btb.hh"
-#include "cpu/o3/ras.hh"
-#include "cpu/o3/tournament_pred.hh"
-
-#include <list>
-
-/**
- * Basically a wrapper class to hold both the branch predictor
- * and the BTB.
- */
-template<class Impl>
-class BPredUnit
-{
- private:
- typedef typename Impl::Params Params;
- typedef typename Impl::DynInstPtr DynInstPtr;
-
- enum PredType {
- Local,
- Tournament
- };
-
- PredType predictor;
-
- public:
-
- /**
- * @param params The params object, that has the size of the BP and BTB.
- */
- BPredUnit(Params *params);
-
- /**
- * Registers statistics.
- */
- void regStats();
-
- void switchOut();
-
- void takeOverFrom();
-
- /**
- * Predicts whether or not the instruction is a taken branch, and the
- * target of the branch if it is taken.
- * @param inst The branch instruction.
- * @param PC The predicted PC is passed back through this parameter.
- * @param tid The thread id.
- * @return Returns if the branch is taken or not.
- */
- bool predict(DynInstPtr &inst, Addr &PC, unsigned tid);
-
- // @todo: Rename this function.
- void BPUncond(void * &bp_history);
-
- /**
- * Tells the branch predictor to commit any updates until the given
- * sequence number.
- * @param done_sn The sequence number to commit any older updates up until.
- * @param tid The thread id.
- */
- void update(const InstSeqNum &done_sn, unsigned tid);
-
- /**
- * Squashes all outstanding updates until a given sequence number.
- * @param squashed_sn The sequence number to squash any younger updates up
- * until.
- * @param tid The thread id.
- */
- void squash(const InstSeqNum &squashed_sn, unsigned tid);
-
- /**
- * Squashes all outstanding updates until a given sequence number, and
- * corrects that sn's update with the proper address and taken/not taken.
- * @param squashed_sn The sequence number to squash any younger updates up
- * until.
- * @param corr_target The correct branch target.
- * @param actually_taken The correct branch direction.
- * @param tid The thread id.
- */
- void squash(const InstSeqNum &squashed_sn, const Addr &corr_target,
- bool actually_taken, unsigned tid);
-
- /**
- * @param bp_history Pointer to the history object. The predictor
- * will need to update any state and delete the object.
- */
- void BPSquash(void *bp_history);
-
- /**
- * Looks up a given PC in the BP to see if it is taken or not taken.
- * @param inst_PC The PC to look up.
- * @param bp_history Pointer that will be set to an object that
- * has the branch predictor state associated with the lookup.
- * @return Whether the branch is taken or not taken.
- */
- bool BPLookup(Addr &inst_PC, void * &bp_history);
-
- /**
- * Looks up a given PC in the BTB to see if a matching entry exists.
- * @param inst_PC The PC to look up.
- * @return Whether the BTB contains the given PC.
- */
- bool BTBValid(Addr &inst_PC)
- { return BTB.valid(inst_PC, 0); }
-
- /**
- * Looks up a given PC in the BTB to get the predicted target.
- * @param inst_PC The PC to look up.
- * @return The address of the target of the branch.
- */
- Addr BTBLookup(Addr &inst_PC)
- { return BTB.lookup(inst_PC, 0); }
-
- /**
- * Updates the BP with taken/not taken information.
- * @param inst_PC The branch's PC that will be updated.
- * @param taken Whether the branch was taken or not taken.
- * @param bp_history Pointer to the branch predictor state that is
- * associated with the branch lookup that is being updated.
- * @todo Make this update flexible enough to handle a global predictor.
- */
- void BPUpdate(Addr &inst_PC, bool taken, void *bp_history);
-
- /**
- * Updates the BTB with the target of a branch.
- * @param inst_PC The branch's PC that will be updated.
- * @param target_PC The branch's target that will be added to the BTB.
- */
- void BTBUpdate(Addr &inst_PC, Addr &target_PC)
- { BTB.update(inst_PC, target_PC,0); }
-
- void dump();
-
- private:
- struct PredictorHistory {
- /**
- * Makes a predictor history struct that contains any
- * information needed to update the predictor, BTB, and RAS.
- */
- PredictorHistory(const InstSeqNum &seq_num, const Addr &inst_PC,
- const bool pred_taken, void *bp_history,
- const unsigned _tid)
- : seqNum(seq_num), PC(inst_PC), RASTarget(0),
- RASIndex(0), tid(_tid), predTaken(pred_taken), usedRAS(0),
- wasCall(0), bpHistory(bp_history)
- { }
-
- /** The sequence number for the predictor history entry. */
- InstSeqNum seqNum;
-
- /** The PC associated with the sequence number. */
- Addr PC;
-
- /** The RAS target (only valid if a return). */
- Addr RASTarget;
-
- /** The RAS index of the instruction (only valid if a call). */
- unsigned RASIndex;
-
- /** The thread id. */
- unsigned tid;
-
- /** Whether or not it was predicted taken. */
- bool predTaken;
-
- /** Whether or not the RAS was used. */
- bool usedRAS;
-
- /** Whether or not the instruction was a call. */
- bool wasCall;
-
- /** Pointer to the history object passed back from the branch
- * predictor. It is used to update or restore state of the
- * branch predictor.
- */
- void *bpHistory;
- };
-
- typedef std::list<PredictorHistory> History;
-
- /**
- * The per-thread predictor history. This is used to update the predictor
- * as instructions are committed, or restore it to the proper state after
- * a squash.
- */
- History predHist[Impl::MaxThreads];
-
- /** The local branch predictor. */
- LocalBP *localBP;
-
- /** The tournament branch predictor. */
- TournamentBP *tournamentBP;
-
- /** The BTB. */
- DefaultBTB BTB;
-
- /** The per-thread return address stack. */
- ReturnAddrStack RAS[Impl::MaxThreads];
-
- /** Stat for number of BP lookups. */
- Stats::Scalar<> lookups;
- /** Stat for number of conditional branches predicted. */
- Stats::Scalar<> condPredicted;
- /** Stat for number of conditional branches predicted incorrectly. */
- Stats::Scalar<> condIncorrect;
- /** Stat for number of BTB lookups. */
- Stats::Scalar<> BTBLookups;
- /** Stat for number of BTB hits. */
- Stats::Scalar<> BTBHits;
- /** Stat for number of times the BTB is correct. */
- Stats::Scalar<> BTBCorrect;
- /** Stat for number of times the RAS is used to get a target. */
- Stats::Scalar<> usedRAS;
- /** Stat for number of times the RAS is incorrect. */
- Stats::Scalar<> RASIncorrect;
-};
-
-#endif // __CPU_O3_BPRED_UNIT_HH__