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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2014 ARM Limited
+ * All rights reserved
+ *
+ * The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
+ * not be construed as granting a license to any other intellectual
+ * property including but not limited to intellectual property relating
+ * to a hardware implementation of the functionality of the software
+ * licensed hereunder. You may use the software subject to the license
+ * terms below provided that you ensure that this notice is replicated
+ * unmodified and in its entirety in all distributions of the software,
+ * modified or unmodified, in source code or in binary form.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * Authors: Andrew Bardsley
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ *
+ * Fetch2 receives lines of data from Fetch1, separates them into
+ * instructions and passes them to Decode
+ */
+
+#ifndef __CPU_MINOR_FETCH2_HH__
+#define __CPU_MINOR_FETCH2_HH__
+
+#include "cpu/minor/buffers.hh"
+#include "cpu/minor/cpu.hh"
+#include "cpu/minor/pipe_data.hh"
+#include "cpu/pred/bpred_unit.hh"
+#include "params/MinorCPU.hh"
+
+namespace Minor
+{
+
+/** This stage receives lines of data from Fetch1, separates them into
+ * instructions and passes them to Decode */
+class Fetch2 : public Named
+{
+ protected:
+ /** Pointer back to the containing CPU */
+ MinorCPU &cpu;
+
+ /** Input port carrying lines from Fetch1 */
+ Latch<ForwardLineData>::Output inp;
+
+ /** Input port carrying branches from Execute. This is a snoop of the
+ * data provided to F1. */
+ Latch<BranchData>::Output branchInp;
+
+ /** Output port carrying predictions back to Fetch1 */
+ Latch<BranchData>::Input predictionOut;
+
+ /** Output port carrying instructions into Decode */
+ Latch<ForwardInstData>::Input out;
+
+ /** Interface to reserve space in the next stage */
+ Reservable &nextStageReserve;
+
+ /** Width of output of this stage/input of next in instructions */
+ unsigned int outputWidth;
+
+ /** If true, more than one input word can be processed each cycle if
+ * there is room in the output to contain its processed data */
+ bool processMoreThanOneInput;
+
+ /** Branch predictor passed from Python configuration */
+ BPredUnit &branchPredictor;
+
+ public:
+ /* Public so that Pipeline can pass it to Fetch1 */
+ InputBuffer<ForwardLineData> inputBuffer;
+
+ protected:
+ /** Data members after this line are cycle-to-cycle state */
+
+ /** Index into an incompletely processed input line that instructions
+ * are to be extracted from */
+ unsigned int inputIndex;
+
+ /** Remembered program counter value. Between contiguous lines, this
+ * is just updated with advancePC. For lines following changes of
+ * stream, a new PC must be loaded and havePC be set.
+ * havePC is needed to accomodate instructions which span across
+ * lines meaning that Fetch2 and the decoder need to remember a PC
+ * value and a partially-offered instruction from the previous line */
+ TheISA::PCState pc;
+
+ /** PC is currently valid. Initially false, gets set to true when a
+ * change-of-stream line is received and false again when lines are
+ * discarded for any reason */
+ bool havePC;
+
+ /** Stream sequence number of the last seen line used to identify changes
+ * of instruction stream */
+ InstSeqNum lastStreamSeqNum;
+
+ /** Fetch2 is the source of fetch sequence numbers. These represent the
+ * sequence that instructions were extracted from fetched lines. */
+ InstSeqNum fetchSeqNum;
+
+ /** Stream sequence number remembered from last time the predictionSeqNum
+ * changed. Lines should only be discarded when their predictionSeqNums
+ * disagree with Fetch2::predictionSeqNum *and* they are from the same
+ * stream that bore that prediction number */
+ InstSeqNum expectedStreamSeqNum;
+
+ /** Fetch2 is the source of prediction sequence numbers. These represent
+ * predicted changes of control flow sources from branch prediction in
+ * Fetch2. */
+ InstSeqNum predictionSeqNum;
+
+ /** Blocked indication for report */
+ bool blocked;
+
+ protected:
+ /** Get a piece of data to work on from the inputBuffer, or 0 if there
+ * is no data. */
+ const ForwardLineData *getInput();
+
+ /** Pop an element off the input buffer, if there are any */
+ void popInput();
+
+ /** Dump the whole contents of the input buffer. Useful after a
+ * prediction changes control flow */
+ void dumpAllInput();
+
+ /** Update local branch prediction structures from feedback from
+ * Execute. */
+ void updateBranchPrediction(const BranchData &branch);
+
+ /** Predicts branches for the given instruction. Updates the
+ * instruction's predicted... fields and also the branch which
+ * carries the prediction to Fetch1 */
+ void predictBranch(MinorDynInstPtr inst, BranchData &branch);
+
+ public:
+ Fetch2(const std::string &name,
+ MinorCPU &cpu_,
+ MinorCPUParams &params,
+ Latch<ForwardLineData>::Output inp_,
+ Latch<BranchData>::Output branchInp_,
+ Latch<BranchData>::Input predictionOut_,
+ Latch<ForwardInstData>::Input out_,
+ Reservable &next_stage_input_buffer);
+
+ public:
+ /** Pass on input/buffer data to the output if you can */
+ void evaluate();
+
+ void minorTrace() const;
+
+ /** Is this stage drained? For Fetch2, draining is initiated by
+ * Execute halting Fetch1 causing Fetch2 to naturally drain.
+ * Branch predictions are ignored by Fetch1 during halt */
+ bool isDrained();
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif /* __CPU_MINOR_FETCH2_HH__ */