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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/compressors/base.cc b/src/mem/cache/compressors/base.cc
index 40244e249..0016e4702 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/compressors/base.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/compressors/base.cc
@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ BaseCacheCompressor::CompressionData::getSize() const
}
BaseCacheCompressor::BaseCacheCompressor(const Params *p)
- : SimObject(p), blkSize(p->block_size)
+ : SimObject(p), blkSize(p->block_size), sizeThreshold(p->size_threshold)
{
+ fatal_if(blkSize < sizeThreshold, "Compressed data must fit in a block");
}
void
@@ -98,8 +99,12 @@ BaseCacheCompressor::compress(const uint64_t* data, Cycles& comp_lat,
"Decompressed line does not match original line.");
#endif
- // Get compression size
+ // Get compression size. If compressed size is greater than the size
+ // threshold, the compression is seen as unsuccessful
comp_size_bits = comp_data->getSizeBits();
+ if (comp_size_bits >= sizeThreshold * 8) {
+ comp_size_bits = blkSize * 8;
+ }
// Update stats
compressionSize[std::ceil(std::log2(comp_size_bits))]++;
@@ -152,15 +157,14 @@ BaseCacheCompressor::regStats()
{
SimObject::regStats();
- // We also store when compression is bigger than original block size
compressionSize
- .init(std::log2(blkSize*8) + 2)
+ .init(std::log2(blkSize*8) + 1)
.name(name() + ".compression_size")
.desc("Number of blocks that were compressed to this power of" \
"two size.")
;
- for (unsigned i = 0; i <= std::log2(blkSize*8) + 1; ++i) {
+ for (unsigned i = 0; i <= std::log2(blkSize*8); ++i) {
compressionSize.subname(i, std::to_string(1 << i));
compressionSize.subdesc(i, "Number of blocks that compressed to fit " \
"in " + std::to_string(1 << i) + " bits");