From 2dd82da9b8275fab6235e2e6ff4859978a225db4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Daniel R. Carvalho" <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:22:28 +0200
Subject: mem-cache: Add a masked const value pattern to compressors

The masked pattern compares values to masked const non-dictionary values
to determine whether these match. If successful, the bits that do not
match must be added to the compressed data.

Change-Id: I4c53568694dab916136fe384cb2ee10e554f7136
Signed-off-by: Daniel R. Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/21151
Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
---
 src/mem/cache/compressors/cpack.hh                 | 40 +++------------
 src/mem/cache/compressors/dictionary_compressor.hh | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/mem/cache')

diff --git a/src/mem/cache/compressors/cpack.hh b/src/mem/cache/compressors/cpack.hh
index 7b10ac3e7..32178b0ba 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/compressors/cpack.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/compressors/cpack.hh
@@ -124,24 +124,13 @@ class CPack : public DictionaryCompressor<uint32_t>
     ~CPack() {};
 };
 
-class CPack::PatternZZZZ : public DictionaryCompressor::Pattern
+class CPack::PatternZZZZ : public MaskedValuePattern<0, 0xFFFFFFFF>
 {
   public:
     PatternZZZZ(const DictionaryEntry bytes, const int match_location)
-        : Pattern(ZZZZ, 0x0, 2, 0, 0, false) {}
-
-    static bool isPattern(const DictionaryEntry& bytes,
-        const DictionaryEntry& dict_bytes,
-        const int match_location)
+        : MaskedValuePattern<0, 0xFFFFFFFF>(ZZZZ, 0x0, 2, match_location,
+          bytes)
     {
-        return (bytes[3] == 0) && (bytes[2] == 0) && (bytes[1] == 0) &&
-               (bytes[0] == 0);
-    }
-
-    DictionaryEntry
-    decompress(const DictionaryEntry dict_bytes) const override
-    {
-        return {0, 0, 0, 0};
     }
 };
 
@@ -172,30 +161,13 @@ class CPack::PatternMMXX : public MaskedPattern<0xFFFF0000>
     }
 };
 
-class CPack::PatternZZZX : public DictionaryCompressor::Pattern
+class CPack::PatternZZZX : public MaskedValuePattern<0, 0xFFFFFF00>
 {
-  private:
-    /**
-     * A copy of the unmatched byte.
-     */
-    const uint8_t byte;
-
   public:
     PatternZZZX(const DictionaryEntry bytes, const int match_location)
-        : Pattern(ZZZX, 0xD, 4, 1, 0, false), byte(bytes[0]) {}
-
-    static bool isPattern(const DictionaryEntry& bytes,
-        const DictionaryEntry& dict_bytes,
-        const int match_location)
-    {
-        return (bytes[3] == 0) && (bytes[2] == 0) && (bytes[1] == 0) &&
-               (bytes[0] != 0);
-    }
-
-    DictionaryEntry
-    decompress(const DictionaryEntry dict_bytes) const override
+        : MaskedValuePattern<0, 0xFFFFFF00>(ZZZX, 0xD, 4, match_location,
+          bytes)
     {
-        return {byte, 0, 0, 0};
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/compressors/dictionary_compressor.hh b/src/mem/cache/compressors/dictionary_compressor.hh
index 3c828f040..b519bb466 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/compressors/dictionary_compressor.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/compressors/dictionary_compressor.hh
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ class DictionaryCompressor : public BaseDictionaryCompressor
     class UncompressedPattern;
     template <T mask>
     class MaskedPattern;
+    template <T value, T mask>
+    class MaskedValuePattern;
 
     /**
      * Create a factory to determine if input matches a pattern. The if else
@@ -480,4 +482,60 @@ class DictionaryCompressor<T>::MaskedPattern
     }
 };
 
+/**
+ * A pattern that compares masked values to a masked portion of a fixed value.
+ * If all the masked bits match the provided non-dictionary value, there is a
+ * pattern match.
+ *
+ * For example, assume the mask is 0xFF00 (that is, this pattern matches the
+ * MSB), and we are searching for data containing only ones (i.e., the fixed
+ * value is 0xFFFF).
+ * If the value (V) 0xFF20 is being compressed, this is a match (V & mask ==
+ * 0xFF00 == 0xFFFF & mask), and 0x20 is added to the list of unmatched bits.
+ * If the value (V2) 0x0120 is being compressed, this is not a match
+ * ((V2 & mask == 0x0100) != (0xFF00 == 0xFFFF & mask).
+ *
+ * @tparam value The value that is being matched against.
+ * @tparam mask A mask containing the bits that must match the given value.
+ */
+template <class T>
+template <T value, T mask>
+class DictionaryCompressor<T>::MaskedValuePattern
+    : public MaskedPattern<mask>
+{
+  private:
+    static_assert(mask != 0, "The pattern's value mask must not be zero.");
+
+  public:
+    MaskedValuePattern(const int number,
+        const uint64_t code,
+        const uint64_t metadata_length,
+        const int match_location,
+        const DictionaryEntry bytes,
+        const bool allocate = false)
+      : MaskedPattern<mask>(number, code, metadata_length, match_location,
+            bytes, allocate)
+    {
+    }
+
+    static bool
+    isPattern(const DictionaryEntry& bytes, const DictionaryEntry& dict_bytes,
+        const int match_location)
+    {
+        // Compare the masked fixed value to the value being checked for
+        // patterns. Since the dictionary is not being used the match_location
+        // is irrelevant.
+        const T masked_bytes =
+            DictionaryCompressor<T>::fromDictionaryEntry(bytes) & mask;
+        return ((value & mask) == masked_bytes);
+    }
+
+    DictionaryEntry
+    decompress(const DictionaryEntry dict_bytes) const override
+    {
+        return MaskedPattern<mask>::decompress(
+            DictionaryCompressor<T>::toDictionaryEntry(value));
+    }
+};
+
 #endif //__MEM_CACHE_COMPRESSORS_DICTIONARY_COMPRESSOR_HH__
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