# Copyright (c) 2012 Mark D. Hill and David A. Wood # Copyright (c) 2015 The University of Wisconsin # 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. # # Authors: Nilay Vaish and Dibakar Gope from m5.SimObject import SimObject from m5.params import * class BranchPredictor(SimObject): type = 'BranchPredictor' cxx_class = 'BPredUnit' cxx_header = "cpu/pred/bpred_unit.hh" abstract = True numThreads = Param.Unsigned(1, "Number of threads") BTBEntries = Param.Unsigned(4096, "Number of BTB entries") BTBTagSize = Param.Unsigned(16, "Size of the BTB tags, in bits") RASSize = Param.Unsigned(16, "RAS size") instShiftAmt = Param.Unsigned(2, "Number of bits to shift instructions by") useIndirect = Param.Bool(True, "Use indirect branch predictor") indirectHashGHR = Param.Bool(True, "Hash branch predictor GHR") indirectHashTargets = Param.Bool(True, "Hash path history targets") indirectSets = Param.Unsigned(256, "Cache sets for indirect predictor") indirectWays = Param.Unsigned(2, "Ways for indirect predictor") indirectTagSize = Param.Unsigned(16, "Indirect target cache tag bits") indirectPathLength = Param.Unsigned(3, "Previous indirect targets to use for path history") class LocalBP(BranchPredictor): type = 'LocalBP' cxx_class = 'LocalBP' cxx_header = "cpu/pred/2bit_local.hh" localPredictorSize = Param.Unsigned(2048, "Size of local predictor") localCtrBits = Param.Unsigned(2, "Bits per counter") class TournamentBP(BranchPredictor): type = 'TournamentBP' cxx_class = 'TournamentBP' cxx_header = "cpu/pred/tournament.hh" localPredictorSize = Param.Unsigned(2048, "Size of local predictor") localCtrBits = Param.Unsigned(2, "Bits per counter") localHistoryTableSize = Param.Unsigned(2048, "size of local history table") globalPredictorSize = Param.Unsigned(8192, "Size of global predictor") globalCtrBits = Param.Unsigned(2, "Bits per counter") choicePredictorSize = Param.Unsigned(8192, "Size of choice predictor") choiceCtrBits = Param.Unsigned(2, "Bits of choice counters") class BiModeBP(BranchPredictor): type = 'BiModeBP' cxx_class = 'BiModeBP' cxx_header = "cpu/pred/bi_mode.hh" globalPredictorSize = Param.Unsigned(8192, "Size of global predictor") globalCtrBits = Param.Unsigned(2, "Bits per counter") choicePredictorSize = Param.Unsigned(8192, "Size of choice predictor") choiceCtrBits = Param.Unsigned(2, "Bits of choice counters") class LTAGE(BranchPredictor): type = 'LTAGE' cxx_class = 'LTAGE' cxx_header = "cpu/pred/ltage.hh" logSizeBiMP = Param.Unsigned(14, "Log size of Bimodal predictor in bits") logSizeTagTables = Param.Unsigned(11, "Log size of tag table in LTAGE") logSizeLoopPred = Param.Unsigned(8, "Log size of the loop predictor") nHistoryTables = Param.Unsigned(12, "Number of history tables") tagTableCounterBits = Param.Unsigned(3, "Number of tag table counter bits") histBufferSize = Param.Unsigned(2097152, "A large number to track all branch histories(2MEntries default)") minHist = Param.Unsigned(4, "Minimum history size of LTAGE") maxHist = Param.Unsigned(640, "Maximum history size of LTAGE") minTagWidth = Param.Unsigned(7, "Minimum tag size in tag tables")