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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: Javier Bueno */ /** * Implementation of the Access Map Pattern Matching Prefetcher * * References: * Access map pattern matching for high performance data cache prefetch. * Ishii, Y., Inaba, M., & Hiraki, K. (2011). * Journal of Instruction-Level Parallelism, 13, 1-24. */ #ifndef __MEM_CACHE_PREFETCH_ACCESS_MAP_PATTERN_MATCHING_HH__ #define __MEM_CACHE_PREFETCH_ACCESS_MAP_PATTERN_MATCHING_HH__ #include "mem/cache/base.hh" #include "mem/cache/prefetch/associative_set.hh" #include "mem/cache/prefetch/queued.hh" #include "mem/packet.hh" struct AccessMapPatternMatchingPrefetcherParams; class AccessMapPatternMatchingPrefetcher : public QueuedPrefetcher { /** Maximum number of prefetch generated */ const unsigned startDegree; /** Amount of memory covered by a hot zone */ const uint64_t hotZoneSize; /** A prefetch coverage factor bigger than this is considered high */ const double highCoverageThreshold; /** A prefetch coverage factor smaller than this is considered low */ const double lowCoverageThreshold; /** A prefetch accuracy factor bigger than this is considered high */ const double highAccuracyThreshold; /** A prefetch accuracy factor smaller than this is considered low */ const double lowAccuracyThreshold; /** A cache hit ratio bigger than this is considered high */ const double highCacheHitThreshold; /** A cache hit ratio smaller than this is considered low */ const double lowCacheHitThreshold; /** Cycles in an epoch period */ const Cycles epochCycles; /** Off chip memory latency to use for the epoch bandwidth calculation */ const Tick offChipMemoryLatency; /** Data type representing the state of a cacheline in the access map */ enum AccessMapState { AM_INIT, AM_PREFETCH, AM_ACCESS, AM_INVALID }; /** AccessMapEntry data type */ struct AccessMapEntry : public TaggedEntry { /** vector containing the state of the cachelines in this zone */ std::vector states; AccessMapEntry(size_t num_entries) : states(num_entries, AM_INIT) {} /** Reset the entries to their initial values */ void reset() override { for (auto &entry : states) { entry = AM_INIT; } } }; /** Access map table */ AssociativeSet accessMapTable; /** * Number of good prefetches * - State transitions from PREFETCH to ACCESS */ uint64_t numGoodPrefetches; /** * Number of prefetches issued * - State transitions from INIT to PREFETCH */ uint64_t numTotalPrefetches; /** * Number of raw cache misses * - State transitions from INIT or PREFETCH to ACCESS */ uint64_t numRawCacheMisses; /** * Number of raw cache hits * - State transitions from ACCESS to ACCESS */ uint64_t numRawCacheHits; /** Current degree */ unsigned degree; /** Current useful degree */ unsigned usefulDegree; /** * Given a target cacheline, this function checks if the cachelines * that follow the provided stride have been accessed. If so, the line * is considered a good candidate. * @param states vector containing the states of three contiguous hot zones * @param current target block (cacheline) * @param stride access stride to obtain the reference cachelines * @return true if current is a prefetch candidate */ inline bool checkCandidate(std::vector const &states, Addr current, int stride) const { enum AccessMapState tgt = states[current - stride]; enum AccessMapState s = states[current + stride]; enum AccessMapState s2 = states[current + 2 * stride]; enum AccessMapState s2_p1 = states[current + 2 * stride + 1]; return (tgt != AM_INVALID && ((s == AM_ACCESS && s2 == AM_ACCESS) || (s == AM_ACCESS && s2_p1 == AM_ACCESS))); } /** * Obtain an AccessMapEntry from the AccessMapTable, if the entry is not * found a new one is initialized and inserted. * @param am_addr address of the hot zone * @param is_secure whether the address belongs to the secure memory area * @return the corresponding entry */ AccessMapEntry *getAccessMapEntry(Addr am_addr, bool is_secure); /** * Updates the state of a block within an AccessMapEntry, also updates * the prefetcher metrics. * @param entry AccessMapEntry to update * @param block cacheline within the hot zone * @param state new state */ void setEntryState(AccessMapEntry &entry, Addr block, enum AccessMapState state); /** * This event constitues the epoch of the statistics that keep track of * the prefetcher accuracy, when this event triggers, the prefetcher degree * is adjusted and the statistics counters are reset. */ void processEpochEvent(); EventFunctionWrapper epochEvent; public: AccessMapPatternMatchingPrefetcher( const AccessMapPatternMatchingPrefetcherParams* p); ~AccessMapPatternMatchingPrefetcher() {} void calculatePrefetch(const PrefetchInfo &pfi, std::vector &addresses) override; }; #endif//__MEM_CACHE_PREFETCH_ACCESS_MAP_PATTERN_MATCHING_HH__