/** * Copyright (c) 2018 Metempsy Technology Consulting * 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: Javier Bueno */ #include "mem/cache/prefetch/signature_path.hh" #include #include "debug/HWPrefetch.hh" #include "mem/cache/prefetch/associative_set_impl.hh" #include "params/SignaturePathPrefetcher.hh" SignaturePathPrefetcher::SignaturePathPrefetcher( const SignaturePathPrefetcherParams *p) : QueuedPrefetcher(p), stridesPerPatternEntry(p->strides_per_pattern_entry), signatureShift(p->signature_shift), signatureBits(p->signature_bits), maxCounterValue(p->max_counter_value), prefetchConfidenceThreshold(p->prefetch_confidence_threshold), lookaheadConfidenceThreshold(p->lookahead_confidence_threshold), signatureTable(p->signature_table_assoc, p->signature_table_entries, p->signature_table_indexing_policy, p->signature_table_replacement_policy), patternTable(p->pattern_table_assoc, p->pattern_table_entries, p->pattern_table_indexing_policy, p->pattern_table_replacement_policy, PatternEntry(stridesPerPatternEntry)) { } SignaturePathPrefetcher::PatternStrideEntry & SignaturePathPrefetcher::PatternEntry::getStrideEntry(stride_t stride, uint8_t max_counter_value) { PatternStrideEntry *pstride_entry = findStride(stride); if (pstride_entry == nullptr) { // Specific replacement algorithm for this table, // pick the entry with the lowest counter value, // then decrease the counter of all entries // If all counters have the max value, this will be the pick PatternStrideEntry *victim_pstride_entry = &(strideEntries[0]); uint8_t current_counter = max_counter_value; for (auto &entry : strideEntries) { if (entry.counter < current_counter) { victim_pstride_entry = &entry; current_counter = entry.counter; } if (entry.counter > 0) { entry.counter -= 1; } } pstride_entry = victim_pstride_entry; pstride_entry->counter = 0; pstride_entry->stride = stride; } return *pstride_entry; } void SignaturePathPrefetcher::addPrefetch(Addr ppn, stride_t block, bool is_secure, std::vector &addresses) { /** * block is relative to the provided ppn. Assuming a page size of 4kB and * a block size of 64B, the range of the stride of this prefetcher is * -63,63 (pageBytes/blkSize) as the last accessed block also ranges from * 0,63, the block value is expected to be between -63 and 126 * Negative block means that we are accessing the lower contiguous page, * 64 or greater point to the next contiguous. */ assert(block > -((stride_t)(pageBytes/blkSize))); assert(block < 2*((stride_t)(pageBytes/blkSize))); Addr pf_ppn; stride_t pf_block; if (block < 0) { pf_ppn = ppn - 1; pf_block = block + (pageBytes/blkSize); } else if (block >= (pageBytes/blkSize)) { pf_ppn = ppn + 1; pf_block = block - (pageBytes/blkSize); } else { pf_ppn = ppn; pf_block = block; } Addr new_addr = pf_ppn * pageBytes; new_addr += pf_block * (Addr)blkSize; DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "Queuing prefetch to %#x.\n", new_addr); addresses.push_back(AddrPriority(new_addr, 0)); } void SignaturePathPrefetcher::updatePatternTable(Addr signature, stride_t stride) { assert(stride != 0); // The pattern table is indexed by signatures PatternEntry &p_entry = getPatternEntry(signature); PatternStrideEntry &ps_entry = p_entry.getStrideEntry(stride, maxCounterValue); if (ps_entry.counter < maxCounterValue) { ps_entry.counter += 1; } } SignaturePathPrefetcher::SignatureEntry & SignaturePathPrefetcher::getSignatureEntry(Addr ppn, bool is_secure, stride_t block, bool &miss) { SignatureEntry* signature_entry = signatureTable.findEntry(ppn, is_secure); if (signature_entry != nullptr) { signatureTable.accessEntry(signature_entry); miss = false; } else { signature_entry = signatureTable.findVictim(ppn); assert(signature_entry != nullptr); signatureTable.insertEntry(ppn, is_secure, signature_entry); signature_entry->signature = block; signature_entry->lastBlock = block; miss = true; } return *signature_entry; } SignaturePathPrefetcher::PatternEntry & SignaturePathPrefetcher::getPatternEntry(Addr signature) { PatternEntry* pattern_entry = patternTable.findEntry(signature, false); if (pattern_entry != nullptr) { // Signature found patternTable.accessEntry(pattern_entry); } else { // Signature not found pattern_entry = patternTable.findVictim(signature); assert(pattern_entry != nullptr); patternTable.insertEntry(signature, false, pattern_entry); } return *pattern_entry; } void SignaturePathPrefetcher::calculatePrefetch(const PrefetchInfo &pfi, std::vector &addresses) { Addr request_addr = pfi.getAddr(); Addr ppn = request_addr / pageBytes; stride_t current_block = (request_addr % pageBytes) / blkSize; stride_t stride; bool is_secure = pfi.isSecure(); // Get the SignatureEntry of this page to: // - compute the current stride // - obtain the current signature of accesses bool miss; SignatureEntry &signature_entry = getSignatureEntry(ppn, is_secure, current_block, miss); if (miss) { // No history for this page, can't continue return; } stride = current_block - signature_entry.lastBlock; if (stride == 0) { // Can't continue with a stride 0 return; } // Update the confidence of the current signature updatePatternTable(signature_entry.signature, stride); // Update the current SignatureEntry signature and lastBlock signature_entry.signature = updateSignature(signature_entry.signature, stride); signature_entry.lastBlock = current_block; signature_t current_signature = signature_entry.signature; double current_confidence = 1.0; stride_t current_stride = signature_entry.lastBlock; do { // With the updated signature, attempt to generate prefetches // - search the PatternTable and select all entries with enough // confidence, these are prefetch candidates // - select the entry with the highest counter as the "lookahead" PatternEntry *current_pattern_entry = patternTable.findEntry(current_signature, false); PatternStrideEntry const *lookahead = nullptr; if (current_pattern_entry != nullptr) { uint8_t max_counter = 0; for (auto const &entry : current_pattern_entry->strideEntries) { //select the entry with the maximum counter value as lookahead if (max_counter < entry.counter) { max_counter = entry.counter; lookahead = &entry; } double prefetch_confidence = (double) entry.counter / maxCounterValue; if (prefetch_confidence >= prefetchConfidenceThreshold) { assert(entry.stride != 0); //prefetch candidate addPrefetch(ppn, current_stride + entry.stride, is_secure, addresses); } } } if (lookahead != nullptr) { // If a lookahead was selected, compute its confidence using // the counter of its entry and the accumulated confidence // if the confidence is high enough, generate a new signature double lookahead_confidence; if (lookahead->counter == maxCounterValue) { // maximum confidence is 0.95, guaranteeing that // current confidence will eventually fall beyond // the threshold lookahead_confidence = 0.95; } else { lookahead_confidence = ((double) lookahead->counter / maxCounterValue); } current_confidence *= lookahead_confidence; current_signature = updateSignature(current_signature, lookahead->stride); current_stride += lookahead->stride; } else { current_confidence = 0.0; } // If the accumulated confidence is high enough, keep repeating // this process with the updated signature } while (current_confidence > lookaheadConfidenceThreshold); if (addresses.empty()) { // Enable the next line prefetcher if no prefetch candidates are found addPrefetch(ppn, current_block + 1, is_secure, addresses); } } SignaturePathPrefetcher* SignaturePathPrefetcherParams::create() { return new SignaturePathPrefetcher(this); }