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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 Signature Path Prefetcher * * References: * Lookahead prefetching with signature path * J Kim, PV Gratz, ALN Reddy * The 2nd Data Prefetching Championship (DPC2) * The filter feature described in the paper is not implemented, as it * redundant prefetches are dropped by the cache. */ #ifndef __MEM_CACHE_PREFETCH_SIGNATURE_PATH_HH__ #define __MEM_CACHE_PREFETCH_SIGNATURE_PATH_HH__ #include "mem/cache/prefetch/associative_set.hh" #include "mem/cache/prefetch/queued.hh" #include "mem/packet.hh" struct SignaturePathPrefetcherParams; class SignaturePathPrefetcher : public QueuedPrefetcher { /** Signature type */ typedef uint16_t signature_t; /** Stride type */ typedef int16_t stride_t; /** Number of strides stored in each pattern entry */ const unsigned stridesPerPatternEntry; /** Number of bits to shift when generating a new signature */ const uint8_t signatureShift; /** Size of the signature, in bits */ const signature_t signatureBits; /** Maximum pattern entries counter value */ const uint8_t maxCounterValue; /** Minimum confidence to issue a prefetch */ const double prefetchConfidenceThreshold; /** Minimum confidence to keep navigating lookahead entries */ const double lookaheadConfidenceThreshold; /** Signature entry data type */ struct SignatureEntry : public TaggedEntry { /** Path signature */ signature_t signature; /** Last accessed block within a page */ stride_t lastBlock; SignatureEntry() : signature(0), lastBlock(0) {} }; /** Signature table */ AssociativeSet signatureTable; /** A stride entry with its counter */ struct PatternStrideEntry { /** stride in a page in blkSize increments */ stride_t stride; /** counter value (max value defined by maxCounterValue) */ uint8_t counter; PatternStrideEntry() : stride(0), counter(0) {} }; /** Pattern entry data type, a set of stride and counter entries */ struct PatternEntry : public TaggedEntry { /** group of stides */ std::vector strideEntries; PatternEntry(size_t num_strides) : strideEntries(num_strides) {} /** Reset the entries to their initial values */ void reset() override { for (auto &entry : strideEntries) { entry.counter = 0; entry.stride = 0; } } /** * Returns the entry with the desired stride * @param stride the stride to find * @result a pointer to the entry, if the stride was found, or nullptr, * if the stride was not found */ PatternStrideEntry *findStride(stride_t stride) { PatternStrideEntry *found_entry = nullptr; for (auto &entry : strideEntries) { if (entry.stride == stride) { found_entry = &entry; break; } } return found_entry; } /** * Gets the entry with the provided stride, if there is no entry with * the associated stride, it replaces one of them. * @param stride the stride to find * @param max_counter_value maximum value of the confidence counters, * it is used when no strides are found and an entry needs to be * replaced * @result reference to the selected entry */ PatternStrideEntry &getStrideEntry(stride_t stride, uint8_t max_counter_value); }; /** Pattern table */ AssociativeSet patternTable; /** * Generates a new signature from an existing one and a new stride * @param sig current signature * @param str stride to add to the new signature * @result the new signature */ inline signature_t updateSignature(signature_t sig, stride_t str) const { sig <<= signatureShift; sig ^= str; sig &= mask(signatureBits); return sig; } /** * Generates an address to be prefetched. * @param ppn page number to prefetch from * @param block block number within the page, this value can be negative, * which means that the block refered is actualy in the previous * page (ppn-1), if the value is greater than (pageBytes/blkSize-1) * then the block refers to a block within the next page (ppn+1) * @param is_secure whether this page is inside the secure memory area * @param addresses if allowed, the address will be added to this vector */ void addPrefetch(Addr ppn, stride_t block, bool is_secure, std::vector &addresses); /** * Obtains the SignatureEntry of the given page, if the page is not found, * it allocates a new one, replacing an existing entry if needed * @param ppn physical page number of the page * @param is_secure whether this page is inside the secure memory area * @param block accessed block within the page * @param miss output, if the entry is not found, this will be set to true * @result a reference to the SignatureEntry */ SignatureEntry & getSignatureEntry(Addr ppn, bool is_secure, stride_t block, bool &miss); /** * Obtains the PatternEntry of the given signature, if the signature is * not found, it allocates a new one, replacing an existing entry if needed * @param signature the signature of the desired entry * @result a reference to the PatternEntry */ PatternEntry & getPatternEntry(Addr signature); /** * Updates the pattern table with the provided signature and stride * @param signature the signature to use to index the pattern table * @param stride the stride to use to index the set of strides of the * pattern table entry */ void updatePatternTable(Addr signature, stride_t stride); public: SignaturePathPrefetcher(const SignaturePathPrefetcherParams* p); ~SignaturePathPrefetcher() {} void calculatePrefetch(const PrefetchInfo &pfi, std::vector &addresses) override; }; #endif//__MEM_CACHE_PREFETCH_SIGNATURE_PATH_HH__