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44 
45 #ifndef __CPU_PRED_TOURNAMENT_PRED_HH__
46 #define __CPU_PRED_TOURNAMENT_PRED_HH__
47 
48 #include <vector>
49 
50 #include "base/sat_counter.hh"
51 #include "base/types.hh"
52 #include "cpu/pred/bpred_unit.hh"
53 #include "params/TournamentBP.hh"
54 
63 class TournamentBP : public BPredUnit
64 {
65  public:
69  TournamentBP(const TournamentBPParams *params);
70 
79  bool lookup(ThreadID tid, Addr branch_addr, void * &bp_history);
80 
87  void uncondBranch(ThreadID tid, Addr pc, void * &bp_history);
95  void btbUpdate(ThreadID tid, Addr branch_addr, void * &bp_history);
108  void update(ThreadID tid, Addr branch_addr, bool taken, void *bp_history,
109  bool squashed, const StaticInstPtr & inst, Addr corrTarget);
110 
116  void squash(ThreadID tid, void *bp_history);
117 
118  private:
124  inline bool getPrediction(uint8_t &count);
125 
130  inline unsigned calcLocHistIdx(Addr &branch_addr);
131 
133  inline void updateGlobalHistTaken(ThreadID tid);
134 
136  inline void updateGlobalHistNotTaken(ThreadID tid);
137 
143  inline void updateLocalHistTaken(unsigned local_history_idx);
144 
150  inline void updateLocalHistNotTaken(unsigned local_history_idx);
151 
158  struct BPHistory {
159 #ifdef DEBUG
160  BPHistory()
161  { newCount++; }
162  ~BPHistory()
163  { newCount--; }
164 
165  static int newCount;
166 #endif
167  unsigned globalHistory;
168  unsigned localHistoryIdx;
169  unsigned localHistory;
173  };
174 
176  static const int invalidPredictorIndex = -1;
179 
182 
184  unsigned localCtrBits;
185 
188 
191 
194 
197 
200 
202  unsigned globalCtrBits;
203 
206 
211 
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227 
230 
232  unsigned choiceCtrBits;
233 
236 
240  unsigned localThreshold;
241  unsigned globalThreshold;
242  unsigned choiceThreshold;
243 };
244 
245 #endif // __CPU_PRED_TOURNAMENT_PRED_HH__
std::vector< SatCounter > localCtrs
Local counters.
Definition: tournament.hh:187
count
Definition: misc.hh:705
void uncondBranch(ThreadID tid, Addr pc, void *&bp_history)
Records that there was an unconditional branch, and modifies the bp history to point to an object tha...
Definition: tournament.cc:237
Implements a tournament branch predictor, hopefully identical to the one used in the 21264...
Definition: tournament.hh:63
void squash(ThreadID tid, void *bp_history)
Restores the global branch history on a squash.
Definition: tournament.cc:332
unsigned globalPredictorSize
Number of entries in the global predictor.
Definition: tournament.hh:199
bool getPrediction(uint8_t &count)
Returns if the branch should be taken or not, given a counter value.
unsigned localCtrBits
Number of bits of the local predictor&#39;s counters.
Definition: tournament.hh:184
void updateGlobalHistTaken(ThreadID tid)
Updates global history as taken.
Definition: tournament.cc:133
unsigned choicePredictorSize
Number of entries in the choice predictor.
Definition: tournament.hh:229
unsigned calcLocHistIdx(Addr &branch_addr)
Returns the local history index, given a branch address.
Definition: tournament.cc:125
unsigned localThreshold
Thresholds for the counter value; above the threshold is taken, equal to or below the threshold is no...
Definition: tournament.hh:240
void updateGlobalHistNotTaken(ThreadID tid)
Updates global history as not taken.
Definition: tournament.cc:141
unsigned globalHistoryMask
Mask to apply to globalHistory to access global history table.
Definition: tournament.hh:218
Bitfield< 4 > pc
unsigned globalCtrBits
Number of bits of the global predictor&#39;s counters.
Definition: tournament.hh:202
unsigned globalHistoryBits
Number of bits for the global history.
Definition: tournament.hh:214
void update(ThreadID tid, Addr branch_addr, bool taken, void *bp_history, bool squashed, const StaticInstPtr &inst, Addr corrTarget)
Updates the branch predictor with the actual result of a branch.
Definition: tournament.cc:253
unsigned localHistoryTableSize
Number of entries in the local history table.
Definition: tournament.hh:193
const Params * params() const
Definition: sim_object.hh:114
unsigned choiceThreshold
Definition: tournament.hh:242
unsigned localPredictorSize
Number of counters in the local predictor.
Definition: tournament.hh:178
Defines global host-dependent types: Counter, Tick, and (indirectly) {int,uint}{8,16,32,64}_t.
uint64_t Addr
Address type This will probably be moved somewhere else in the near future.
Definition: types.hh:142
void btbUpdate(ThreadID tid, Addr branch_addr, void *&bp_history)
Updates the branch predictor to Not Taken if a BTB entry is invalid or not found. ...
Definition: tournament.cc:165
unsigned globalThreshold
Definition: tournament.hh:241
unsigned historyRegisterMask
Mask to control how much history is stored.
Definition: tournament.hh:226
Basically a wrapper class to hold both the branch predictor and the BTB.
Definition: bpred_unit.hh:67
void updateLocalHistNotTaken(unsigned local_history_idx)
Updates local histories as not taken.
Definition: tournament.cc:157
int16_t ThreadID
Thread index/ID type.
Definition: types.hh:227
std::vector< unsigned > localHistoryTable
Array of local history table entries.
Definition: tournament.hh:190
unsigned localPredictorMask
Mask to truncate values stored in the local history table.
Definition: tournament.hh:181
std::vector< SatCounter > choiceCtrs
Array of counters that make up the choice predictor.
Definition: tournament.hh:235
std::vector< unsigned > globalHistory
Global history register.
Definition: tournament.hh:210
The branch history information that is created upon predicting a branch.
Definition: tournament.hh:158
bool lookup(ThreadID tid, Addr branch_addr, void *&bp_history)
Looks up the given address in the branch predictor and returns a true/false value as to whether it is...
Definition: tournament.cc:176
static const int invalidPredictorIndex
Flag for invalid predictor index.
Definition: tournament.hh:176
TournamentBP(const TournamentBPParams *params)
Default branch predictor constructor.
Definition: tournament.cc:48
std::vector< SatCounter > globalCtrs
Array of counters that make up the global predictor.
Definition: tournament.hh:205
unsigned choiceCtrBits
Number of bits in the choice predictor&#39;s counters.
Definition: tournament.hh:232
unsigned choiceHistoryMask
Mask to apply to globalHistory to access choice history table.
Definition: tournament.hh:222
unsigned localHistoryBits
Number of bits for each entry of the local history table.
Definition: tournament.hh:196
void updateLocalHistTaken(unsigned local_history_idx)
Updates local histories as taken.
Definition: tournament.cc:149

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