simple_indirect.hh

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#ifndef __CPU_PRED_INDIRECT_HH__
#define __CPU_PRED_INDIRECT_HH__
 
#include <deque>
 
#include "config/the_isa.hh"
#include "cpu/inst_seq.hh"
#include "cpu/pred/indirect.hh"
#include "params/SimpleIndirectPredictor.hh"
 
namespace gem5
{
 
namespace branch_prediction
{
 
class SimpleIndirectPredictor : public IndirectPredictor
{
  public:
    SimpleIndirectPredictor(const SimpleIndirectPredictorParams &params);
 
    bool lookup(Addr br_addr, TheISA::PCState& br_target, ThreadID tid);
    void recordIndirect(Addr br_addr, Addr tgt_addr, InstSeqNum seq_num,
                        ThreadID tid);
    void commit(InstSeqNum seq_num, ThreadID tid, void * indirect_history);
    void squash(InstSeqNum seq_num, ThreadID tid);
    void recordTarget(InstSeqNum seq_num, void * indirect_history,
                      const TheISA::PCState& target, ThreadID tid);
    void genIndirectInfo(ThreadID tid, void* & indirect_history);
    void updateDirectionInfo(ThreadID tid, bool actually_taken);
    void deleteIndirectInfo(ThreadID tid, void * indirect_history);
    void changeDirectionPrediction(ThreadID tid, void * indirect_history,
                                   bool actually_taken);
 
  private:
    const bool hashGHR;
    const bool hashTargets;
    const unsigned numSets;
    const unsigned numWays;
    const unsigned tagBits;
    const unsigned pathLength;
    const unsigned instShift;
    const unsigned ghrNumBits;
    const unsigned ghrMask;
 
    struct IPredEntry
    {
        IPredEntry() : tag(0), target(0) { }
        Addr tag;
        TheISA::PCState target;
    };
 
    std::vector<std::vector<IPredEntry> > targetCache;
 
    Addr getSetIndex(Addr br_addr, unsigned ghr, ThreadID tid);
    Addr getTag(Addr br_addr);
 
    struct HistoryEntry
    {
        HistoryEntry(Addr br_addr, Addr tgt_addr, InstSeqNum seq_num)
            : pcAddr(br_addr), targetAddr(tgt_addr), seqNum(seq_num) { }
        Addr pcAddr;
        Addr targetAddr;
        InstSeqNum seqNum;
    };
 
 
    struct ThreadInfo
    {
        ThreadInfo() : headHistEntry(0), ghr(0) { }
 
        std::deque<HistoryEntry> pathHist;
        unsigned headHistEntry;
        unsigned ghr;
    };
 
    std::vector<ThreadInfo> threadInfo;
};
 
} // namespace branch_prediction
} // namespace gem5
 
#endif // __CPU_PRED_INDIRECT_HH__