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#include "mem/cache/compressors/base.hh"

#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdint>
#include <string>

#include "debug/CacheComp.hh"
#include "mem/cache/tags/super_blk.hh"
#include "params/BaseCacheCompressor.hh"

// Uncomment this line if debugging compression
//#define DEBUG_COMPRESSION

BaseCacheCompressor::CompressionData::CompressionData()
    : _size(0)
{
}

BaseCacheCompressor::CompressionData::~CompressionData()
{
}

void
BaseCacheCompressor::CompressionData::setSizeBits(std::size_t size)
{
    _size = size;
}

std::size_t
BaseCacheCompressor::CompressionData::getSizeBits() const
{
    return _size;
}

std::size_t
BaseCacheCompressor::CompressionData::getSize() const
{
    return std::ceil(_size/8);
}

BaseCacheCompressor::BaseCacheCompressor(const Params *p)
  : SimObject(p), blkSize(p->block_size), sizeThreshold(p->size_threshold),
    stats(*this)
{
    fatal_if(blkSize < sizeThreshold, "Compressed data must fit in a block");
}

void
BaseCacheCompressor::compress(const uint64_t* data, Cycles& comp_lat,
                              Cycles& decomp_lat, std::size_t& comp_size_bits)
{
    // Apply compression
    std::unique_ptr<CompressionData> comp_data =
        compress(data, comp_lat, decomp_lat);

    // If we are in debug mode apply decompression just after the compression.
    // If the results do not match, we've got an error
    #ifdef DEBUG_COMPRESSION
    uint64_t decomp_data[blkSize/8];

    // Apply decompression
    decompress(comp_data.get(), decomp_data);

    // Check if decompressed line matches original cache line
    fatal_if(std::memcmp(data, decomp_data, blkSize),
             "Decompressed line does not match original line.");
    #endif

    // Get compression size. If compressed size is greater than the size
    // threshold, the compression is seen as unsuccessful
    comp_size_bits = comp_data->getSizeBits();
    if (comp_size_bits >= sizeThreshold * 8) {
        comp_size_bits = blkSize * 8;
    }

    // Update stats
    stats.compressions++;
    stats.compressionSizeBits += comp_size_bits;
    stats.compressionSize[std::ceil(std::log2(comp_size_bits))]++;

    // Print debug information
    DPRINTF(CacheComp, "Compressed cache line from %d to %d bits. " \
            "Compression latency: %llu, decompression latency: %llu\n",
            blkSize*8, comp_size_bits, comp_lat, decomp_lat);
}

Cycles
BaseCacheCompressor::getDecompressionLatency(const CacheBlk* blk)
{
    const CompressionBlk* comp_blk = static_cast<const CompressionBlk*>(blk);

    // If block is compressed, return its decompression latency
    if (comp_blk && comp_blk->isCompressed()){
        const Cycles decomp_lat = comp_blk->getDecompressionLatency();
        DPRINTF(CacheComp, "Decompressing block: %s (%d cycles)\n",
                comp_blk->print(), decomp_lat);
        stats.decompressions += 1;
        return decomp_lat;
    }

    // Block is not compressed, so there is no decompression latency
    return Cycles(0);
}

void
BaseCacheCompressor::setDecompressionLatency(CacheBlk* blk, const Cycles lat)
{
    // Sanity check
    assert(blk != nullptr);

    // Assign latency
    static_cast<CompressionBlk*>(blk)->setDecompressionLatency(lat);
}

void
BaseCacheCompressor::setSizeBits(CacheBlk* blk, const std::size_t size_bits)
{
    // Sanity check
    assert(blk != nullptr);

    // Assign size
    static_cast<CompressionBlk*>(blk)->setSizeBits(size_bits);
}

BaseCacheCompressor::BaseCacheCompressorStats::BaseCacheCompressorStats(
    BaseCacheCompressor& _compressor)
  : Stats::Group(&_compressor), compressor(_compressor),
    compressions(this, "compressions",
        "Total number of compressions"),
    compressionSize(this, "compression_size",
        "Number of blocks that were compressed to this power of two size"),
    compressionSizeBits(this, "compression_size_bits",
        "Total compressed data size, in bits"),
    avgCompressionSizeBits(this, "avg_compression_size_bits",
        "Average compression size, in bits"),
    decompressions(this, "total_decompressions",
        "Total number of decompressions")
{
}

void
BaseCacheCompressor::BaseCacheCompressorStats::regStats()
{
    Stats::Group::regStats();

    compressionSize.init(std::log2(compressor.blkSize*8) + 1);
    for (unsigned i = 0; i <= std::log2(compressor.blkSize*8); ++i) {
        std::string str_i = std::to_string(1 << i);
        compressionSize.subname(i, str_i);
        compressionSize.subdesc(i,
            "Number of blocks that compressed to fit in " + str_i + " bits");
    }

    avgCompressionSizeBits.flags(Stats::total | Stats::nozero | Stats::nonan);
    avgCompressionSizeBits = compressionSizeBits / compressions;
}