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 #ifndef __CPU_PRED_BPRED_UNIT_HH__
 #define __CPU_PRED_BPRED_UNIT_HH__

 #include <deque>

 #include "base/statistics.hh"
 #include "base/types.hh"
 #include "cpu/pred/btb.hh"
 #include "cpu/pred/indirect.hh"
 #include "cpu/pred/ras.hh"
 #include "cpu/inst_seq.hh"
 #include "cpu/static_inst.hh"
 #include "params/BranchPredictor.hh"
 #include "sim/probe/pmu.hh"
 #include "sim/sim_object.hh"

 namespace gem5
 {

 namespace branch_prediction
 {

 /**
  * Basically a wrapper class to hold both the branch predictor
  * and the BTB.
  */
 class BPredUnit : public SimObject
 {
   public:
       typedef BranchPredictorParams Params;
     /**
      * @param params The params object, that has the size of the BP and BTB.
      */
     BPredUnit(const Params &p);

     void regProbePoints() override;

     /** Perform sanity checks after a drain. */
     void drainSanityCheck() const;

     /**
      * Predicts whether or not the instruction is a taken branch, and the
      * target of the branch if it is taken.
      * @param inst The branch instruction.
      * @param PC The predicted PC is passed back through this parameter.
      * @param tid The thread id.
      * @return Returns if the branch is taken or not.
      */
     bool predict(const StaticInstPtr &inst, const InstSeqNum &seqNum,
                  PCStateBase &pc, ThreadID tid);

     // @todo: Rename this function.
     virtual void uncondBranch(ThreadID tid, Addr pc, void * &bp_history) = 0;

     /**
      * Tells the branch predictor to commit any updates until the given
      * sequence number.
      * @param done_sn The sequence number to commit any older updates up until.
      * @param tid The thread id.
      */
     void update(const InstSeqNum &done_sn, ThreadID tid);

     /**
      * Squashes all outstanding updates until a given sequence number.
      * @param squashed_sn The sequence number to squash any younger updates up
      * until.
      * @param tid The thread id.
      */
     void squash(const InstSeqNum &squashed_sn, ThreadID tid);

     /**
      * Squashes all outstanding updates until a given sequence number, and
      * corrects that sn's update with the proper address and taken/not taken.
      * @param squashed_sn The sequence number to squash any younger updates up
      * until.
      * @param corr_target The correct branch target.
      * @param actually_taken The correct branch direction.
      * @param tid The thread id.
      */
     void squash(const InstSeqNum &squashed_sn,
                 const PCStateBase &corr_target,
                 bool actually_taken, ThreadID tid);

     /**
      * @param bp_history Pointer to the history object.  The predictor
      * will need to update any state and delete the object.
      */
     virtual void squash(ThreadID tid, void *bp_history) = 0;

     /**
      * Looks up a given PC in the BP to see if it is taken or not taken.
      * @param inst_PC The PC to look up.
      * @param bp_history Pointer that will be set to an object that
      * has the branch predictor state associated with the lookup.
      * @return Whether the branch is taken or not taken.
      */
     virtual bool lookup(ThreadID tid, Addr instPC, void * &bp_history) = 0;

      /**
      * If a branch is not taken, because the BTB address is invalid or missing,
      * this function sets the appropriate counter in the global and local
      * predictors to not taken.
      * @param inst_PC The PC to look up the local predictor.
      * @param bp_history Pointer that will be set to an object that
      * has the branch predictor state associated with the lookup.
      */
     virtual void btbUpdate(ThreadID tid, Addr instPC, void * &bp_history) = 0;

     /**
      * Looks up a given PC in the BTB to see if a matching entry exists.
      * @param inst_PC The PC to look up.
      * @return Whether the BTB contains the given PC.
      */
     bool BTBValid(Addr instPC) { return BTB.valid(instPC, 0); }

     /**
      * Looks up a given PC in the BTB to get the predicted target. The PC may
      * be changed or deleted in the future, so it needs to be used immediately,
      * and/or copied for use later.
      * @param inst_PC The PC to look up.
      * @return The address of the target of the branch.
      */
     const PCStateBase *
     BTBLookup(Addr inst_pc)
     {
         return BTB.lookup(inst_pc, 0);
     }

     /**
      * Updates the BP with taken/not taken information.
      * @param inst_PC The branch's PC that will be updated.
      * @param taken Whether the branch was taken or not taken.
      * @param bp_history Pointer to the branch predictor state that is
      * associated with the branch lookup that is being updated.
      * @param squashed Set to true when this function is called during a
      * squash operation.
      * @param inst Static instruction information
      * @param corrTarget The resolved target of the branch (only needed
      * for squashed branches)
      * @todo Make this update flexible enough to handle a global predictor.
      */
     virtual void update(ThreadID tid, Addr instPC, bool taken,
                    void *bp_history, bool squashed,
                    const StaticInstPtr &inst, Addr corrTarget) = 0;
     /**
      * Updates the BTB with the target of a branch.
      * @param inst_PC The branch's PC that will be updated.
      * @param target_PC The branch's target that will be added to the BTB.
      */
     void
     BTBUpdate(Addr instPC, const PCStateBase &target)
     {
         ++stats.BTBUpdates;
         BTB.update(instPC, target, 0);
     }


     void dump();

   private:
     struct PredictorHistory
     {
         /**
          * Makes a predictor history struct that contains any
          * information needed to update the predictor, BTB, and RAS.
          */
         PredictorHistory(const InstSeqNum &seq_num, Addr instPC,
                          bool pred_taken, void *bp_history,
                          void *indirect_history, ThreadID _tid,
                          const StaticInstPtr & inst)
             : seqNum(seq_num), pc(instPC), bpHistory(bp_history),
               indirectHistory(indirect_history), tid(_tid),
               predTaken(pred_taken), inst(inst)
         {}

         PredictorHistory(const PredictorHistory &other) :
             seqNum(other.seqNum), pc(other.pc), bpHistory(other.bpHistory),
             indirectHistory(other.indirectHistory), RASIndex(other.RASIndex),
             tid(other.tid), predTaken(other.predTaken), usedRAS(other.usedRAS),
             pushedRAS(other.pushedRAS), wasCall(other.wasCall),
             wasReturn(other.wasReturn), wasIndirect(other.wasIndirect),
             target(other.target), inst(other.inst)
         {
             set(RASTarget, other.RASTarget);
         }

         bool
         operator==(const PredictorHistory &entry) const
         {
             return this->seqNum == entry.seqNum;
         }

         /** The sequence number for the predictor history entry. */
         InstSeqNum seqNum;

         /** The PC associated with the sequence number. */
         Addr pc;

         /** Pointer to the history object passed back from the branch
          * predictor.  It is used to update or restore state of the
          * branch predictor.
          */
         void *bpHistory = nullptr;

         void *indirectHistory = nullptr;

         /** The RAS target (only valid if a return). */
         std::unique_ptr<PCStateBase> RASTarget;

         /** The RAS index of the instruction (only valid if a call). */
         unsigned RASIndex = 0;

         /** The thread id. */
         ThreadID tid;

         /** Whether or not it was predicted taken. */
         bool predTaken;

         /** Whether or not the RAS was used. */
         bool usedRAS = false;

         /* Whether or not the RAS was pushed */
         bool pushedRAS = false;

         /** Whether or not the instruction was a call. */
         bool wasCall = false;

         /** Whether or not the instruction was a return. */
         bool wasReturn = false;

         /** Wether this instruction was an indirect branch */
         bool wasIndirect = false;

         /** Target of the branch. First it is predicted, and fixed later
          *  if necessary
          */
         Addr target = MaxAddr;

         /** The branch instrction */
         const StaticInstPtr inst;
     };

     typedef std::deque<PredictorHistory> History;

     /** Number of the threads for which the branch history is maintained. */
     const unsigned numThreads;


     /**
      * The per-thread predictor history. This is used to update the predictor
      * as instructions are committed, or restore it to the proper state after
      * a squash.
      */
     std::vector<History> predHist;

     /** The BTB. */
     DefaultBTB BTB;

     /** The per-thread return address stack. */
     std::vector<ReturnAddrStack> RAS;

     /** The indirect target predictor. */
     IndirectPredictor * iPred;

     struct BPredUnitStats : public statistics::Group
     {
         BPredUnitStats(statistics::Group *parent);

         /** Stat for number of BP lookups. */
         statistics::Scalar lookups;
         /** Stat for number of conditional branches predicted. */
         statistics::Scalar condPredicted;
         /** Stat for number of conditional branches predicted incorrectly. */
         statistics::Scalar condIncorrect;
         /** Stat for number of BTB lookups. */
         statistics::Scalar BTBLookups;
         /** Stat for number of BTB updates. */
         statistics::Scalar BTBUpdates;
         /** Stat for number of BTB hits. */
         statistics::Scalar BTBHits;
         /** Stat for the ratio between BTB hits and BTB lookups. */
         statistics::Formula BTBHitRatio;
         /** Stat for number of times the RAS is used to get a target. */
         statistics::Scalar RASUsed;
         /** Stat for number of times the RAS is incorrect. */
         statistics::Scalar RASIncorrect;

         /** Stat for the number of indirect target lookups.*/
         statistics::Scalar indirectLookups;
         /** Stat for the number of indirect target hits.*/
         statistics::Scalar indirectHits;
         /** Stat for the number of indirect target misses.*/
         statistics::Scalar indirectMisses;
         /** Stat for the number of indirect target mispredictions.*/
         statistics::Scalar indirectMispredicted;
     } stats;

   protected:
     /** Number of bits to shift instructions by for predictor addresses. */
     const unsigned instShiftAmt;

     /**
      * @{
      * @name PMU Probe points.
      */

     /**
      * Helper method to instantiate probe points belonging to this
      * object.
      *
      * @param name Name of the probe point.
      * @return A unique_ptr to the new probe point.
      */
     probing::PMUUPtr pmuProbePoint(const char *name);


     /**
      * Branches seen by the branch predictor
      *
      * @note This counter includes speculative branches.
      */
     probing::PMUUPtr ppBranches;

     /** Miss-predicted branches */
     probing::PMUUPtr ppMisses;

     /** @} */
 };

 } // namespace branch_prediction
 } // namespace gem5

 #endif // __CPU_PRED_BPRED_UNIT_HH__
	/*
	* Copyright (c) 2011-2012, 2014 ARM Limited
	* Copyright (c) 2010 The University of Edinburgh
	* All rights reserved
	*
	* The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
	* not be construed as granting a license to any other intellectual
	* property including but not limited to intellectual property relating
	* to a hardware implementation of the functionality of the software
	* licensed hereunder. You may use the software subject to the license
	* terms below provided that you ensure that this notice is replicated
	* unmodified and in its entirety in all distributions of the software,
	* modified or unmodified, in source code or in binary form.
	*
	* Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of The University of Michigan
	* 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.
	*/

	#ifndef __CPU_PRED_BPRED_UNIT_HH__
	#define __CPU_PRED_BPRED_UNIT_HH__

	#include <deque>

	#include "base/statistics.hh"
	#include "base/types.hh"
	#include "cpu/pred/btb.hh"
	#include "cpu/pred/indirect.hh"
	#include "cpu/pred/ras.hh"
	#include "cpu/inst_seq.hh"
	#include "cpu/static_inst.hh"
	#include "params/BranchPredictor.hh"
	#include "sim/probe/pmu.hh"
	#include "sim/sim_object.hh"

	namespace gem5
	{

	namespace branch_prediction
	{

	/**
	* Basically a wrapper class to hold both the branch predictor
	* and the BTB.
	*/
	class BPredUnit : public SimObject
	{
	public:
	typedef BranchPredictorParams Params;
	/**
	* @param params The params object, that has the size of the BP and BTB.
	*/
	BPredUnit(const Params &p);

	void regProbePoints() override;

	/** Perform sanity checks after a drain. */
	void drainSanityCheck() const;

	/**
	* Predicts whether or not the instruction is a taken branch, and the
	* target of the branch if it is taken.
	* @param inst The branch instruction.
	* @param PC The predicted PC is passed back through this parameter.
	* @param tid The thread id.
	* @return Returns if the branch is taken or not.
	*/
	bool predict(const StaticInstPtr &inst, const InstSeqNum &seqNum,
	PCStateBase &pc, ThreadID tid);

	// @todo: Rename this function.
	virtual void uncondBranch(ThreadID tid, Addr pc, void * &bp_history) = 0;

	/**
	* Tells the branch predictor to commit any updates until the given
	* sequence number.
	* @param done_sn The sequence number to commit any older updates up until.
	* @param tid The thread id.
	*/
	void update(const InstSeqNum &done_sn, ThreadID tid);

	/**
	* Squashes all outstanding updates until a given sequence number.
	* @param squashed_sn The sequence number to squash any younger updates up
	* until.
	* @param tid The thread id.
	*/
	void squash(const InstSeqNum &squashed_sn, ThreadID tid);

	/**
	* Squashes all outstanding updates until a given sequence number, and
	* corrects that sn's update with the proper address and taken/not taken.
	* @param squashed_sn The sequence number to squash any younger updates up
	* until.
	* @param corr_target The correct branch target.
	* @param actually_taken The correct branch direction.
	* @param tid The thread id.
	*/
	void squash(const InstSeqNum &squashed_sn,
	const PCStateBase &corr_target,
	bool actually_taken, ThreadID tid);

	/**
	* @param bp_history Pointer to the history object. The predictor
	* will need to update any state and delete the object.
	*/
	virtual void squash(ThreadID tid, void *bp_history) = 0;

	/**
	* Looks up a given PC in the BP to see if it is taken or not taken.
	* @param inst_PC The PC to look up.
	* @param bp_history Pointer that will be set to an object that
	* has the branch predictor state associated with the lookup.
	* @return Whether the branch is taken or not taken.
	*/
	virtual bool lookup(ThreadID tid, Addr instPC, void * &bp_history) = 0;

	/**
	* If a branch is not taken, because the BTB address is invalid or missing,
	* this function sets the appropriate counter in the global and local
	* predictors to not taken.
	* @param inst_PC The PC to look up the local predictor.
	* @param bp_history Pointer that will be set to an object that
	* has the branch predictor state associated with the lookup.
	*/
	virtual void btbUpdate(ThreadID tid, Addr instPC, void * &bp_history) = 0;

	/**
	* Looks up a given PC in the BTB to see if a matching entry exists.
	* @param inst_PC The PC to look up.
	* @return Whether the BTB contains the given PC.
	*/
	bool BTBValid(Addr instPC) { return BTB.valid(instPC, 0); }

	/**
	* Looks up a given PC in the BTB to get the predicted target. The PC may
	* be changed or deleted in the future, so it needs to be used immediately,
	* and/or copied for use later.
	* @param inst_PC The PC to look up.
	* @return The address of the target of the branch.
	*/
	const PCStateBase *
	BTBLookup(Addr inst_pc)
	{
	return BTB.lookup(inst_pc, 0);
	}

	/**
	* Updates the BP with taken/not taken information.
	* @param inst_PC The branch's PC that will be updated.
	* @param taken Whether the branch was taken or not taken.
	* @param bp_history Pointer to the branch predictor state that is
	* associated with the branch lookup that is being updated.
	* @param squashed Set to true when this function is called during a
	* squash operation.
	* @param inst Static instruction information
	* @param corrTarget The resolved target of the branch (only needed
	* for squashed branches)
	* @todo Make this update flexible enough to handle a global predictor.
	*/
	virtual void update(ThreadID tid, Addr instPC, bool taken,
	void *bp_history, bool squashed,
	const StaticInstPtr &inst, Addr corrTarget) = 0;
	/**
	* Updates the BTB with the target of a branch.
	* @param inst_PC The branch's PC that will be updated.
	* @param target_PC The branch's target that will be added to the BTB.
	*/
	void
	BTBUpdate(Addr instPC, const PCStateBase &target)
	{
	++stats.BTBUpdates;
	BTB.update(instPC, target, 0);
	}


	void dump();

	private:
	struct PredictorHistory
	{
	/**
	* Makes a predictor history struct that contains any
	* information needed to update the predictor, BTB, and RAS.
	*/
	PredictorHistory(const InstSeqNum &seq_num, Addr instPC,
	bool pred_taken, void *bp_history,
	void *indirect_history, ThreadID _tid,
	const StaticInstPtr & inst)
	: seqNum(seq_num), pc(instPC), bpHistory(bp_history),
	indirectHistory(indirect_history), tid(_tid),
	predTaken(pred_taken), inst(inst)
	{}

	PredictorHistory(const PredictorHistory &other) :
	seqNum(other.seqNum), pc(other.pc), bpHistory(other.bpHistory),
	indirectHistory(other.indirectHistory), RASIndex(other.RASIndex),
	tid(other.tid), predTaken(other.predTaken), usedRAS(other.usedRAS),
	pushedRAS(other.pushedRAS), wasCall(other.wasCall),
	wasReturn(other.wasReturn), wasIndirect(other.wasIndirect),
	target(other.target), inst(other.inst)
	{
	set(RASTarget, other.RASTarget);
	}

	bool
	operator==(const PredictorHistory &entry) const
	{
	return this->seqNum == entry.seqNum;
	}

	/** The sequence number for the predictor history entry. */
	InstSeqNum seqNum;

	/** The PC associated with the sequence number. */
	Addr pc;

	/** Pointer to the history object passed back from the branch
	* predictor. It is used to update or restore state of the
	* branch predictor.
	*/
	void *bpHistory = nullptr;

	void *indirectHistory = nullptr;

	/** The RAS target (only valid if a return). */
	std::unique_ptr<PCStateBase> RASTarget;

	/** The RAS index of the instruction (only valid if a call). */
	unsigned RASIndex = 0;

	/** The thread id. */
	ThreadID tid;

	/** Whether or not it was predicted taken. */
	bool predTaken;

	/** Whether or not the RAS was used. */
	bool usedRAS = false;

	/* Whether or not the RAS was pushed */
	bool pushedRAS = false;

	/** Whether or not the instruction was a call. */
	bool wasCall = false;

	/** Whether or not the instruction was a return. */
	bool wasReturn = false;

	/** Wether this instruction was an indirect branch */
	bool wasIndirect = false;

	/** Target of the branch. First it is predicted, and fixed later
	* if necessary
	*/
	Addr target = MaxAddr;

	/** The branch instrction */
	const StaticInstPtr inst;
	};

	typedef std::deque<PredictorHistory> History;

	/** Number of the threads for which the branch history is maintained. */
	const unsigned numThreads;


	/**
	* The per-thread predictor history. This is used to update the predictor
	* as instructions are committed, or restore it to the proper state after
	* a squash.
	*/
	std::vector<History> predHist;

	/** The BTB. */
	DefaultBTB BTB;

	/** The per-thread return address stack. */
	std::vector<ReturnAddrStack> RAS;

	/** The indirect target predictor. */
	IndirectPredictor * iPred;

	struct BPredUnitStats : public statistics::Group
	{
	BPredUnitStats(statistics::Group *parent);

	/** Stat for number of BP lookups. */
	statistics::Scalar lookups;
	/** Stat for number of conditional branches predicted. */
	statistics::Scalar condPredicted;
	/** Stat for number of conditional branches predicted incorrectly. */
	statistics::Scalar condIncorrect;
	/** Stat for number of BTB lookups. */
	statistics::Scalar BTBLookups;
	/** Stat for number of BTB updates. */
	statistics::Scalar BTBUpdates;
	/** Stat for number of BTB hits. */
	statistics::Scalar BTBHits;
	/** Stat for the ratio between BTB hits and BTB lookups. */
	statistics::Formula BTBHitRatio;
	/** Stat for number of times the RAS is used to get a target. */
	statistics::Scalar RASUsed;
	/** Stat for number of times the RAS is incorrect. */
	statistics::Scalar RASIncorrect;

	/** Stat for the number of indirect target lookups.*/
	statistics::Scalar indirectLookups;
	/** Stat for the number of indirect target hits.*/
	statistics::Scalar indirectHits;
	/** Stat for the number of indirect target misses.*/
	statistics::Scalar indirectMisses;
	/** Stat for the number of indirect target mispredictions.*/
	statistics::Scalar indirectMispredicted;
	} stats;

	protected:
	/** Number of bits to shift instructions by for predictor addresses. */
	const unsigned instShiftAmt;

	/**
	* @{
	* @name PMU Probe points.
	*/

	/**
	* Helper method to instantiate probe points belonging to this
	* object.
	*
	* @param name Name of the probe point.
	* @return A unique_ptr to the new probe point.
	*/
	probing::PMUUPtr pmuProbePoint(const char *name);


	/**
	* Branches seen by the branch predictor
	*
	* @note This counter includes speculative branches.
	*/
	probing::PMUUPtr ppBranches;

	/** Miss-predicted branches */
	probing::PMUUPtr ppMisses;

	/** @} */
	};

	} // namespace branch_prediction
	} // namespace gem5

	#endif // __CPU_PRED_BPRED_UNIT_HH__