src/mem/cache/prefetch/associative_set.hh

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#ifndef __CACHE_PREFETCH_ASSOCIATIVE_SET_HH__
#define __CACHE_PREFETCH_ASSOCIATIVE_SET_HH__

#include "mem/cache/replacement_policies/base.hh"
#include "mem/cache/tags/indexing_policies/base.hh"
#include "mem/cache/tags/tagged_entry.hh"

namespace gem5
{

/**
 * Associative container based on the previosuly defined Entry type
 * Each element is indexed by a key of type Addr, an additional
 * bool value is used as an additional tag data of the entry.
 */
template<class Entry>
class AssociativeSet
{
    static_assert(std::is_base_of_v<TaggedEntry, Entry>,
                  "Entry must derive from TaggedEntry");

    /** Associativity of the container */
    const int associativity;
    /**
     * Total number of entries, entries are organized in sets of the provided
     * associativity. The number of associative sets is obtained by dividing
     * numEntries by associativity.
     */
    const int numEntries;
    /** Pointer to the indexing policy */
    BaseIndexingPolicy* const indexingPolicy;
    /** Pointer to the replacement policy */
    replacement_policy::Base* const replacementPolicy;
    /** Vector containing the entries of the container */
    std::vector<Entry> entries;

  public:
    /**
     * Public constructor
     * @param assoc number of elements in each associative set
     * @param num_entries total number of entries of the container, the number
     *   of sets can be calculated dividing this balue by the 'assoc' value
     * @param idx_policy indexing policy
     * @param rpl_policy replacement policy
     * @param init_val initial value of the elements of the set
     */
    AssociativeSet(int assoc, int num_entries, BaseIndexingPolicy *idx_policy,
        replacement_policy::Base *rpl_policy, Entry const &init_val = Entry());

    /**
     * Find an entry within the set
     * @param addr key element
     * @param is_secure tag element
     * @return returns a pointer to the wanted entry or nullptr if it does not
     *  exist.
     */
    Entry* findEntry(Addr addr, bool is_secure) const;

    /**
     * Do an access to the entry, this is required to
     * update the replacement information data.
     * @param entry the accessed entry
     */
    void accessEntry(Entry *entry);

    /**
     * Find a victim to be replaced
     * @param addr key to select the possible victim
     * @result entry to be victimized
     */
    Entry* findVictim(Addr addr);

    /**
     * Find the set of entries that could be replaced given
     * that we want to add a new entry with the provided key
     * @param addr key to select the set of entries
     * @result vector of candidates matching with the provided key
     */
    std::vector<Entry *> getPossibleEntries(const Addr addr) const;

    /**
     * Indicate that an entry has just been inserted
     * @param addr key of the container
     * @param is_secure tag component of the container
     * @param entry pointer to the container entry to be inserted
     */
    void insertEntry(Addr addr, bool is_secure, Entry* entry);

    /**
     * Invalidate an entry and its respective replacement data.
     *
     * @param entry Entry to be invalidated.
     */
    void invalidate(Entry* entry);

    /** Iterator types */
    using const_iterator = typename std::vector<Entry>::const_iterator;
    using iterator = typename std::vector<Entry>::iterator;

    /**
     * Returns an iterator to the first entry of the dictionary
     * @result iterator to the first element
     */
    iterator begin()
    {
        return entries.begin();
    }

    /**
     * Returns an iterator pointing to the end of the the dictionary
     * (placeholder element, should not be accessed)
     * @result iterator to the end element
     */
    iterator end()
    {
        return entries.end();
    }

    /**
     * Returns an iterator to the first entry of the dictionary
     * @result iterator to the first element
     */
    const_iterator begin() const
    {
        return entries.begin();
    }

    /**
     * Returns an iterator pointing to the end of the the dictionary
     * (placeholder element, should not be accessed)
     * @result iterator to the end element
     */
    const_iterator end() const
    {
        return entries.end();
    }
};

} // namespace gem5

#endif//__CACHE_PREFETCH_ASSOCIATIVE_SET_HH__