src/mem/ruby/structures/AbstractReplacementPolicy.hh

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#ifndef __MEM_RUBY_STRUCTURES_ABSTRACTREPLACEMENTPOLICY_HH__
#define __MEM_RUBY_STRUCTURES_ABSTRACTREPLACEMENTPOLICY_HH__

#include "base/types.hh"
#include "mem/ruby/common/TypeDefines.hh"
#include "params/ReplacementPolicy.hh"
#include "sim/sim_object.hh"

class CacheMemory;

class AbstractReplacementPolicy : public SimObject
{
  public:
    typedef ReplacementPolicyParams Params;
    AbstractReplacementPolicy(const Params * p);
    virtual ~AbstractReplacementPolicy();

    /* touch a block. a.k.a. update timestamp */
    virtual void touch(int64_t set, int64_t way, Tick time) = 0;

    /* returns the way to replace */
    virtual int64_t getVictim(int64_t set) const = 0;

    /* get the time of the last access */
    Tick getLastAccess(int64_t set, int64_t way);

    virtual bool useOccupancy() const { return false; }

    void setCache(CacheMemory * pCache) {m_cache = pCache;}
    CacheMemory * m_cache;

  protected:
    unsigned m_num_sets;       /** total number of sets */
    unsigned m_assoc;          /** set associativity */
    Tick **m_last_ref_ptr;         /** timestamp of last reference */
};

#endif // __MEM_RUBY_STRUCTURES_ABSTRACTREPLACEMENTPOLICY_HH__