src/mem/cache/prefetch/delta_correlating_prediction_tables.hh

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#ifndef __MEM_CACHE_PREFETCH_DELTA_CORRELATING_PREDICTION_TABLES_HH_
#define __MEM_CACHE_PREFETCH_DELTA_CORRELATING_PREDICTION_TABLES_HH_

#include "mem/cache/prefetch/associative_set.hh"
#include "mem/cache/prefetch/queued.hh"

struct DeltaCorrelatingPredictionTablesParams;

/**
 * Delta Correlating Prediction Tables Prefetcher
 * References:
 *   Multi-level hardware prefetching using low complexity delta correlating
 *   prediction tables with partial matching.
 *   Marius Grannaes, Magnus Jahre, and Lasse Natvig. 2010.
 *   In Proceedings of the 5th international conference on High Performance
 *   Embedded Architectures and Compilers (HiPEAC'10)
 *
 * The filter feature is not implemented as gem5 already drops redundant
 * prefetches.
 * The main prefetcher logic is implemented on a separate SimObject as there
 * are other prefetcher that can rehuse this component.
 */

class DeltaCorrelatingPredictionTables : public SimObject
{
    /** Number of bits of each delta */
    const unsigned int deltaBits;
    /** Number of lower bits to ignore from the deltas */
    const unsigned int deltaMaskBits;

    /** DCPT Table entry datatype */
    struct DCPTEntry : public TaggedEntry
    {
        /** Last accessed address */
        Addr lastAddress;
        /**
        * Position of the first free entry, or the oldest element, if it is
        * full
        */
        unsigned int deltaPointer;
        /** Stored deltas */
        std::vector<Addr> deltas;

        /**
         * Constructor
         * @param num_deltas number of deltas stored in the entry
         */
        DCPTEntry(unsigned int num_deltas) : lastAddress(0), deltaPointer(0),
            deltas(num_deltas)
        {}

        /** Reset callback called when invalidating the entry */
        void reset() override;

        /**
         * Adds an address to the entry, if the entry already existed, a delta
         * will be generated
         * @param address address to add
         * @param delta_num_bits number of bits of the delta
         */
        void addAddress(Addr address, unsigned int delta_num_bits);

        /**
         * Attempt to generate prefetch candidates using the two most recent
         * deltas. Prefetch candidates are added to the provided vector.
         * @param pfs reference to a vector where candidates will be added
         * @param mask_bits the number of lower bits that should be masked
         *        (ignored) when comparing deltas
         */
        void getCandidates(std::vector<QueuedPrefetcher::AddrPriority> &pfs,
                           unsigned int mask_bits) const;

    };
    /** The main table */
    AssociativeSet<DCPTEntry> table;

  public:
    DeltaCorrelatingPredictionTables(
        DeltaCorrelatingPredictionTablesParams *p);
    ~DeltaCorrelatingPredictionTables()
    {}

    /**
     * Computes the prefetch candidates given a prefetch event.
     * @param pfi The prefetch event information
     * @param addresses prefetch candidates generated
     */
    void calculatePrefetch(const BasePrefetcher::PrefetchInfo &pfi,
        std::vector<QueuedPrefetcher::AddrPriority> &addresses);

};

struct DCPTPrefetcherParams;

/** The prefetcher object using the DCPT */
class DCPTPrefetcher : public QueuedPrefetcher
{
    /** DCPT object */
    DeltaCorrelatingPredictionTables &dcpt;
  public:
    DCPTPrefetcher(const DCPTPrefetcherParams *p);
    ~DCPTPrefetcher()
    {}
    void calculatePrefetch(const PrefetchInfo &pfi,
        std::vector<AddrPriority> &addresses) override;
};
#endif//__MEM_CACHE_PREFETCH_DELTA_CORRELATING_PREDICTION_TABLES_HH_