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43 
44 #ifndef __CPU_PRED_2BIT_LOCAL_PRED_HH__
45 #define __CPU_PRED_2BIT_LOCAL_PRED_HH__
46 
47 #include <vector>
48 
49 #include "base/types.hh"
50 #include "cpu/pred/bpred_unit.hh"
51 #include "cpu/pred/sat_counter.hh"
52 #include "params/LocalBP.hh"
53 
61 class LocalBP : public BPredUnit
62 {
63  public:
67  LocalBP(const LocalBPParams *params);
68 
69  virtual void uncondBranch(ThreadID tid, Addr pc, void * &bp_history);
70 
78  bool lookup(ThreadID tid, Addr branch_addr, void * &bp_history);
79 
87  void btbUpdate(ThreadID tid, Addr branch_addr, void * &bp_history);
88 
94  void update(ThreadID tid, Addr branch_addr, bool taken, void *bp_history,
95  bool squashed);
96 
97  void squash(ThreadID tid, void *bp_history)
98  { assert(bp_history == NULL); }
99 
100  void reset();
101 
102  private:
109  inline bool getPrediction(uint8_t &count);
110 
112  inline unsigned getLocalIndex(Addr &PC);
113 
116 
119 
122 
124  unsigned localCtrBits;
125 
127  unsigned indexMask;
128 };
129 
130 #endif // __CPU_PRED_2BIT_LOCAL_PRED_HH__
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Definition: misc.hh:704
Implements a local predictor that uses the PC to index into a table of counters.
Definition: 2bit_local.hh:61
unsigned localPredictorSize
Size of the local predictor.
Definition: 2bit_local.hh:118
void btbUpdate(ThreadID tid, Addr branch_addr, void *&bp_history)
Updates the branch predictor to Not Taken if a BTB entry is invalid or not found. ...
Definition: 2bit_local.cc:82
unsigned indexMask
Mask to get index bits.
Definition: 2bit_local.hh:127
virtual void uncondBranch(ThreadID tid, Addr pc, void *&bp_history)
Definition: 2bit_local.cc:163
const Params * params() const
Definition: sim_object.hh:111
bool lookup(ThreadID tid, Addr branch_addr, void *&bp_history)
Looks up the given address in the branch predictor and returns a true/false value as to whether it is...
Definition: 2bit_local.cc:90
unsigned getLocalIndex(Addr &PC)
Calculates the local index based on the PC.
Definition: 2bit_local.cc:157
unsigned localPredictorSets
Number of sets.
Definition: 2bit_local.hh:121
LocalBP(const LocalBPParams *params)
Default branch predictor constructor.
Definition: 2bit_local.cc:38
std::vector< SatCounter > localCtrs
Array of counters that make up the local predictor.
Definition: 2bit_local.hh:115
Defines global host-dependent types: Counter, Tick, and (indirectly) {int,uint}{8,16,32,64}_t.
uint64_t Addr
Address type This will probably be moved somewhere else in the near future.
Definition: types.hh:142
Basically a wrapper class to hold both the branch predictor and the BTB.
Definition: bpred_unit.hh:67
int16_t ThreadID
Thread index/ID type.
Definition: types.hh:171
void reset()
Definition: 2bit_local.cc:74
unsigned localCtrBits
Number of bits of the local predictor's counters.
Definition: 2bit_local.hh:124
IntReg pc
Definition: remote_gdb.hh:91
void update(ThreadID tid, Addr branch_addr, bool taken, void *bp_history, bool squashed)
Updates the branch predictor with the actual result of a branch.
Definition: 2bit_local.cc:121
void squash(ThreadID tid, void *bp_history)
Definition: 2bit_local.hh:97
bool getPrediction(uint8_t &count)
Returns the taken/not taken prediction given the value of the counter.
Definition: 2bit_local.cc:149

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