Basically a wrapper class to hold both the branch predictor and the BTB. More...

#include <bpred_unit.hh>

Inheritance diagram for BPredUnit:

Classes
struct	PredictorHistory

Public Types
typedef BranchPredictorParams	Params

Public Types inherited from SimObject
typedef SimObjectParams	Params

Public Member Functions
	BPredUnit (const Params *p)

void	regStats () override
	Registers statistics. More...

void	regProbePoints () override
	Register probe points for this object. More...

void	drainSanityCheck () const
	Perform sanity checks after a drain. More...

bool	predict (const StaticInstPtr &inst, const InstSeqNum &seqNum, TheISA::PCState &pc, ThreadID tid)
	Predicts whether or not the instruction is a taken branch, and the target of the branch if it is taken. More...

virtual void	uncondBranch (ThreadID tid, Addr pc, void *&bp_history)=0

void	update (const InstSeqNum &done_sn, ThreadID tid)
	Tells the branch predictor to commit any updates until the given sequence number. More...

void	squash (const InstSeqNum &squashed_sn, ThreadID tid)
	Squashes all outstanding updates until a given sequence number. More...

void	squash (const InstSeqNum &squashed_sn, const TheISA::PCState &corr_target, bool actually_taken, 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. More...

virtual void	squash (ThreadID tid, void *bp_history)=0

virtual bool	lookup (ThreadID tid, Addr instPC, void *&bp_history)=0
	Looks up a given PC in the BP to see if it is taken or not taken. More...

virtual void	btbUpdate (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. More...

bool	BTBValid (Addr instPC)
	Looks up a given PC in the BTB to see if a matching entry exists. More...

TheISA::PCState	BTBLookup (Addr instPC)
	Looks up a given PC in the BTB to get the predicted target. More...

virtual void	update (ThreadID tid, Addr instPC, bool taken, void *bp_history, bool squashed)=0
	Updates the BP with taken/not taken information. More...

void	BTBUpdate (Addr instPC, const TheISA::PCState &target)
	Updates the BTB with the target of a branch. More...

virtual unsigned	getGHR (ThreadID tid, void *bp_history) const

void	dump ()

Public Member Functions inherited from SimObject
const Params *	params () const

	SimObject (const Params *_params)

virtual	~SimObject ()

virtual const std::string	name () const

virtual void	init ()
	init() is called after all C++ SimObjects have been created and all ports are connected. More...

virtual void	loadState (CheckpointIn &cp)
	loadState() is called on each SimObject when restoring from a checkpoint. More...

virtual void	initState ()
	initState() is called on each SimObject when not restoring from a checkpoint. More...

virtual void	resetStats ()
	Reset statistics associated with this object. More...

virtual void	regProbeListeners ()
	Register probe listeners for this object. More...

ProbeManager *	getProbeManager ()
	Get the probe manager for this object. More...

virtual void	startup ()
	startup() is the final initialization call before simulation. More...

DrainState	drain () override
	Provide a default implementation of the drain interface for objects that don't need draining. More...

virtual void	memWriteback ()
	Write back dirty buffers to memory using functional writes. More...

virtual void	memInvalidate ()
	Invalidate the contents of memory buffers. More...

void	serialize (CheckpointOut &cp) const override
	Serialize an object. More...

void	unserialize (CheckpointIn &cp) override
	Unserialize an object. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from EventManager
	EventManager (EventManager &em)

	EventManager (EventManager *em)

	EventManager (EventQueue *eq)

EventQueue *	eventQueue () const

void	schedule (Event &event, Tick when)

void	deschedule (Event &event)

void	reschedule (Event &event, Tick when, bool always=false)

void	schedule (Event *event, Tick when)

void	deschedule (Event *event)

void	reschedule (Event *event, Tick when, bool always=false)

void	wakeupEventQueue (Tick when=(Tick)-1)

void	setCurTick (Tick newVal)

Public Member Functions inherited from Serializable
	Serializable ()

virtual	~Serializable ()

void	serializeSection (CheckpointOut &cp, const char *name) const
	Serialize an object into a new section. More...

void	serializeSection (CheckpointOut &cp, const std::string &name) const

void	unserializeSection (CheckpointIn &cp, const char *name)
	Unserialize an a child object. More...

void	unserializeSection (CheckpointIn &cp, const std::string &name)

Public Member Functions inherited from Drainable
DrainState	drainState () const
	Return the current drain state of an object. More...

virtual void	notifyFork ()
	Notify a child process of a fork. More...

Protected Attributes
const unsigned	instShiftAmt
	Number of bits to shift instructions by for predictor addresses. More...

Protected Attributes inherited from SimObject
const SimObjectParams *	_params
	Cached copy of the object parameters. More...

Protected Attributes inherited from EventManager
EventQueue *	eventq
	A pointer to this object's event queue. More...

Private Types
typedef std::deque < PredictorHistory >	History

Private Attributes
const unsigned	numThreads
	Number of the threads for which the branch history is maintained. More...

std::vector< History >	predHist
	The per-thread predictor history. More...

DefaultBTB	BTB
	The BTB. More...

std::vector< ReturnAddrStack >	RAS
	The per-thread return address stack. More...

const bool	useIndirect
	Option to disable indirect predictor. More...

IndirectPredictor	iPred
	The indirect target predictor. More...

Stats::Scalar	lookups
	Stat for number of BP lookups. More...

Stats::Scalar	condPredicted
	Stat for number of conditional branches predicted. More...

Stats::Scalar	condIncorrect
	Stat for number of conditional branches predicted incorrectly. More...

Stats::Scalar	BTBLookups
	Stat for number of BTB lookups. More...

Stats::Scalar	BTBHits
	Stat for number of BTB hits. More...

Stats::Scalar	BTBCorrect
	Stat for number of times the BTB is correct. More...

Stats::Formula	BTBHitPct
	Stat for percent times an entry in BTB found. More...

Stats::Scalar	usedRAS
	Stat for number of times the RAS is used to get a target. More...

Stats::Scalar	RASIncorrect
	Stat for number of times the RAS is incorrect. More...

Stats::Scalar	indirectLookups
	Stat for the number of indirect target lookups. More...

Stats::Scalar	indirectHits
	Stat for the number of indirect target hits. More...

Stats::Scalar	indirectMisses
	Stat for the number of indirect target misses. More...

Stats::Scalar	indirectMispredicted
	Stat for the number of indirect target mispredictions. More...

PMU Probe points.
ProbePoints::PMUUPtr	ppBranches
	Branches seen by the branch predictor. More...

ProbePoints::PMUUPtr	ppMisses
	Miss-predicted branches. More...

ProbePoints::PMUUPtr	pmuProbePoint (const char *name)
	Helper method to instantiate probe points belonging to this object. More...

Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Member Functions inherited from SimObject
static void	serializeAll (CheckpointOut &cp)
	Serialize all SimObjects in the system. More...

static SimObject *	find (const char *name)
	Find the SimObject with the given name and return a pointer to it. More...

Static Public Member Functions inherited from Serializable
static const std::string &	currentSection ()
	Get the fully-qualified name of the active section. More...

static void	serializeAll (const std::string &cpt_dir)

static void	unserializeGlobals (CheckpointIn &cp)

Static Public Attributes inherited from Serializable
static int	ckptCount = 0

static int	ckptMaxCount = 0

static int	ckptPrevCount = -1

Protected Member Functions inherited from Drainable
	Drainable ()

virtual	~Drainable ()

virtual void	drainResume ()
	Resume execution after a successful drain. More...

void	signalDrainDone () const
	Signal that an object is drained. More...

Detailed Description

Basically a wrapper class to hold both the branch predictor and the BTB.

Definition at line 67 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Member Typedef Documentation

typedef std::deque<PredictorHistory> BPredUnit::History

private

Definition at line 253 of file bpred_unit.hh.

typedef BranchPredictorParams BPredUnit::Params

Definition at line 70 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

BPredUnit::BPredUnit ( const Params * p )

Parameters

params The params object, that has the size of the BP and BTB.

Definition at line 56 of file bpred_unit.cc.

References MipsISA::r, and RAS.

Member Function Documentation

TheISA::PCState BPredUnit::BTBLookup ( Addr instPC )

inline

Looks up a given PC in the BTB to get the predicted target.

Parameters

inst_PC The PC to look up.

Returns: The address of the target of the branch.

Definition at line 167 of file bpred_unit.hh.

References BTB, and DefaultBTB::lookup().

virtual void BPredUnit::btbUpdate	(	ThreadID	tid,
		Addr	instPC,
		void *&	bp_history
	)

pure virtual

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.

Parameters

inst_PC	The PC to look up the local predictor.
bp_history	Pointer that will be set to an object that has the branch predictor state associated with the lookup.

Implemented in TournamentBP, LocalBP, LTAGE, and BiModeBP.

Referenced by predict().

void BPredUnit::BTBUpdate	(	Addr	instPC,
		const TheISA::PCState &	target
	)

inline

Updates the BTB with the target of a branch.

Parameters

inst_PC	The branch's PC that will be updated.
target_PC	The branch's target that will be added to the BTB.

Definition at line 187 of file bpred_unit.hh.

References BTB, and DefaultBTB::update().

bool BPredUnit::BTBValid ( Addr instPC )

inline

Looks up a given PC in the BTB to see if a matching entry exists.

Parameters

inst_PC The PC to look up.

Returns: Whether the BTB contains the given PC.

Definition at line 159 of file bpred_unit.hh.

References BTB, and DefaultBTB::valid().

void BPredUnit::drainSanityCheck ( ) const

Perform sanity checks after a drain.

Definition at line 171 of file bpred_unit.cc.

References M5_VAR_USED, and predHist.

void BPredUnit::dump ( )

Definition at line 491 of file bpred_unit.cc.

References cprintf(), ArmISA::i, and predHist.

virtual unsigned BPredUnit::getGHR	(	ThreadID	tid,
		void *	bp_history
	)		const

inlinevirtual

Reimplemented in TournamentBP, LTAGE, and BiModeBP.

Definition at line 191 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by predict(), and squash().

virtual bool BPredUnit::lookup	(	ThreadID	tid,
		Addr	instPC,
		void *&	bp_history
	)

pure virtual

Looks up a given PC in the BP to see if it is taken or not taken.

Parameters

inst_PC	The PC to look up.
bp_history	Pointer that will be set to an object that has the branch predictor state associated with the lookup.

Returns: Whether the branch is taken or not taken.

Implemented in TournamentBP, LocalBP, LTAGE, and BiModeBP.

Referenced by predict().

ProbePoints::PMUUPtr BPredUnit::pmuProbePoint ( const char * name )

protected

Helper method to instantiate probe points belonging to this object.

Parameters

name	Name of the probe point.

Returns: A unique_ptr to the new probe point.

Definition at line 155 of file bpred_unit.cc.

References SimObject::getProbeManager().

Referenced by regProbePoints().

bool BPredUnit::predict	(	const StaticInstPtr &	inst,
		const InstSeqNum &	seqNum,
		TheISA::PCState &	pc,
		ThreadID	tid
	)

Predicts whether or not the instruction is a taken branch, and the target of the branch if it is taken.

Parameters

inst	The branch instruction.
PC	The predicted PC is passed back through this parameter.
tid	The thread id.

Returns: Returns if the branch is taken or not.

Definition at line 180 of file bpred_unit.cc.

References AlphaISA::advancePC(), BTB, BTBHits, BTBLookups, btbUpdate(), AlphaISA::buildRetPC(), condPredicted, DPRINTF, getGHR(), indirectHits, indirectLookups, indirectMisses, iPred, StaticInst::isCall(), StaticInst::isDirectCtrl(), StaticInst::isReturn(), StaticInst::isUncondCtrl(), IndirectPredictor::lookup(), DefaultBTB::lookup(), lookup(), lookups, pc, ppBranches, predHist, RAS, IndirectPredictor::recordIndirect(), X86ISA::size(), uncondBranch(), usedRAS, useIndirect, and DefaultBTB::valid().

Referenced by Minor::Fetch2::predictBranch(), and BaseSimpleCPU::preExecute().

void BPredUnit::regProbePoints ( )

overridevirtual

Register probe points for this object.

No probe points by default, so do nothing in base.

Reimplemented from SimObject.

Definition at line 164 of file bpred_unit.cc.

References pmuProbePoint(), ppBranches, and ppMisses.

void BPredUnit::regStats ( )

overridevirtual

Registers statistics.

Reimplemented from SimObject.

Definition at line 81 of file bpred_unit.cc.

References BTBCorrect, BTBHitPct, BTBHits, BTBLookups, condIncorrect, condPredicted, Stats::DataWrap< Derived, InfoProxyType >::desc(), indirectHits, indirectLookups, indirectMispredicted, indirectMisses, lookups, SimObject::name(), Stats::DataWrap< Derived, InfoProxyType >::name(), Stats::DataWrap< Derived, InfoProxyType >::precision(), RASIncorrect, SimObject::regStats(), and usedRAS.

void BPredUnit::squash	(	const InstSeqNum &	squashed_sn,
		ThreadID	tid
	)

Squashes all outstanding updates until a given sequence number.

Parameters

squashed_sn	The sequence number to squash any younger updates up until.
tid	The thread id.

Definition at line 342 of file bpred_unit.cc.

References DPRINTF, iPred, predHist, RAS, X86ISA::size(), and IndirectPredictor::squash().

Referenced by BaseSimpleCPU::advancePC(), squash(), and Minor::Fetch2::updateBranchPrediction().

void BPredUnit::squash	(	const InstSeqNum &	squashed_sn,
		const TheISA::PCState &	corr_target,
		bool	actually_taken,
		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.

Parameters

squashed_sn	The sequence number to squash any younger updates up until.
corr_target	The correct branch target.
actually_taken	The correct branch direction.
tid	The thread id.

Definition at line 379 of file bpred_unit.cc.

References BTB, condIncorrect, DPRINTF, getGHR(), indirectMispredicted, iPred, ppMisses, predHist, RAS, RASIncorrect, IndirectPredictor::recordTarget(), squash(), DefaultBTB::update(), and update().

virtual void BPredUnit::squash	(	ThreadID	tid,
		void *	bp_history
	)

pure virtual

Parameters

bp_history Pointer to the history object. The predictor will need to update any state and delete the object.

Implemented in TournamentBP, LocalBP, LTAGE, and BiModeBP.

virtual void BPredUnit::uncondBranch	(	ThreadID	tid,
		Addr	pc,
		void *&	bp_history
	)

pure virtual

Implemented in TournamentBP, LocalBP, LTAGE, and BiModeBP.

Referenced by predict().

void BPredUnit::update	(	const InstSeqNum &	done_sn,
		ThreadID	tid
	)

Tells the branch predictor to commit any updates until the given sequence number.

Parameters

done_sn	The sequence number to commit any older updates up until.
tid	The thread id.

Definition at line 324 of file bpred_unit.cc.

References IndirectPredictor::commit(), DPRINTF, iPred, pc, and predHist.

Referenced by BaseSimpleCPU::advancePC(), squash(), and Minor::Fetch2::updateBranchPrediction().

virtual void BPredUnit::update	(	ThreadID	tid,
		Addr	instPC,
		bool	taken,
		void *	bp_history,
		bool	squashed
	)

pure virtual

Updates the BP with taken/not taken information.

Parameters

inst_PC	The branch's PC that will be updated.
taken	Whether the branch was taken or not taken.
bp_history	Pointer to the branch predictor state that is associated with the branch lookup that is being updated.
squashed	Set to true when this function is called during a squash operation.

Todo:: Make this update flexible enough to handle a global predictor.

Implemented in TournamentBP, LocalBP, LTAGE, and BiModeBP.

Member Data Documentation

DefaultBTB BPredUnit::BTB

private

The BTB.

Definition at line 267 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by BTBLookup(), BTBUpdate(), BTBValid(), predict(), and squash().

Stats::Scalar BPredUnit::BTBCorrect

private

Stat for number of times the BTB is correct.

Definition at line 289 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by regStats().

Stats::Formula BPredUnit::BTBHitPct

private

Stat for percent times an entry in BTB found.

Definition at line 291 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by regStats().

Stats::Scalar BPredUnit::BTBHits

private

Stat for number of BTB hits.

Definition at line 287 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by predict(), and regStats().

Stats::Scalar BPredUnit::BTBLookups

private

Stat for number of BTB lookups.

Definition at line 285 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by predict(), and regStats().

Stats::Scalar BPredUnit::condIncorrect

private

Stat for number of conditional branches predicted incorrectly.

Definition at line 283 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by regStats(), and squash().

Stats::Scalar BPredUnit::condPredicted

private

Stat for number of conditional branches predicted.

Definition at line 281 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by predict(), and regStats().

Stats::Scalar BPredUnit::indirectHits

private

Stat for the number of indirect target hits.

Definition at line 300 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by predict(), and regStats().

Stats::Scalar BPredUnit::indirectLookups

private

Stat for the number of indirect target lookups.

Definition at line 298 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by predict(), and regStats().

Stats::Scalar BPredUnit::indirectMispredicted

private

Stat for the number of indirect target mispredictions.

Definition at line 304 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by regStats(), and squash().

Stats::Scalar BPredUnit::indirectMisses

private

Stat for the number of indirect target misses.

Definition at line 302 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by predict(), and regStats().

const unsigned BPredUnit::instShiftAmt

protected

Number of bits to shift instructions by for predictor addresses.

Definition at line 308 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by TournamentBP::calcLocHistIdx(), LocalBP::getLocalIndex(), LocalBP::LocalBP(), BiModeBP::lookup(), and BiModeBP::update().

IndirectPredictor BPredUnit::iPred

private

The indirect target predictor.

Definition at line 276 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by predict(), squash(), and update().

Stats::Scalar BPredUnit::lookups

private

Stat for number of BP lookups.

Definition at line 279 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by predict(), and regStats().

const unsigned BPredUnit::numThreads

private

Number of the threads for which the branch history is maintained.

Definition at line 256 of file bpred_unit.hh.

ProbePoints::PMUUPtr BPredUnit::ppBranches

protected

Branches seen by the branch predictor.

Note: This counter includes speculative branches.

Definition at line 330 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by predict(), and regProbePoints().

ProbePoints::PMUUPtr BPredUnit::ppMisses

protected

Miss-predicted branches.

Definition at line 333 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by regProbePoints(), and squash().

std::vector<History> BPredUnit::predHist

private

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.

Definition at line 264 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by drainSanityCheck(), dump(), predict(), squash(), and update().

std::vector<ReturnAddrStack> BPredUnit::RAS

private

The per-thread return address stack.

Definition at line 270 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by BPredUnit(), predict(), and squash().

Stats::Scalar BPredUnit::RASIncorrect

private

Stat for number of times the RAS is incorrect.

Definition at line 295 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by regStats(), and squash().

Stats::Scalar BPredUnit::usedRAS

private

Stat for number of times the RAS is used to get a target.

Definition at line 293 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by predict(), and regStats().

const bool BPredUnit::useIndirect

private

Option to disable indirect predictor.

Definition at line 273 of file bpred_unit.hh.

Referenced by predict().

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

cpu/pred/bpred_unit.hh
cpu/pred/bpred_unit.cc

Classes

Public Types

Public Member Functions

Protected Attributes

Private Types

Private Attributes

PMU Probe points.

Additional Inherited Members

Detailed Description

Member Typedef Documentation

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Member Function Documentation

Member Data Documentation