cpu: re-organizes the branch predictor structure.
[gem5.git] / src / cpu / minor / pipe_data.hh
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39
40 /**
41 * @file
42 *
43 * Contains class definitions for data flowing between pipeline stages in
44 * the top-level structure portion of this model. Latch types are also
45 * defined which pair forward/backward flowing data specific to each stage
46 * pair.
47 *
48 * No post-configuration inter-stage communication should *ever* take place
49 * outside these classes (except for reservation!)
50 */
51
52 #ifndef __CPU_MINOR_PIPE_DATA_HH__
53 #define __CPU_MINOR_PIPE_DATA_HH__
54
55 #include "cpu/minor/buffers.hh"
56 #include "cpu/minor/dyn_inst.hh"
57 #include "cpu/base.hh"
58
59 namespace Minor
60 {
61
62 /** Forward data betwen Execute and Fetch1 carrying change-of-address/stream
63 * information. */
64 class BranchData /* : public ReportIF, public BubbleIF */
65 {
66 public:
67 enum Reason
68 {
69 /* *** No change of stream (information to branch prediction) */
70
71 /* Don't branch at all (bubble) */
72 NoBranch,
73 /* Don't branch, but here's the details of a correct prediction
74 * that was executed */
75 CorrectlyPredictedBranch,
76
77 /* *** Change of stream */
78
79 /* Take an unpredicted branch */
80 UnpredictedBranch,
81 /* Take a branch on branch prediction data (from Fetch2) */
82 BranchPrediction,
83 /* Prediction of wrong target PC */
84 BadlyPredictedBranchTarget,
85 /* Bad branch prediction (didn't actually branch). Need to branch
86 * back to correct stream. If the target is wrong, use
87 * BadlyPredictedBranchTarget */
88 BadlyPredictedBranch,
89 /* Suspend fetching for this thread (inst->id.threadId).
90 * This will be woken up by another stream changing branch so
91 * count it as stream changing itself and expect pc to be the PC
92 * of the next instruction */
93 SuspendThread,
94 /* Wakeup fetching from Halted */
95 WakeupFetch,
96 /* Branch from an interrupt (no instruction) */
97 Interrupt,
98 /* Stop fetching in anticipation of of draining */
99 HaltFetch
100 };
101
102 /** Is a request with this reason actually a request to change the
103 * PC rather than a bubble or branch prediction information */
104 static bool isStreamChange(const BranchData::Reason reason);
105
106 /** Is a request with this reason actually a 'real' branch, that is,
107 * a stream change that's not just an instruction to Fetch1 to halt
108 * or wake up */
109 static bool isBranch(const BranchData::Reason reason);
110
111 public:
112 /** Explanation for this branch */
113 Reason reason;
114
115 /** Sequence number of new stream/prediction to be adopted */
116 InstSeqNum newStreamSeqNum;
117 InstSeqNum newPredictionSeqNum;
118
119 /** Starting PC of that stream */
120 TheISA::PCState target;
121
122 /** Instruction which caused this branch */
123 MinorDynInstPtr inst;
124
125 public:
126 BranchData() :
127 reason(NoBranch), newStreamSeqNum(0),
128 newPredictionSeqNum(0), target(TheISA::PCState(0)),
129 inst(MinorDynInst::bubble())
130 { }
131
132 BranchData(
133 Reason reason_,
134 InstSeqNum new_stream_seq_num,
135 InstSeqNum new_prediction_seq_num,
136 TheISA::PCState target,
137 MinorDynInstPtr inst_) :
138 reason(reason_),
139 newStreamSeqNum(new_stream_seq_num),
140 newPredictionSeqNum(new_prediction_seq_num),
141 target(target),
142 inst(inst_)
143 { }
144
145 /** BubbleIF interface */
146 static BranchData bubble() { return BranchData(); }
147 bool isBubble() const { return reason == NoBranch; }
148
149 /** As static isStreamChange but on this branch data */
150 bool isStreamChange() const { return isStreamChange(reason); }
151
152 /** As static isBranch but on this branch data */
153 bool isBranch() const { return isBranch(reason); }
154
155 /** ReportIF interface */
156 void reportData(std::ostream &os) const;
157 };
158
159 /** Print a branch reason enum */
160 std::ostream &operator <<(std::ostream &os, BranchData::Reason reason);
161
162 /** Print BranchData contents in a format suitable for DPRINTF comments, not
163 * for MinorTrace */
164 std::ostream &operator <<(std::ostream &os, const BranchData &branch);
165
166 /** Line fetch data in the forward direction. Contains a single cache line
167 * (or fragment of a line), its address, a sequence number assigned when
168 * that line was fetched and a bubbleFlag that can allow ForwardLineData to
169 * be used to represent the absence of line data in a pipeline. */
170 class ForwardLineData /* : public ReportIF, public BubbleIF */
171 {
172 private:
173 /** This line is a bubble. No other data member is required to be valid
174 * if this is true */
175 bool bubbleFlag;
176
177 public:
178 /** First byte address in the line. This is allowed to be
179 * <= pc.instAddr() */
180 Addr lineBaseAddr;
181
182 /** PC of the first requested inst within this line */
183 TheISA::PCState pc;
184
185 /** Explicit line width, don't rely on data.size */
186 unsigned int lineWidth;
187
188 public:
189 /** This line has a fault. The bubble flag will be false and seqNums
190 * will be valid but no data will */
191 Fault fault;
192
193 /** Thread, stream, prediction ... id of this line */
194 InstId id;
195
196 /** Line data. line[0] is the byte at address pc.instAddr(). Data is
197 * only valid upto lineWidth - 1. */
198 uint8_t *line;
199
200 /** Packet from which the line is taken */
201 Packet *packet;
202
203 public:
204 ForwardLineData() :
205 bubbleFlag(true),
206 lineBaseAddr(0),
207 lineWidth(0),
208 fault(NoFault),
209 line(NULL),
210 packet(NULL)
211 {
212 /* Make lines bubbles by default */
213 }
214
215 ~ForwardLineData() { line = NULL; }
216
217 public:
218 /** This is a fault, not a line */
219 bool isFault() const { return fault != NoFault; }
220
221 /** Set fault and possible clear the bubble flag */
222 void setFault(Fault fault_);
223
224 /** In-place initialise a ForwardLineData, freeing and overridding the
225 * line */
226 void allocateLine(unsigned int width_);
227
228 /** Use the data from a packet as line instead of allocating new
229 * space. On destruction of this object, the packet will be destroyed */
230 void adoptPacketData(Packet *packet);
231
232 /** Free this ForwardLineData line. Note that these are shared between
233 * line objects and so you must be careful when deallocating them.
234 * Copying of ForwardLineData can, therefore, be done by default copy
235 * constructors/assignment */
236 void freeLine();
237
238 /** BubbleIF interface */
239 static ForwardLineData bubble() { return ForwardLineData(); }
240 bool isBubble() const { return bubbleFlag; }
241
242 /** ReportIF interface */
243 void reportData(std::ostream &os) const;
244 };
245
246 /** Maximum number of instructions that can be carried by the pipeline. */
247 const unsigned int MAX_FORWARD_INSTS = 16;
248
249 /** Forward flowing data between Fetch2,Decode,Execute carrying a packet of
250 * instructions of a width appropriate to the configured stage widths.
251 * Also carries exception information where instructions are not valid */
252 class ForwardInstData /* : public ReportIF, public BubbleIF */
253 {
254 public:
255 /** Array of carried insts, ref counted */
256 MinorDynInstPtr insts[MAX_FORWARD_INSTS];
257
258 /** The number of insts slots that can be expected to be valid insts */
259 unsigned int numInsts;
260
261 public:
262 explicit ForwardInstData(unsigned int width = 0);
263
264 ForwardInstData(const ForwardInstData &src);
265
266 public:
267 /** Number of instructions carried by this object */
268 unsigned int width() const { return numInsts; }
269
270 /** Copy the inst array only as far as numInsts */
271 ForwardInstData &operator =(const ForwardInstData &src);
272
273 /** Resize a bubble/empty ForwardInstData and fill with bubbles */
274 void resize(unsigned int width);
275
276 /** Fill with bubbles from 0 to width() - 1 */
277 void bubbleFill();
278
279 /** BubbleIF interface */
280 bool isBubble() const;
281
282 /** ReportIF interface */
283 void reportData(std::ostream &os) const;
284 };
285
286 }
287
288 #endif /* __CPU_MINOR_PIPE_DATA_HH__ */