mem-cache: Create cache compressor
[gem5.git] / src / mem / cache / compressors / base.cc
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30
31 /** @file
32 * Definition of a basic cache compressor.
33 */
34
35 #include "mem/cache/compressors/base.hh"
36
37 #include <algorithm>
38 #include <cstdint>
39
40 #include "debug/CacheComp.hh"
41 #include "mem/cache/tags/super_blk.hh"
42 #include "params/BaseCacheCompressor.hh"
43
44 // Uncomment this line if debugging compression
45 //#define DEBUG_COMPRESSION
46
47 BaseCacheCompressor::CompressionData::CompressionData()
48 : _size(0)
49 {
50 }
51
52 BaseCacheCompressor::CompressionData::~CompressionData()
53 {
54 }
55
56 void
57 BaseCacheCompressor::CompressionData::setSizeBits(std::size_t size)
58 {
59 _size = size;
60 }
61
62 std::size_t
63 BaseCacheCompressor::CompressionData::getSizeBits() const
64 {
65 return _size;
66 }
67
68 std::size_t
69 BaseCacheCompressor::CompressionData::getSize() const
70 {
71 return std::ceil(_size/8);
72 }
73
74 BaseCacheCompressor::BaseCacheCompressor(const Params *p)
75 : SimObject(p), blkSize(p->block_size)
76 {
77 }
78
79 void
80 BaseCacheCompressor::compress(const uint64_t* data, Cycles& comp_lat,
81 Cycles& decomp_lat, std::size_t& comp_size_bits)
82 {
83 // Apply compression
84 std::unique_ptr<CompressionData> comp_data =
85 compress(data, comp_lat, decomp_lat);
86
87 // If we are in debug mode apply decompression just after the compression.
88 // If the results do not match, we've got an error
89 #ifdef DEBUG_COMPRESSION
90 uint64_t decomp_data[blkSize/8];
91
92 // Apply decompression
93 decompress(comp_data.get(), decomp_data);
94
95 // Check if decompressed line matches original cache line
96 fatal_if(std::memcmp(data, decomp_data, blkSize),
97 "Decompressed line does not match original line.");
98 #endif
99
100 // Get compression size
101 comp_size_bits = comp_data->getSizeBits();
102
103 // Print debug information
104 DPRINTF(CacheComp, "Compressed cache line from %d to %d bits. " \
105 "Compression latency: %llu, decompression latency: %llu\n",
106 blkSize*8, comp_size_bits, comp_lat, decomp_lat);
107 }
108
109 Cycles
110 BaseCacheCompressor::getDecompressionLatency(const CacheBlk* blk)
111 {
112 const CompressionBlk* comp_blk = static_cast<const CompressionBlk*>(blk);
113
114 // If block is compressed, return its decompression latency
115 if (comp_blk && comp_blk->isCompressed()){
116 return comp_blk->getDecompressionLatency();
117 }
118
119 // Block is not compressed, so there is no decompression latency
120 return Cycles(0);
121 }
122
123 void
124 BaseCacheCompressor::setDecompressionLatency(CacheBlk* blk, const Cycles lat)
125 {
126 // Sanity check
127 assert(blk != nullptr);
128
129 // Assign latency
130 static_cast<CompressionBlk*>(blk)->setDecompressionLatency(lat);
131 }
132
133 void
134 BaseCacheCompressor::setSizeBits(CacheBlk* blk, const std::size_t size_bits)
135 {
136 // Sanity check
137 assert(blk != nullptr);
138
139 // Assign size
140 static_cast<CompressionBlk*>(blk)->setSizeBits(size_bits);
141 }
142