mem-cache: A Best-Offset Prefetcher
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43
44 /**
45 * @file
46 * Hardware Prefetcher Definition.
47 */
48
49 #include "mem/cache/prefetch/base.hh"
50
51 #include <cassert>
52
53 #include "base/intmath.hh"
54 #include "cpu/base.hh"
55 #include "mem/cache/base.hh"
56 #include "params/BasePrefetcher.hh"
57 #include "sim/system.hh"
58
59 BasePrefetcher::PrefetchInfo::PrefetchInfo(PacketPtr pkt, Addr addr)
60 : address(addr), pc(pkt->req->hasPC() ? pkt->req->getPC() : 0),
61 masterId(pkt->req->masterId()), validPC(pkt->req->hasPC()),
62 secure(pkt->isSecure())
63 {
64 }
65
66 BasePrefetcher::PrefetchInfo::PrefetchInfo(PrefetchInfo const &pfi, Addr addr)
67 : address(addr), pc(pfi.pc), masterId(pfi.masterId), validPC(pfi.validPC),
68 secure(pfi.secure)
69 {
70 }
71
72 void
73 BasePrefetcher::PrefetchListener::notify(const PacketPtr &pkt)
74 {
75 if (isFill) {
76 parent.notifyFill(pkt);
77 } else {
78 parent.probeNotify(pkt);
79 }
80 }
81
82 BasePrefetcher::BasePrefetcher(const BasePrefetcherParams *p)
83 : ClockedObject(p), listeners(), cache(nullptr), blkSize(p->block_size),
84 lBlkSize(floorLog2(blkSize)), onMiss(p->on_miss), onRead(p->on_read),
85 onWrite(p->on_write), onData(p->on_data), onInst(p->on_inst),
86 masterId(p->sys->getMasterId(this)), pageBytes(p->sys->getPageBytes()),
87 prefetchOnAccess(p->prefetch_on_access),
88 useVirtualAddresses(p->use_virtual_addresses), issuedPrefetches(0),
89 usefulPrefetches(0)
90 {
91 }
92
93 void
94 BasePrefetcher::setCache(BaseCache *_cache)
95 {
96 assert(!cache);
97 cache = _cache;
98
99 // If the cache has a different block size from the system's, save it
100 blkSize = cache->getBlockSize();
101 lBlkSize = floorLog2(blkSize);
102 }
103
104 void
105 BasePrefetcher::regStats()
106 {
107 ClockedObject::regStats();
108
109 pfIssued
110 .name(name() + ".num_hwpf_issued")
111 .desc("number of hwpf issued")
112 ;
113
114 }
115
116 bool
117 BasePrefetcher::observeAccess(const PacketPtr &pkt) const
118 {
119 Addr addr = pkt->getAddr();
120 bool fetch = pkt->req->isInstFetch();
121 bool read = pkt->isRead();
122 bool inv = pkt->isInvalidate();
123 bool is_secure = pkt->isSecure();
124
125 if (pkt->req->isUncacheable()) return false;
126 if (fetch && !onInst) return false;
127 if (!fetch && !onData) return false;
128 if (!fetch && read && !onRead) return false;
129 if (!fetch && !read && !onWrite) return false;
130 if (!fetch && !read && inv) return false;
131 if (pkt->cmd == MemCmd::CleanEvict) return false;
132
133 if (onMiss) {
134 return !inCache(addr, is_secure) &&
135 !inMissQueue(addr, is_secure);
136 }
137
138 return true;
139 }
140
141 bool
142 BasePrefetcher::inCache(Addr addr, bool is_secure) const
143 {
144 return cache->inCache(addr, is_secure);
145 }
146
147 bool
148 BasePrefetcher::inMissQueue(Addr addr, bool is_secure) const
149 {
150 return cache->inMissQueue(addr, is_secure);
151 }
152
153 bool
154 BasePrefetcher::hasBeenPrefetched(Addr addr, bool is_secure) const
155 {
156 return cache->hasBeenPrefetched(addr, is_secure);
157 }
158
159 bool
160 BasePrefetcher::samePage(Addr a, Addr b) const
161 {
162 return roundDown(a, pageBytes) == roundDown(b, pageBytes);
163 }
164
165 Addr
166 BasePrefetcher::blockAddress(Addr a) const
167 {
168 return a & ~((Addr)blkSize-1);
169 }
170
171 Addr
172 BasePrefetcher::blockIndex(Addr a) const
173 {
174 return a >> lBlkSize;
175 }
176
177 Addr
178 BasePrefetcher::pageAddress(Addr a) const
179 {
180 return roundDown(a, pageBytes);
181 }
182
183 Addr
184 BasePrefetcher::pageOffset(Addr a) const
185 {
186 return a & (pageBytes - 1);
187 }
188
189 Addr
190 BasePrefetcher::pageIthBlockAddress(Addr page, uint32_t blockIndex) const
191 {
192 return page + (blockIndex << lBlkSize);
193 }
194
195 void
196 BasePrefetcher::probeNotify(const PacketPtr &pkt)
197 {
198 // Don't notify prefetcher on SWPrefetch, cache maintenance
199 // operations or for writes that we are coaslescing.
200 if (pkt->cmd.isSWPrefetch()) return;
201 if (pkt->req->isCacheMaintenance()) return;
202 if (pkt->isWrite() && cache != nullptr && cache->coalesce()) return;
203
204 if (hasBeenPrefetched(pkt->getAddr(), pkt->isSecure())) {
205 usefulPrefetches += 1;
206 }
207
208 // Verify this access type is observed by prefetcher
209 if (observeAccess(pkt)) {
210 if (useVirtualAddresses && pkt->req->hasVaddr()) {
211 PrefetchInfo pfi(pkt, pkt->req->getVaddr());
212 notify(pkt, pfi);
213 } else if (!useVirtualAddresses && pkt->req->hasPaddr()) {
214 PrefetchInfo pfi(pkt, pkt->req->getPaddr());
215 notify(pkt, pfi);
216 }
217 }
218 }
219
220 void
221 BasePrefetcher::regProbeListeners()
222 {
223 /**
224 * If no probes were added by the configuration scripts, connect to the
225 * parent cache using the probe "Miss". Also connect to "Hit", if the
226 * cache is configured to prefetch on accesses.
227 */
228 if (listeners.empty() && cache != nullptr) {
229 ProbeManager *pm(cache->getProbeManager());
230 listeners.push_back(new PrefetchListener(*this, pm, "Miss"));
231 listeners.push_back(new PrefetchListener(*this, pm, "Fill", true));
232 if (prefetchOnAccess) {
233 listeners.push_back(new PrefetchListener(*this, pm, "Hit"));
234 }
235 }
236 }
237
238 void
239 BasePrefetcher::addEventProbe(SimObject *obj, const char *name)
240 {
241 ProbeManager *pm(obj->getProbeManager());
242 listeners.push_back(new PrefetchListener(*this, pm, name));
243 }