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40 * Authors: Ron Dreslinski
45 * Hardware Prefetcher Definition.
50 #include "arch/isa_traits.hh"
51 #include "base/trace.hh"
52 #include "config/the_isa.hh"
53 #include "debug/HWPrefetch.hh"
54 #include "mem/cache/prefetch/base.hh"
55 #include "mem/cache/base.hh"
56 #include "mem/request.hh"
57 #include "sim/system.hh"
59 BasePrefetcher::BasePrefetcher(const Params
*p
)
60 : ClockedObject(p
), size(p
->size
), cache(nullptr), blkSize(0),
61 latency(p
->latency
), degree(p
->degree
),
62 useMasterId(p
->use_master_id
), pageStop(!p
->cross_pages
),
63 serialSquash(p
->serial_squash
), onlyData(p
->data_accesses_only
),
64 onMissOnly(p
->on_miss_only
), onReadOnly(p
->on_read_only
),
65 onPrefetch(p
->on_prefetch
), system(p
->sys
),
66 masterId(system
->getMasterId(name()))
71 BasePrefetcher::setCache(BaseCache
*_cache
)
75 blkSize
= cache
->getBlockSize();
79 BasePrefetcher::regStats()
82 .name(name() + ".prefetcher.num_hwpf_identified")
83 .desc("number of hwpf identified")
87 .name(name() + ".prefetcher.num_hwpf_already_in_mshr")
88 .desc("number of hwpf that were already in mshr")
92 .name(name() + ".prefetcher.num_hwpf_already_in_cache")
93 .desc("number of hwpf that were already in the cache")
97 .name(name() + ".prefetcher.num_hwpf_already_in_prefetcher")
98 .desc("number of hwpf that were already in the prefetch queue")
102 .name(name() + ".prefetcher.num_hwpf_evicted")
103 .desc("number of hwpf removed due to no buffer left")
107 .name(name() + ".prefetcher.num_hwpf_removed_MSHR_hit")
108 .desc("number of hwpf removed because MSHR allocated")
112 .name(name() + ".prefetcher.num_hwpf_issued")
113 .desc("number of hwpf issued")
117 .name(name() + ".prefetcher.num_hwpf_span_page")
118 .desc("number of hwpf spanning a virtual page")
122 .name(name() + ".prefetcher.num_hwpf_squashed_from_miss")
123 .desc("number of hwpf that got squashed due to a miss "
124 "aborting calculation time")
129 BasePrefetcher::inCache(Addr addr
, bool is_secure
)
131 if (cache
->inCache(addr
, is_secure
)) {
139 BasePrefetcher::inMissQueue(Addr addr
, bool is_secure
)
141 if (cache
->inMissQueue(addr
, is_secure
)) {
149 BasePrefetcher::getPacket()
151 DPRINTF(HWPrefetch
, "Requesting a hw_pf to issue\n");
154 DPRINTF(HWPrefetch
, "No HW_PF found\n");
158 PacketPtr pkt
= pf
.begin()->pkt
;
159 while (!pf
.empty()) {
160 pkt
= pf
.begin()->pkt
;
163 Addr blk_addr
= pkt
->getAddr() & ~(Addr
)(blkSize
-1);
164 bool is_secure
= pkt
->isSecure();
166 if (!inCache(blk_addr
, is_secure
) && !inMissQueue(blk_addr
, is_secure
))
167 // we found a prefetch, return it
170 DPRINTF(HWPrefetch
, "addr 0x%x (%s) in cache, skipping\n",
171 pkt
->getAddr(), is_secure
? "s" : "ns");
176 cache
->deassertMemSideBusRequest(BaseCache::Request_PF
);
177 return NULL
; // None left, all were in cache
183 DPRINTF(HWPrefetch
, "returning 0x%x (%s)\n", pkt
->getAddr(),
184 pkt
->isSecure() ? "s" : "ns");
190 BasePrefetcher::notify(PacketPtr
&pkt
, Tick tick
)
192 // Don't consult the prefetcher if any of the following conditons are true
193 // 1) The request is uncacheable
194 // 2) The request is a fetch, but we are only prefeching data
195 // 3) The request is a cache hit, but we are only training on misses
196 // 4) THe request is a write, but we are only training on reads
197 if (!pkt
->req
->isUncacheable() && !(pkt
->req
->isInstFetch() && onlyData
) &&
198 !(onMissOnly
&& inCache(pkt
->getAddr(), true)) &&
199 !(onReadOnly
&& !pkt
->isRead())) {
200 // Calculate the blk address
201 Addr blk_addr
= pkt
->getAddr() & ~(Addr
)(blkSize
-1);
202 bool is_secure
= pkt
->isSecure();
204 // Check if miss is in pfq, if so remove it
205 std::list
<DeferredPacket
>::iterator iter
= inPrefetch(blk_addr
,
207 if (iter
!= pf
.end()) {
208 DPRINTF(HWPrefetch
, "Saw a miss to a queued prefetch addr: "
209 "0x%x (%s), removing it\n", blk_addr
,
210 is_secure
? "s" : "ns");
212 delete iter
->pkt
->req
;
214 iter
= pf
.erase(iter
);
216 cache
->deassertMemSideBusRequest(BaseCache::Request_PF
);
219 // Remove anything in queue with delay older than time
220 // since everything is inserted in time order, start from end
221 // and work until pf.empty() or time is earlier
222 // This is done to emulate Aborting the previous work on a new miss
223 // Needed for serial calculators like GHB
226 if (iter
!= pf
.begin())
228 while (!pf
.empty() && iter
->tick
>= tick
) {
230 DPRINTF(HWPrefetch
, "Squashing old prefetch addr: 0x%x\n",
231 iter
->pkt
->getAddr());
232 delete iter
->pkt
->req
;
234 iter
= pf
.erase(iter
);
235 if (iter
!= pf
.begin())
239 cache
->deassertMemSideBusRequest(BaseCache::Request_PF
);
243 std::list
<Addr
> addresses
;
244 std::list
<Cycles
> delays
;
245 calculatePrefetch(pkt
, addresses
, delays
);
247 std::list
<Addr
>::iterator addrIter
= addresses
.begin();
248 std::list
<Cycles
>::iterator delayIter
= delays
.begin();
249 for (; addrIter
!= addresses
.end(); ++addrIter
, ++delayIter
) {
250 Addr addr
= *addrIter
;
254 DPRINTF(HWPrefetch
, "Found a pf candidate addr: 0x%x, "
255 "inserting into prefetch queue with delay %d time %d\n",
256 addr
, *delayIter
, time
);
258 // Check if it is already in the pf buffer
259 if (inPrefetch(addr
, is_secure
) != pf
.end()) {
261 DPRINTF(HWPrefetch
, "Prefetch addr already in pf buffer\n");
265 // create a prefetch memreq
266 Request
*prefetchReq
= new Request(*addrIter
, blkSize
, 0, masterId
);
268 prefetchReq
->setFlags(Request::SECURE
);
269 prefetchReq
->taskId(ContextSwitchTaskId::Prefetcher
);
271 new Packet(prefetchReq
, MemCmd::HardPFReq
);
272 prefetch
->allocate();
273 prefetch
->req
->setThreadContext(pkt
->req
->contextId(),
274 pkt
->req
->threadId());
276 // Tag orefetch reqeuests with corresponding PC to train lower
277 // cache-level prefetchers
278 if (onPrefetch
&& pkt
->req
->hasPC())
279 prefetch
->req
->setPC(pkt
->req
->getPC());
281 // We just remove the head if we are full
282 if (pf
.size() == size
) {
284 PacketPtr old_pkt
= pf
.begin()->pkt
;
285 DPRINTF(HWPrefetch
, "Prefetch queue full, "
286 "removing oldest 0x%x\n", old_pkt
->getAddr());
292 pf
.push_back(DeferredPacket(tick
+ clockPeriod() * *delayIter
,
297 return pf
.empty() ? 0 : pf
.front().tick
;
300 std::list
<BasePrefetcher::DeferredPacket
>::iterator
301 BasePrefetcher::inPrefetch(Addr address
, bool is_secure
)
303 // Guaranteed to only be one match, we always check before inserting
304 std::list
<DeferredPacket
>::iterator iter
;
305 for (iter
= pf
.begin(); iter
!= pf
.end(); iter
++) {
306 if (((*iter
).pkt
->getAddr() & ~(Addr
)(blkSize
-1)) == address
&&
307 (*iter
).pkt
->isSecure() == is_secure
) {
315 BasePrefetcher::samePage(Addr a
, Addr b
)
317 return roundDown(a
, TheISA::PageBytes
) == roundDown(b
, TheISA::PageBytes
);