gem5 prefetcher

最近在gem5上做预取实验，添加自己的预取算法，这里采用hardware stream prefetcher , 修改了几个bug才给实验调试通过，发文记录下实验过程。
gem5上添加自己的预取算法步骤：
（1）路径gem5-master/configs/common/Caches.py下，开启预取：

class L1Cache(Cache):
   assoc = 2
   tag_latency = 2
   data_latency = 2
   response_latency = 2
   mshrs = 4
   tgts_per_mshr = 20
   prefetcher = StridePrefetcher(degree=8, latency=1.0) #添加此行代码
   # prefetch_policy='tagged' #若是老版本， 添加此行代码

class L2Cache(Cache):
  assoc = 8
  tag_latency = 20
  data_latency = 20
  response_latency = 20
  mshrs = 20
  tgts_per_mshr = 12
  write_buffers = 8
  prefetcher = StridePrefetcher(degree=8, latency=1.0) #添加此行代码
  # prefetch_policy='tagged'  #若是老版本， 添加此行代码

（2）在路径gem5-master/src/mem/cache/prefetch/下，添加自己的预取算法：主要是stream.hh和stream.cc文件。
（3）在路径gem5-master/src/mem/cache/prefetch/下的Prefetcher.py中配置：

class StreamPrefetcher(QueuedPrefetcher):
    type = 'StreamPrefetcher'
    cxx_class = 'StreamPrefetcher'
    cxx_header = "mem/cache/prefetch/stream.hh"
    table_sets = Param.Int(16, "Number of sets in PC lookup table")
    table_assoc = Param.Int(4, "Associativity of PC lookup table")
    tableSize = Param.Int(8, "Number of sets in PC lookup table")
    distance = Param.Int(5, "Associativity of PC lookup table")
    use_master_id = Param.Bool(True, "Use master id based history")
    degree = Param.Int(4, "Number of prefetches to generate")

（4）在路径gem5-master/src/mem/cache/prefetch/下的Sconscript中配置：

Import('*')

SimObject('Prefetcher.py')

Source('base.cc')
Source('queued.cc')
Source('stride.cc')
Source('tagged.cc')
Source('stream.cc') #添加此行代码

注意：在这里若没有配置，在编译的时候会报错：

> build/X86/python/_m5/param_StreamPrefetcher_wrap.o: In function > `_wrap_StreamPrefetcherParams_create': > /home/jyf/download/gem_nvmain/gem5-master/build/X86/python/_m5/param_StreamPrefetcher_wrap.cc:4549: > undefined reference to `StreamPrefetcherParams::create()' collect2: > error: ld returned 1 exit status scons: *** [build/X86/gem5.opt] Error > 1 scons: building terminated because of errors.

原因是由于缺少以上配置，stream.cc没有生成stream.o文件，文件无法连接。

在编译的过程中会生成stream.o ， sreamPrefetcher.hh(gem5-master/build/ARM/params/下)，
param_StreamPrefetcher_wrap.cc（build/ARM/python/_m5/下）。这些文件里面都有StreamPrefetcher * create()相关联。
（5）由于我找的hardware stream预取算法比较老，版本不匹配，这里还需要修改 stream.cc ,stream.hh源码，：

stream.cc 中：
Addr 改为 AddrPriority

StreamPrefetcher::calculatePrefetch(const PacketPtr &pkt,
                                    std::vector<AddrPriority> &addresses) {
    uint32_t core_id = pkt->req->hasContextId() ? pkt->req->contextId() : -1;
    //uint32_t core_id = pkt->req->contextId();
    //if (core_id < 0) {
   
    if (!pkt->req->contextId()) {
        DPRINTF(HWPrefetch, "ignoring request with no core ID");
        return;
    }
    .......


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