Simplescalar’s out-of-order simulator (v3)
ECE1773
Andreas Moshovos
Visit www.simplescalar.com for additional info
Simplescalar was developed by Todd Austin now at Michigan.
First version while at UWisconsin. Builds on the experience
with other simulators that existed at the time at UWisc.
Introduced many simulation speed enhancements.
Can be used for free for academic purposes.
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What is sim-outorder
• Approximate model of dynamically scheduled processor
• Simulates:
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I and D caches
Branch prediction
I and D TLBs (constant latency)
Combined Reorder buffer and scheduler
Register renaming
Support for speculative execution after branches
Load/Store scheduler
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How is sim-outorder structured
bpred
fetch
disp.
I-cache I-TLB
L1
sched.
exec
mem
sched.
mem
U-cache
L1
WB
mem
D-cache
L1
Main Memory
Virtual
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commit
D-TLB
Main Simulator Loop
• sim_main: forever do
– ruu_commit ()
– ruu_release_fu()
• Internal bookeeping of which functional units are available
– ruu_writeback()
– lsq_refresh()
• Load/store scheduler
– ruu_issue()
• Non-load/store instruction scheduler
– ruu_dispatch()
– ruu_fetch()
• These correspond to the green boxes on the previous slide
• Every iteration is a single cycle: sim_cycle variable counts
them
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ruu_fetch()
• Fetch and predict up to ruu_decode_width instructions
• Place them into fetch_data[] buffer
• Inputs: 2 globals
– Fetch_regs_PC: what fetch thinks is the next PC to fetch from
– Fetch_pred_PC: what is the predicted PC for after this instruction
• Output: fetch_data[] buffer
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Fetch_tail used by ruu_fetch()
Fetch_head used by ruu_dispatch()
Fetch_num = total number of occupied fetch_data entries
ruu_ifq_size = total number of fetch_data entries
• Fetch places insts and Dispatch consumes them
• On miss-prediction:
– PCs are reset to appropriate values and fetch_data is drained
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ruu_fetch() - loop
• If not a bogus address
• Access I-Cache with fetch_regs_PC  get latency of
access
• Access I-TLB  hit/miss
• Determine overall latency as max of the two
• If prediction is enabled:
• Access predictor and get fetch_pred_PC plus a backpointer to predictor entry
• Instruction, PCs and prediction info go into
fetch_data[fetch_tail]
• Fetch_num++, fetch_tail++ MOD ruu_ifq_size
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I-Cache Interface – cache.[ch]
• Cache_access (*cache_il1, Read/Write, Address, *IObuffer,
nbytes, CycleNow, UserData, *repl_address)
– IObuffer, UserData and repl_address are usually NULL
– See cache.h
• What it returns is a latency in cycles
– Checks if hit
– If miss, accesses L2 which in turn may access main memory
– Look for il1_access_fn() and ul2_access_fn()
• An approximation:
– No real, event-driven simulation of the memory system
• Careful, how one interprets the simulation result
• I-TLB also simulated as a cache with few entries and constant,
still large miss latency
• Cache does not hold memory data, only the tags of cached
blocks  access memory to get insts (optimization be careful)
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Branch Prediction Interface – bpred.[ch]
• bpred_lookup (*pred, PC, *target_address, opcode,
Call?, Return?, *back-pointer for updates, *back-pointer
for stack updates)
• Returns a Predicted PC
– Can check whether it is taken or not by comparing with the
next sequential PC
• Pred_PC = PC + sizeof (md_inst_t)
• Eventually, call bpred_update (*pred, PC, actual
target_address, taken?, pred_taken?, opcode,
back_pointer, stack back-pointer)
– Can be called at writeback or commit
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Fetch buffer: fetch_data[]
struct fetch_rec {
md_inst_t IR;
md_addr_t regs_PC;
md_addr_t pred_PC;
struct bpred_update_t dir_update;
int stack_recover_idx;
unsigned int ptrace_seq;
};
• fetch_tail
• fetch_head
• fetch_num
• ruu_ifq_num
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Complete instruction
Current PC
Predicted PC
bpred back-pointer
stack back-pointer
print trace sequence id
ruu_fetch writes there
ruu_dispatch reads from there
how many valid
max entries
ruu_fetch()
for (i=0, branch_cnt=0;
/* fetch up to as many instruction as the DISPATCH stage can decode */
i < (ruu_decode_width * fetch_speed)
/* fetch until IFETCH -> DISPATCH queue fills */
&& fetch_num < ruu_ifq_size
/* and no IFETCH blocking condition encountered */
&& !done;
i++)
{
MAIN LOOP
}
Done is used for enforcing fetch break conditions
Currently this happens only when number of branches exceeds fetch_speed
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ruu_fetch() – Invalid Address Check
if (ld_text_base <= fetch_regs_PC
&& fetch_regs_PC < (ld_text_base+ld_text_size)
&& !(fetch_regs_PC & (sizeof(md_inst_t)-1)))
{
/* read instruction from memory */
MD_FETCH_INST(inst, mem, fetch_regs_PC);
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ruu_fetch() – I-Cache Access
if (cache_il1)
/* access the I-cache */
lat = cache_access(cache_il1, Read, IACOMPRESS(fetch_regs_PC),
NULL, ISCOMPRESS(sizeof(md_inst_t)), sim_cycle,
NULL, NULL);
if (lat > cache_il1_lat) last_inst_missed = TRUE;
}
if (itlb)
tlb_lat = cache_access(itlb, Read, IACOMPRESS(fetch_regs_PC)
...
lat = MAX(tlb_lat, lat);
if (lat != cache_il1_lat)
/* I-cache miss, block fetch until it is resolved */
ruu_fetch_issue_delay += lat - 1;
break;
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sim_main()  ruu_fetch() code
if (!ruu_fetch_issue_delay)
ruu_fetch();
else
ruu_fetch_issue_delay--;
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ruu_dispatch()
• Get next inst from fetch buffer
• Functionally execute the instruction
• Split load/stores into
– 1. Address calculation
– 2. Memory operation
• Rename input dependences
• Rename target register
• Place into scheduler RUU[] and load/store LSQ[]
scheduler if necessary
• Determine if miss-prediction
• Issue if ready
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Functional and timing execution
• Ignore miss-predicts for the time being
• Simplescalar executes all instructions in-order during
dispatch
– They update registers and memory at that time
• Then it tries to determine when they would actually
execute taking into consideration dependences and
latencies
• This is simulation so we can do this
– Pros: fast, easy to debug
– Cons: timing model can be wrong and the simulation will not
produce incorrect results
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Handling Miss-Predictions
• Two modes: correct & miss-speculated
• ruu_dispatch switches to the 2nd when it decodes a
miss-predicted branch
• Know about it because it executes the branch and figures
out whether the prediction is correct
• Global “spec_mode” is 1 when in miss-speculated mode
• Switch back to correct when branch is resolved
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Handling Miss-Predictions
• Keep two states: correct and miss-speculated
– For regs there is regs_R[] and spec_regs_R[] (and _F)
– For memory, there is mem_access and spec_mem_access
– Speculative memory updates are kept in a temporary hash table
• Loads access this table first and then memory if needed
• Stores only write to it when in spec mode
• If in correct state access the correct state
• If in spec_mode access the miss-speculated state
• Effect: No need to restore state
– Incorrect, speculative updates do not clobber the correct state
• When squashing we simply return to the correct state
– i.e., disregard the spec. hash mem table.
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ruu_dispatch(): reading from fetch buffer
inst = fetch_data[fetch_head].IR;
regs.regs_PC = fetch_data[fetch_head].regs_PC;
pred_PC = fetch_data[fetch_head].pred_PC;
dir_update_ptr = &(fetch_data[fetch_head].dir_update);
stack_recover_idx = fetch_data[fetch_head].stack_recover_idx;
pseq = fetch_data[fetch_head].ptrace_seq; ignore all pseq
They are for a “debugging/tracing” facility
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Scheduler Structure
• Circular buffer named RUU
• Each entry contains
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The instruction, PC and pred_PC
Valid bits for input registers
A linked list of consumers per target register
Branch prediction back-pointers
Status flags, e.g., what state is this in, is it an address op
• An instruction can execute when all source registers are
available: readyq in ruu_issue()
• On writeback:
– walk target list and set bits of consumers and places them on
readyq if they become ready
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Scheduler structure: RUU_station
struct RUU_station
md_inst_t IR;
enum md_opcode op;
md_addr_t PC, next_PC, pred_PC;
int in_LSQ;
int ea_comp;
int recover_inst;
int stack_recover_idx;
struct bpred_update_t dir_update;
int spec_mode;
md_addr_t addr;
INST_TAG_TYPE tag;
INST_SEQ_TYPE seq;
int queued;
int issued;
int completed;
int onames[MAX_ODEPS];
struct RS_link *odep_list[MAX_ODEPS];
int idep_ready[MAX_IDEPS];
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/* instruction bits */
/* decoded instruction opcode */
/* inst PC, next PC, predicted PC */
/* non-zero if op is in LSQ */
/* non-zero if op is an addr comp */
/* start of mis-speculation? */
/* non-speculative TOS for RSB pred */
/* bpred direction update info */
/* non-zero if issued in spec_mode */
/* effective address for ld/st's */
/* RUU slot tag, increment to squash operation */
/* used to sort the ready list and tag inst */
/* operands ready and queued */
/* operation is/was executing */
/* operation has completed execution */
/* output logical names (NA=unused) */
/* chains to consuming operations */
/* input operand ready? */
Scheduler State
• RUU[]: in-order instructions to be executed
– Allocated at dispatch
– Deallocated at commit or on squash (tracer_recover())
• RUU_head, RUU_tail, RUU_num, RUU_size
• LSQ[]: in order loads and stores
– Same as above
– Scheduling is done by comparing addresses
– More on this soon
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Determining Dependences
• ruu_link_idep(rs, /* idep_ready[] index */0, reg_name);
• ruu_install_odep (rs, /* odep_list[] index*/0, reg_name);
• Rename table: CREATE_VECTOR(reg_name)
– Returns pointer to RUU entry of producer or NULL if result is
available
• Actual data type is CV_link (RUU_station *, next)
• SET_CREATE_VECTOR(reg_name, RUU station)
– Make this RUU_Station the current producer of reg_name
• Two copies of the create vector:
– Create_vector and spec_create_vector
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Renaming Non-Load/Store Instructions
ruu_link_idep(rs, /* idep_ready[] index */0, in1);
ruu_link_idep(rs, /* idep_ready[] index */1, in2);
ruu_link_idep(rs, /* idep_ready[] index */2, in3);
ruu_install_odep(rs, /* odep_list[] index */0, out1);
ruu_install_odep(rs, /* odep_list[] index */1, out2);
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Renamind loads/stores
ruu_link_idep(rs, /* idep_ready[] index */0, NA);
ruu_link_idep(rs, /* idep_ready[] index */1, in2);
ruu_link_idep(rs, /* idep_ready[] index */2, in3);
ruu_install_odep(rs, /* odep_list[] index */0, DTMP);
ruu_install_odep(rs, /* odep_list[] index */1, NA);
ruu_link_idep(lsq,/* idep_ready[] index */STORE_OP_INDEX/* 0 */,in1);
ruu_link_idep(lsq, /* idep_ready[] index */STORE_ADDR_INDEX/* 1 */, DTMP);
ruu_link_idep(lsq, /* idep_ready[] index */2, NA);
ruu_install_odep(lsq, /* odep_list[] index */0, out1);
ruu_install_odep(lsq, /* odep_list[] index */1, out2);
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ruu_idep_link (rs, idep_num, idep_name)
struct CV_link head; struct RS_link *link;
if (idep_name == NA)
rs->idep_ready[idep_num] = TRUE, return;
head = CREATE_VECTOR(idep_name);
if (!head.rs)
rs->idep_ready[idep_num] = TRUE, return;
rs->idep_ready[idep_num] = FALSE;
RSLINK_NEW(link, rs); link->x.opnum = idep_num;
link->next = head.rs->odep_list[head.odep_num];
head.rs->odep_list[head.odep_num] = link;
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CREATE_VECTOR(N): Register Rename Table Read
(BITMAP_SET_P(use_spec_cv, CV_BMAP_SZ, (N))
? spec_create_vector[N]
: create_vector[N])
use_spec_cv(N) is set when we rename the target register
N while in spec_mode
It is a bit vector: one bit per register
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ruu_install_odep(rs, odep_num, odep_name)
struct CV_link cv;
if (odep_name == NA)
rs->onames[odep_num] = NA, return;
rs->onames[odep_num] = odep_name;
rs->odep_list[odep_num] = NULL;
/* indicate this operation is latest creator of ODEP_NAME */
CVLINK_INIT(cv, rs, odep_num);
SET_CREATE_VECTOR(odep_name, cv);
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SET_CREATE_VECTOR(odep_name, cv)
• Set the current producer of register odep_name to the
RUU entry stored in the cv
SET_CREATE_VECTOR(N, L)
If (spec_mode)
BITMAP_SET(use_spec_cv, CV_BMAP_SZ, (N)
spec_create_vector[N] = (L))
else
(create_vector[N] = (L)))
No need to keep old mapping around since we never have
to restore
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ruu_dispatch(): determining ready to issue insts
if (OPERANDS_READY(rs))
{
/* eff addr computation ready, queue it on ready list */
readyq_enqueue(rs);
}
/* issue may continue when the load/store is issued */
RSLINK_INIT(last_op, lsq); // for in-order simulation
/* issue stores only, loads are issued by lsq_refresh() */
if (((MD_OP_FLAGS(op) & (F_MEM|F_STORE)) ==
(F_MEM|F_STORE))
&& OPERANDS_READY(lsq))
{
/* put operation on ready list, ruu_issue() issue it later */
readyq_enqueue(lsq);
}
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Miss-Prediction Detection
if (MD_OP_FLAGS(op) & F_CTRL)
sim_num_branches++;
if (pred && bpred_spec_update == spec_ID)
update predictor if configured for spec. updates
if (pred_PC != regs.regs_NPC && !fetch_redirected)
spec_mode = TRUE;
rs->recover_inst = TRUE;
recover_PC = regs.regs_NPC;
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ruu_issue(): Dynamic scheduling of non loads/stores
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Walk the readyq
Try to get resources (FUs)
Get latency of execution
Put an entry into the event_q for the completion time
If cannot execute place back into readyq
• Eventq is serviced by ruu_writeback
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Who places instructions in readyq?
• In readyq means the instruction is ready to issue
• From dispatch:
– Non-load/store if all sources are available
• This includes the address component of lds/sts
– Stores if data is available. Recall address computation is
separate “instruction”
• From writeback:
– Producer writes last result a consumer waits for
• From lsq_refresh
– Called every cycle: Load is ready
• Address is know, all preceding store addresses known
and there is no conflict with unavailable store data
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ruu_issue(): main loop
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Get next entry from readyq
If still valid (RSLINK_VALID(rs)) try to execute
If store complete instantaneously nothing to produce
fu = res_get (fu_pool, MD_OP_class (rsop)
– Get functional unit for instruction based on operation
• Get latency of execution
– For loads access data cache and tlb
• Queue event in eventq for completion (ruu_writeback)
– eventq_queue_event(rs, sim_cycle + latency);
• If cannot execute place back in readyq
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ruu_issue(): Loads
• Get mem port resource
• Scan LSQ for matching preceding store
– For this to be executing it must be that if there is a matching
store then it has its data
– This is called store-load forwarding
• If no match, access cache_dl1 and dtlb
• Get latency to be the max of the two
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ruu_issue(): High-Level Structure
• Temporary list node= readyq; readyq = NULL
• So long as there are issue slots available
Get next element from node
– If still valid
• Try to get resource
– Determine latency
– Schedule eventq event
• Place back in readyq
• Place remaining nodes back into readyq
(readyq_enqueue() sorted by latency and age)
• Order in readyq implicit issue priority
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lsq_refresh(): Placing loads into readyq
• LSQ uses same elements as RUU
• Scheduling is done based on addr field and availability
of operands
• Scan forward (LSQ_head, counting to LSQ_num)
– If store
• Stop if address is unknown  loads after it should wait
• If data unavailable record address in std_unknowns
– Loads that need this data should wait
– If Load and all register ops are ready
• Scan std_unknowns for match
• Place in readyq if no match
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lsq_refresh(): stores
if (!STORE_ADDR_READY(&LSQ[index]))
break;
else if (!OPERANDS_READY(&LSQ[index]))
std_unknowns[n_std_unknowns++] = LSQ[index].addr;
else /* STORE_ADDR_READY() && OPERANDS_READY() */
/* a later STD known hides an earlier STD unknown */
for (j=0; j<n_std_unknowns; j++)
if (std_unknowns[j] == /* STA/STD known */LSQ[index].addr)
std_unknowns[j] = /* bogus addr */0;
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lsq_refresh(): Loads
if (/* load? */
((MD_OP_FLAGS(LSQ[index].op) & (F_MEM|F_LOAD)) ==
(F_MEM|F_LOAD))
&& /* queued? */!LSQ[index].queued
&& /* waiting? */!LSQ[index].issued
&& /* completed? */!LSQ[index].completed
&& /* regs ready? */OPERANDS_READY(&LSQ[index]))
for (j=0; j<n_std_unknowns; j++)
if (std_unknowns[j] == LSQ[index].addr)
break;
if (j == n_std_unknowns)
/* no STA or STD unknown conflicts, put load on ready queue */
readyq_enqueue(&LSQ[index]);
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ruu_writeback(): Producer notifies consumers
• Get next event from eventq
• If this is a recover instruction
– Squash all that follows
• Ruu_recover, tracer_recover() & bpred_recover()
• If branch update predictor
• Update rename table if still the creator
– rs->spec_mode determines which one
– Subsequent consumers can get result from register file
• Walk output dependence lists
– If link still valid
– Set idep_ready flags
– If consumer becomes ready place on readyq  ruu_issue()
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Recovering from Miss-Predictions
• rsrecover_inst as set by ruu_dispatch writesback
• ruu_recover()
– From the end of RUU
• Clean up output dependence lists freeing RSLinks
• Same for LSQ entry if it exists (1-to-1 correspondence
with RUU entries that have rsea_comp set)
• rstag++ (invalidate all RSLinks to this RUU, could be
that we linked to producer that will not be squashed)
• Clear use_spec_cv (create vector)
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tracer_recover()
• Clear use_spec_R etc.
– Bitmaps indicating where register values are
– Set when writing to register file in spec_mode
• Cleanup speculative memory store state
• Reset fetch stage by emptying fetch_data
– Fetch_tail = fetch_head = fetch_num = 0
• For bpred_recover look into bpred.c
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ruu_commit()
• Scan starting from the oldest inst in RUU (RUU_head)
• If completed then try to commit
• If store get memory port and write to memory
– Fail if can’t get resource
– Does not simulate writebuffer
– Access data cache
• If load/store release LSQ entry
• If branch update predictor if so configured
• Release RUU entry
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How is sim-outorder structured
bpred
fetch
disp.
I-cache I-TLB
L1
sched.
exec
mem
sched.
mem
U-cache
L1
WB
mem
D-cache
L1
Main Memory
Virtual
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commit
D-TLB
fetch_data[]
fetch_tail
IR
regs_PC
pred_PC
bpred ptrs
fetch_num
fetch_head
ruu_dispatch()
tracer_recover
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ruu_writeback
ruu_ifq_size
ruu_fetch()
struct RUU_station RUU[WINDOW]
ruu_dispatch()
RUU_size
RUU_tail
RUU_num
RUU_head
ruu_commit()
ruu_recover
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ruu_writeback
struct RUU_station Scheduling Related Entries
ruu_dispatch()
Input ready flags
idep_ready[0]
idep_ready[1]
idep_ready[2]
ruu_recover
ruu_writeback
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All must be 1
to be ready
ruu_writeback()
Output Registers
onames[0]
consumer list
odep_list[0]
next
onames[1]
&RUU[cosumer]
odep_list[1]
tag
Unique ID
x.opnum
tag
struct RS_link
LSQ: Load/Store Scheduler
• Same as RUU
ruu_dispatch()
LSQ_size
LSQ_tail
LSQ_num
LSQ_head
ruu_commit()
ruu_recover
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ruu_writeback()
Register Renaming Structures
Link to RUU and output reg
create_vector
reg 1
reg 2
reg N
*rs or *lsq
*rs or *lsq
*rs or *lsq
opnum (0 or 1) opnum (0 or 1) opnum (0 or 1)
spec_create_vector
Which
Vector to use
use_spec_cv
*rs or *lsq
*rs or *lsq
*rs or *lsq
opnum (0 or 1) opnum (0 or 1) opnum (0 or 1)
0
ruu_writeback() ruu_recover
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ruu_install_odep
ruu_dispatch()
Register State e.g., reg_R[]
reg 1
reg 2
reg N
regs.reg_R
value
value
value
spec_reg_R
value
value
value
Which
use_spec_R
Reg to use
0
tracer_recover
ruu_writeback()
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ruu_dispatch()
Ready Queue
ruu_writeback()
ruu_issue()
ruu_dispatch()
Insert non-loads if ready
Insert non-loads if ready
readyq
Insert loads
lsq_refresh()
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next
*rs or *lsq
tag
RS_link
Remove and try
to execute
next
*rs or *lsq
tag
Event Queue
ruu_issue()
ruu_writeback()
Insert at sim_cycle + latency
eventq
Remove upon completion
RS_link
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Summary of Concepts/Interfaces
• ruu_fetch to ruu_dispatch via fetch_data buffer
• ruu_dispatch executes instructions in order
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Breaks load/store into addr and memory op
Links to producer of input regs
Renames output reg to RUU or LSQ
Determines if entering in miss-prediction mode
• Marks inst via rs->recover inst
– Two states: miss-speculated and corrected (reg files,
memory, rename tables, etc.)
– May place insts in readyq if ready
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Summary contd.
• ruu_issue:
– Scan readyq trying to issue
– Insts in readyq?
• ruu_dispatch: non-loads if inputs are ready
• lsq_refresh: loads when certain that there are no conflicts
• ruu_writeback: producer places consumers if they
become ready
– Get fu, get latency, schedule event for writeback\
• lsq_refresh
– When loads can issue
– Wait until all preceding stores calculate their address
– Stall if conflict with store that has no data
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Summary contd.
• ruu_writeback:
– Producer notifies consumers of result
– Determines if producer is ready and places in readyq
– Updates rename tables to indicate that the result is now in
the register file
– Calls recovery routines if this is a recover instruction (first
miss-predicted)
• ruu_commit:
– Perform Stores
– Release RUU and LSQ entry
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Caveats
• Simplescalar uses optimizations to optimize for
simulation speed
• Does not simulate an event driven memory system
• Be careful to make sure that you use it appropriately
ECE ECE1773 Spring ‘02
© A. Moshovos (Toronto)