//===------------------------- LSUnit.h --------------------------*- C++-*-===// // // The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure // // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details. // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// /// \file /// /// A Load/Store unit class that models load/store queues and that implements /// a simple weak memory consistency model. /// //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// #ifndef LLVM_TOOLS_LLVM_MCA_LSUNIT_H #define LLVM_TOOLS_LLVM_MCA_LSUNIT_H #include <set> namespace mca { class InstRef; struct InstrDesc; /// A Load/Store Unit implementing a load and store queues. /// /// This class implements a load queue and a store queue to emulate the /// out-of-order execution of memory operations. /// Each load (or store) consumes an entry in the load (or store) queue. /// /// Rules are: /// 1) A younger load is allowed to pass an older load only if there are no /// stores nor barriers in between the two loads. /// 2) An younger store is not allowed to pass an older store. /// 3) A younger store is not allowed to pass an older load. /// 4) A younger load is allowed to pass an older store only if the load does /// not alias with the store. /// /// This class optimistically assumes that loads don't alias store operations. /// Under this assumption, younger loads are always allowed to pass older /// stores (this would only affects rule 4). /// Essentially, this LSUnit doesn't attempt to run any sort alias analysis to /// predict when loads and stores don't alias with eachother. /// /// To enforce aliasing between loads and stores, flag `AssumeNoAlias` must be /// set to `false` by the constructor of LSUnit. /// /// In the case of write-combining memory, rule 2. could be relaxed to allow /// reordering of non-aliasing store operations. At the moment, this is not /// allowed. /// To put it in another way, there is no option to specify a different memory /// type for memory operations (example: write-through, write-combining, etc.). /// Also, there is no way to weaken the memory model, and this unit currently /// doesn't support write-combining behavior. /// /// No assumptions are made on the size of the store buffer. /// As mentioned before, this class doesn't perform alias analysis. /// Consequently, LSUnit doesn't know how to identify cases where /// store-to-load forwarding may occur. /// /// LSUnit doesn't attempt to predict whether a load or store hits or misses /// the L1 cache. To be more specific, LSUnit doesn't know anything about /// the cache hierarchy and memory types. /// It only knows if an instruction "mayLoad" and/or "mayStore". For loads, the /// scheduling model provides an "optimistic" load-to-use latency (which usually /// matches the load-to-use latency for when there is a hit in the L1D). /// /// Class MCInstrDesc in LLVM doesn't know about serializing operations, nor /// memory-barrier like instructions. /// LSUnit conservatively assumes that an instruction which `mayLoad` and has /// `unmodeled side effects` behave like a "soft" load-barrier. That means, it /// serializes loads without forcing a flush of the load queue. /// Similarly, instructions that both `mayStore` and have `unmodeled side /// effects` are treated like store barriers. A full memory /// barrier is a 'mayLoad' and 'mayStore' instruction with unmodeled side /// effects. This is obviously inaccurate, but this is the best that we can do /// at the moment. /// /// Each load/store barrier consumes one entry in the load/store queue. A /// load/store barrier enforces ordering of loads/stores: /// - A younger load cannot pass a load barrier. /// - A younger store cannot pass a store barrier. /// /// A younger load has to wait for the memory load barrier to execute. /// A load/store barrier is "executed" when it becomes the oldest entry in /// the load/store queue(s). That also means, all the older loads/stores have /// already been executed. class LSUnit { // Load queue size. // LQ_Size == 0 means that there are infinite slots in the load queue. unsigned LQ_Size; // Store queue size. // SQ_Size == 0 means that there are infinite slots in the store queue. unsigned SQ_Size; // If true, loads will never alias with stores. This is the default. bool NoAlias; std::set<unsigned> LoadQueue; std::set<unsigned> StoreQueue; void assignLQSlot(unsigned Index); void assignSQSlot(unsigned Index); bool isReadyNoAlias(unsigned Index) const; // An instruction that both 'mayStore' and 'HasUnmodeledSideEffects' is // conservatively treated as a store barrier. It forces older store to be // executed before newer stores are issued. std::set<unsigned> StoreBarriers; // An instruction that both 'MayLoad' and 'HasUnmodeledSideEffects' is // conservatively treated as a load barrier. It forces older loads to execute // before newer loads are issued. std::set<unsigned> LoadBarriers; public: LSUnit(unsigned LQ = 0, unsigned SQ = 0, bool AssumeNoAlias = false) : LQ_Size(LQ), SQ_Size(SQ), NoAlias(AssumeNoAlias) {} #ifndef NDEBUG void dump() const; #endif bool isSQEmpty() const { return StoreQueue.empty(); } bool isLQEmpty() const { return LoadQueue.empty(); } bool isSQFull() const { return SQ_Size != 0 && StoreQueue.size() == SQ_Size; } bool isLQFull() const { return LQ_Size != 0 && LoadQueue.size() == LQ_Size; } // Returns true if this instruction has been successfully enqueued. bool reserve(const InstRef &IR); // The rules are: // 1. A store may not pass a previous store. // 2. A load may not pass a previous store unless flag 'NoAlias' is set. // 3. A load may pass a previous load. // 4. A store may not pass a previous load (regardless of flag 'NoAlias'). // 5. A load has to wait until an older load barrier is fully executed. // 6. A store has to wait until an older store barrier is fully executed. bool isReady(const InstRef &IR) const; void onInstructionExecuted(const InstRef &IR); }; } // namespace mca #endif