/// <summary>
/// Checks against two instructions to see if there is a branch mispredict
/// </summary>
/// <returns>true if there is was mispredict</returns>
public bool isBranchMispredict(Instruction first, Instruction next)
{
if (!first.isABranch())
{
return(false);
}
// If we got here, instr is a branch instruction
bool branchPrediction = CPU.branchPredictor.predictBranch(first.address);
bool actualResult;
// if next pc == first pc +8 , branch not taken
if (next.address == first.address + 8)
{
actualResult = false;
}
else
{
actualResult = true;
}
CPU.branchPredictor.updateBranchSM(first.address, branchPrediction, actualResult);
// Fixed this...it's an isBranchMISpredict function,
// so if branchPrediction != actualResult, you mispredicted--that is, return true
return(branchPrediction != actualResult);
}
/// <summary>
/// Perform the Decode Stage
///
/// Checks to see if there is a stall on reading more instructions
/// from the fetch stage due to a previously detected Branch Misprediction
/// that has not completed the execute stage yet.
///
/// Then it checks the last two instructions in the fetch stage to see
/// if there is branch, and if it was predicted correctly. This Enables
/// a stall if necessary
///
/// Otherwise, copy instructions from the fetch stage
///
/// </summary>
public void runCycle()
{
if (CPU.fetchStage.isEmpty() || this.isFull())
{
// Nothing to do here, fetch stage empty or we're full
return;
}
// Make sure that we are not in a stall state waiting on
// a branch instruction to finish executing
if (CPU.branchMispredictionStall == false)
{
// Was the last instruction on the last cycle a branch? If yes, we need to check against our
// member variable holding the info from that last instruction
if (this.lastInstructionWasBranch == true)
{
Instruction firstInstr = CPU.fetchStage.peekInstruction();
if (true == CPU.fetchStage.isBranchMispredict(this.lastInstruction, firstInstr))
{
//branch misprediction!
CPU.branchMispredictionStall = true;
}
else
{
// No misprediction between fetches, we're good to continue as normal
}
// Reset this
this.lastInstructionWasBranch = false;
}
// What we want here is to check each instruction one at a time to see if it's a branch instruction.
// If it isn't, read it from the fetch buffer into the decode buffer.
// If it is, is it the last instruction? If it's the last instruction, set our member variables
// accordingly so we can check next time around
while (!CPU.fetchStage.isEmpty())
{
Instruction currInstr = CPU.fetchStage.getInstruction();
this.addInstructionToBuffer(currInstr);
if (!currInstr.isABranch())
{
if (this.isFull())
{
break;
}
}
else
{
// It's a branch; if it's the last instruction in the fetch buffer, we'll need to check
// for a mispredict next time around
if (CPU.fetchStage.isEmpty())
{
this.lastInstruction = currInstr;
this.lastInstructionWasBranch = true;
}
else
{
// It's not the last instruction, check for mispredict
if (true == CPU.fetchStage.isBranchMispredict(currInstr, CPU.fetchStage.peekInstruction()))
{
//branch misprediction!
CPU.branchMispredictionStall = true;
}
// We may be full now; if we are, break out
if (this.isFull())
{
break;
}
}
}
}
// We should have all the instructions from the fetch buffer now in the decode buffer
} // End if(CPU.branchMispredictionStall == false)
} // End DecodeStage runCycle()
/// <summary>
/// Checks against two instructions to see if there is a branch mispredict
/// </summary>
/// <returns>true if there is was mispredict</returns>
public bool isBranchMispredict(Instruction first, Instruction next)
{
if (!first.isABranch())
{
return false;
}
// If we got here, instr is a branch instruction
bool branchPrediction = CPU.branchPredictor.predictBranch(first.address);
bool actualResult;
// if next pc == first pc +8 , branch not taken
if (next.address == first.address + 8)
{
actualResult = false;
}
else
{
actualResult = true;
}
CPU.branchPredictor.updateBranchSM(first.address, branchPrediction, actualResult);
// Fixed this...it's an isBranchMISpredict function,
// so if branchPrediction != actualResult, you mispredicted--that is, return true
return (branchPrediction != actualResult);
}