Changeset 11707:1d085f66c4ca
cpu: Resolve targets of predicted 'taken' conditional direct branches at decode (o3)
The target of taken conditional direct branches does not 

need to be resolved in IEW: the target can be computed at 

decode, usually using the decoded instruction word and the PC.
The higher-than-necessary penalty is taken only on conditional

branches that are predicted taken but miss in the BTB. Thus, 

this is mostly inconsequential on IPC if the BTB is big/associative 

enough (fewer capacity/conflict misses). Nonetheless, what gem5 

simulates is not representative of how conditional branch targets 

can be handled.

util/regress --modes=se
build/NULL/tests/opt/quick/se/51.memcheck/null/none/memcheck: FAILED! (Python says "NameError: name 'TrafficGen' is not defined"). I'm guessing this is OK as I get the same error without my patch.