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LSQ: Set store predictor to periodically clear itself as recommended in the storesets paper.

Review Request #806 - Created July 26, 2011 and submitted

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Ali Saidi
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ali, gblack, nate, stever 
LSQ: Set store predictor to periodically clear itself as recommended in the storesets paper.

This patch improves performance by as much as 10% on some spec benchmarks.

   

  


 


 

  

  









  
 


  

 
















 



 

  


 


  



   

   
Steve Reinhardt

   
Posted  (July 27, 2011, 6:49 a.m.)


  


  


  

   



  

   

   
    
    
   


  




   







    

     
     

      

       
        

         
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This param name seems vague and underdescriptive... how about storeset_reset_period or storeset_clear_interval or something like that?




  

   

   
    
    
   


  


    


   



   
Otherwise it looks good...