llvm/llvm/include/llvm/MCA/Pipeline.h

//===--------------------- Pipeline.h ---------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
//
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// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
/// \file
///
/// This file implements an ordered container of stages that simulate the
/// pipeline of a hardware backend.
///
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//

#ifndef LLVM_MCA_PIPELINE_H
#define LLVM_MCA_PIPELINE_H

#include "llvm/MCA/Stages/Stage.h"
#include "llvm/Support/Error.h"

namespace llvm {
namespace mca {

class HWEventListener;

/// A pipeline for a specific subtarget.
///
/// It emulates an out-of-order execution of instructions. Instructions are
/// fetched from a MCInst sequence managed by an initial 'Fetch' stage.
/// Instructions are firstly fetched, then dispatched to the schedulers, and
/// then executed.
///
/// This class tracks the lifetime of an instruction from the moment where
/// it gets dispatched to the schedulers, to the moment where it finishes
/// executing and register writes are architecturally committed.
/// In particular, it monitors changes in the state of every instruction
/// in flight.
///
/// Instructions are executed in a loop of iterations. The number of iterations
/// is defined by the SourceMgr object, which is managed by the initial stage
/// of the instruction pipeline.
///
/// The Pipeline entry point is method 'run()' which executes cycles in a loop
/// until there are new instructions to dispatch, and not every instruction
/// has been retired.
///
/// Internally, the Pipeline collects statistical information in the form of
/// histograms. For example, it tracks how the dispatch group size changes
/// over time.
class Pipeline { … };
} // namespace mca
} // namespace llvm

#endif // LLVM_MCA_PIPELINE_H