From 52aa36249e679e787ffe8b3abbb7edc7dcb899ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tevador <37503146+tevador@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 16:00:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add Dataset prefetch in interpreted VM (#52)

- to formally match the specification
- a small increase in interpreted mining speed (~4%)
---
 src/vm_interpreted.cpp       | 6 ++++++
 src/vm_interpreted.hpp       | 1 +
 src/vm_interpreted_light.hpp | 1 +
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/vm_interpreted.cpp b/src/vm_interpreted.cpp
index 25dc466..dd5f217 100644
--- a/src/vm_interpreted.cpp
+++ b/src/vm_interpreted.cpp
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ namespace randomx {
 
 			mem.mx ^= r[config.readReg2] ^ r[config.readReg3];
 			mem.mx &= CacheLineAlignMask;
+			datasetPrefetch(datasetOffset + mem.mx);
 			datasetRead(datasetOffset + mem.ma, r);
 			std::swap(mem.mx, mem.ma);
 
@@ -279,6 +280,11 @@ namespace randomx {
 			r[i] ^= datasetLine[i];
 	}
 
+	template<class Allocator, bool softAes>
+	void InterpretedVm<Allocator, softAes>::datasetPrefetch(uint64_t address) {
+		rx_prefetch_nta(mem.memory + address);
+	}
+
 #include "instruction_weights.hpp"
 
 	template<class Allocator, bool softAes>
diff --git a/src/vm_interpreted.hpp b/src/vm_interpreted.hpp
index 9fb137c..dfa1ba7 100644
--- a/src/vm_interpreted.hpp
+++ b/src/vm_interpreted.hpp
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ namespace randomx {
 		void setDataset(randomx_dataset* dataset) override;
 	protected:
 		virtual void datasetRead(uint64_t blockNumber, int_reg_t(&r)[RegistersCount]);
+		virtual void datasetPrefetch(uint64_t blockNumber);
 	private:
 		void execute();
 		void precompileProgram(int_reg_t(&r)[RegistersCount], rx_vec_f128(&f)[RegisterCountFlt], rx_vec_f128(&e)[RegisterCountFlt], rx_vec_f128(&a)[RegisterCountFlt]);
diff --git a/src/vm_interpreted_light.hpp b/src/vm_interpreted_light.hpp
index f3cc2c6..02d678f 100644
--- a/src/vm_interpreted_light.hpp
+++ b/src/vm_interpreted_light.hpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ namespace randomx {
 		void setCache(randomx_cache* cache) override;
 	protected:
 		void datasetRead(uint64_t address, int_reg_t(&r)[8]) override;
+		void datasetPrefetch(uint64_t address) override { }
 	};
 
 	using InterpretedLightVmDefault = InterpretedLightVm<AlignedAllocator<CacheLineSize>, true>;