frontend: remove the RAS

Signed-off-by: Alban Gruin <alban.gruin@irit.fr>

src/frontend/frontend.sv

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ module frontend import ariane_pkg::*; #(
       // unconditional jumps with known target -> immediately resolved
       assign is_jump[i] = instruction_valid[i] & (rvi_jump[i] | rvc_jump[i]);
       // unconditional jumps with unknown target -> BTB
-      assign is_jalr[i] = instruction_valid[i] & ~is_return[i] & ~is_call[i] & (rvi_jalr[i] | rvc_jalr[i] | rvc_jr[i]);
+      assign is_jalr[i] = instruction_valid[i] & (rvi_jalr[i] | rvc_jalr[i] | rvc_jr[i]);
 
       // cf that needs a prediction
       assign is_cf[i] = instruction_valid[i] & (rvi_branch[i] | rvc_branch[i] | rvi_jalr[i] | rvc_jalr[i] | rvc_jr[i]);
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@ module frontend import ariane_pkg::*; #(
 
       // lower most prediction gets precedence
       for (int i = INSTR_PER_FETCH - 1; i >= 0 ; i--) begin
-        unique case ({is_branch[i], is_return[i], is_jump[i], is_jalr[i]})
-          4'b0000:; // regular instruction e.g.: no branch
+        unique case ({is_branch[i], is_jump[i], is_jalr[i]})
+          3'b000:; // regular instruction e.g.: no branch
           // unconditional jump to register, we need the BTB to resolve this
-          4'b0001: begin
+          3'b001: begin
             ras_pop = 1'b0;
             ras_push = 1'b0;
             if (btb_prediction_shifted[i].valid) begin
@@ -190,23 +190,15 @@ module frontend import ariane_pkg::*; #(
             end
           end
           // its an unconditional jump to an immediate
-          4'b0010: begin
+          3'b010: begin
             ras_pop = 1'b0;
             ras_push = 1'b0;
             taken_rvi_cf[i] = rvi_jump[i];
             taken_rvc_cf[i] = rvc_jump[i];
             cf_type[i] = ariane_pkg::Jump;
           end
-          // return
-          4'b0100: begin
-            // make sure to only alter the RAS if we actually consumed the instruction
-            ras_pop = ras_predict.valid & instr_queue_consumed[i];
-            ras_push = 1'b0;
-            predict_address = ras_predict.ra;
-            cf_type[i] = ariane_pkg::Return;
-          end
           // branch prediction
-          4'b1000: begin
+          3'b100: begin
             ras_pop = 1'b0;
             ras_push = 1'b0;
             // if we have a valid dynamic prediction use it
@@ -224,12 +216,6 @@ module frontend import ariane_pkg::*; #(
           default:;
             // default: $error("Decoded more than one control flow");
         endcase
-          // if this instruction, in addition, is a call, save the resulting address
-          // but only if we actually consumed the address
-          if (is_call[i]) begin
-            ras_push = instr_queue_consumed[i];
-            ras_update = addr[i] + (rvc_call[i] ? 2 : 4);
-          end
           // calculate the jump target address
           if (taken_rvc_cf[i] || taken_rvi_cf[i]) begin
             predict_address = addr[i] + (taken_rvc_cf[i] ? rvc_imm[i] : rvi_imm[i]);