Pass an exception from a python event through the event queue

back into python so we don't just silently ignore those errors

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extra : convert_revision : e2f5566a4681f1b8ea80af50071119118afa7d8a

3 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/python/swig/pyevent.cc b/src/python/swig/pyevent.cc
index 6fb7d3f17..7f23b8874 100644
--- a/src/python/swig/pyevent.cc
+++ b/src/python/swig/pyevent.cc
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <Python.h>
 
 #include "python/swig/pyevent.hh"
+#include "sim/async.hh"
 
 PythonEvent::PythonEvent(PyObject *obj, Tick when, Priority priority)
     : Event(&mainEventQueue, priority), object(obj)
@@ -52,9 +53,9 @@ PythonEvent::~PythonEvent()
 void
 PythonEvent::process()
 {
-    PyObject *result;
-
-    result = PyObject_CallMethod(object, "process", "");
+    PyObject *args = PyTuple_New(0);
+    PyObject *result = PyObject_Call(object, args, NULL);
+    Py_DECREF(args);
 
     if (result) {
         // Nothing to do just decrement the reference count
@@ -62,5 +63,7 @@ PythonEvent::process()
     } else {
         // Somethign should be done to signal back to the main interpreter
         // that there's been an exception.
+        async_event = true;
+        async_exception = true;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/sim/async.hh b/src/sim/async.hh
index 50ae73040..6ee5eb46a 100644
--- a/src/sim/async.hh
+++ b/src/sim/async.hh
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ extern volatile bool async_dump;	///< Async request to dump stats.
 extern volatile bool async_exit;	///< Async request to exit simulator.
 extern volatile bool async_io;		///< Async I/O request (SIGIO).
 extern volatile bool async_alarm;	///< Async alarm event (SIGALRM).
+extern volatile bool async_exception;   ///< Python exception.
 //@}
 
 #endif // __ASYNC_HH__
diff --git a/src/sim/main.cc b/src/sim/main.cc
index 9f9a56450..13850f255 100644
--- a/src/sim/main.cc
+++ b/src/sim/main.cc
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ volatile bool async_dumpreset = false;
 volatile bool async_exit = false;
 volatile bool async_io = false;
 volatile bool async_alarm = false;
+volatile bool async_exception = false;
 
 /// Stats signal handler.
 void
@@ -371,6 +372,11 @@ simulate(Tick num_cycles = MaxTick)
                 async_alarm = false;
                 pollQueue.service();
             }
+
+            if (async_exception) {
+                async_exception = false;
+                return NULL;
+            }
         }
     }