sim: Refactor the serialization base class

Objects that are can be serialized are supposed to inherit from the
Serializable class. This class is meant to provide a unified API for
such objects. However, so far it has mainly been used by SimObjects
due to some fundamental design limitations. This changeset redesigns
to the serialization interface to make it more generic and hide the
underlying checkpoint storage. Specifically:

  * Add a set of APIs to serialize into a subsection of the current
    object. Previously, objects that needed this functionality would
    use ad-hoc solutions using nameOut() and section name
    generation. In the new world, an object that implements the
    interface has the methods serializeSection() and
    unserializeSection() that serialize into a named /subsection/ of
    the current object. Calling serialize() serializes an object into
    the current section.

  * Move the name() method from Serializable to SimObject as it is no
    longer needed for serialization. The fully qualified section name
    is generated by the main serialization code on the fly as objects
    serialize sub-objects.

  * Add a scoped ScopedCheckpointSection helper class. Some objects
    need to serialize data structures, that are not deriving from
    Serializable, into subsections. Previously, this was done using
    nameOut() and manual section name generation. To simplify this,
    this changeset introduces a ScopedCheckpointSection() helper
    class. When this class is instantiated, it adds a new /subsection/
    and subsequent serialization calls during the lifetime of this
    helper class happen inside this section (or a subsection in case
    of nested sections).

  * The serialize() call is now const which prevents accidental state
    manipulation during serialization. Objects that rely on modifying
    state can use the serializeOld() call instead. The default
    implementation simply calls serialize(). Note: The old-style calls
    need to be explicitly called using the
    serializeOld()/serializeSectionOld() style APIs. These are used by
    default when serializing SimObjects.

  * Both the input and output checkpoints now use their own named
    types. This hides underlying checkpoint implementation from
    objects that need checkpointing and makes it easier to change the
    underlying checkpoint storage code.

5 files changed, 16 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/src/arch/mips/interrupts.hh b/src/arch/mips/interrupts.hh
index 8367bf91c..3c9165bfa 100755
--- a/src/arch/mips/interrupts.hh
+++ b/src/arch/mips/interrupts.hh
@@ -116,13 +116,13 @@ class Interrupts : public SimObject
 
 
     void
-    serialize(std::ostream &os)
+    serialize(CheckpointOut &cp) const M5_ATTR_OVERRIDE
     {
         fatal("Serialization of Interrupts Unimplemented for MIPS");
     }
 
     void
-    unserialize(Checkpoint *cp, const std::string &section)
+    unserialize(CheckpointIn &cp) M5_ATTR_OVERRIDE
     {
         fatal("Unserialization of Interrupts Unimplemented for MIPS");
     }
diff --git a/src/arch/mips/pagetable.cc b/src/arch/mips/pagetable.cc
index b4304060c..26d9bf408 100644
--- a/src/arch/mips/pagetable.cc
+++ b/src/arch/mips/pagetable.cc
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace MipsISA
 {
 
 void
-PTE::serialize(std::ostream &os)
+PTE::serialize(CheckpointOut &cp) const
 {
     SERIALIZE_SCALAR(Mask);
     SERIALIZE_SCALAR(VPN);
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ PTE::serialize(std::ostream &os)
 }
 
 void
-PTE::unserialize(Checkpoint *cp, const std::string &section)
+PTE::unserialize(CheckpointIn &cp)
 {
     UNSERIALIZE_SCALAR(Mask);
     UNSERIALIZE_SCALAR(VPN);
diff --git a/src/arch/mips/pagetable.hh b/src/arch/mips/pagetable.hh
index 992d6649b..cc4e4a859 100755
--- a/src/arch/mips/pagetable.hh
+++ b/src/arch/mips/pagetable.hh
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ struct PTE
     int OffsetMask;
 
     bool Valid() { return (V0 | V1); };
-    void serialize(std::ostream &os);
-    void unserialize(Checkpoint *cp, const std::string &section);
+    void serialize(CheckpointOut &cp) const;
+    void unserialize(CheckpointIn &cp);
 };
 
 // WARN: This particular TLB entry is not necessarily conformed to MIPS ISA
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ struct TlbEntry
     void
     updateVaddr(Addr new_vaddr) {}
 
-    void serialize(std::ostream &os)
+    void serialize(CheckpointOut &cp) const
     {
         SERIALIZE_SCALAR(_pageStart);
     }
 
-    void unserialize(Checkpoint *cp, const std::string &section)
+    void unserialize(CheckpointIn &cp)
     {
         UNSERIALIZE_SCALAR(_pageStart);
     }
diff --git a/src/arch/mips/tlb.cc b/src/arch/mips/tlb.cc
index 6c46cacc6..d2aa5ad70 100644
--- a/src/arch/mips/tlb.cc
+++ b/src/arch/mips/tlb.cc
@@ -197,25 +197,26 @@ TLB::flushAll()
 }
 
 void
-TLB::serialize(ostream &os)
+TLB::serialize(CheckpointOut &cp) const
 {
     SERIALIZE_SCALAR(size);
     SERIALIZE_SCALAR(nlu);
 
     for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-        nameOut(os, csprintf("%s.PTE%d", name(), i));
-        table[i].serialize(os);
+        ScopedCheckpointSection sec(cp, csprintf("PTE%d", i));
+        table[i].serialize(cp);
     }
 }
 
 void
-TLB::unserialize(Checkpoint *cp, const string &section)
+TLB::unserialize(CheckpointIn &cp)
 {
     UNSERIALIZE_SCALAR(size);
     UNSERIALIZE_SCALAR(nlu);
 
     for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-        table[i].unserialize(cp, csprintf("%s.PTE%d", section, i));
+        ScopedCheckpointSection sec(cp, csprintf("PTE%d", i));
+        table[i].unserialize(cp);
         if (table[i].V0 || table[i].V1) {
             lookupTable.insert(make_pair(table[i].VPN, i));
         }
diff --git a/src/arch/mips/tlb.hh b/src/arch/mips/tlb.hh
index c7cd5e631..5a9069e4c 100644
--- a/src/arch/mips/tlb.hh
+++ b/src/arch/mips/tlb.hh
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ class TLB : public BaseTLB
     static Fault checkCacheability(RequestPtr &req);
 
     // Checkpointing
-    void serialize(std::ostream &os);
-    void unserialize(Checkpoint *cp, const std::string &section);
+    void serialize(CheckpointOut &cp) const M5_ATTR_OVERRIDE;
+    void unserialize(CheckpointIn &cp) M5_ATTR_OVERRIDE;
 
     void regStats();