base: Add a class which encapsulates Fibers.

This class encapsulates the idea of a Fiber in such a way that other
implementations can be substituted in in the future. This
implementation uses the ucontext family of functions.

This change also adds a new unit test which exercises the new class. It
creates three new fibers which accept a sequence of other fibers to
switch to, one after the other. The main test function switches to
the these fibers which switch with each other and occasionally back to
the main fiber. Each time a test fiber is activated, it checks against
a list which shows the correct order for the fibers to run in. When the
main fiber gets control, it makes sure that list has been progressed
through by the correct amount.

Change-Id: I1fc2afa414b51baaa91e350a4ebc791d989f0b8a
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/10935
Reviewed-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com>
Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 Google, Inc.
+ *
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+ *
+ * Authors: Gabe Black
+ */
+
+#ifndef __BASE_FIBER_HH__
+#define __BASE_FIBER_HH__
+
+#include <ucontext.h>
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+
+/**
+ * This class represents a fiber, which is a light weight sort of thread which
+ * is cooperatively scheduled and runs sequentially with other fibers, swapping
+ * in and out of a single actual thread of execution.
+ *
+ * To define your own threads, create a subclass of Fiber and override its
+ * main() function to do what you want your fiber to do. You can start it by
+ * calling its run() method which will stop your execution and start the other
+ * fiber in your place.
+ *
+ * If your main() function ends, that fiber will automatically switch to either
+ * the primary fiber, or to a particular fiber you specified at construction
+ * time, and your fiber is considered finished.
+ */
+
+class Fiber
+{
+  public:
+    const static size_t DefaultStackSize = 0x50000;
+
+    /// stack_size is the size of the stack available to this fiber.
+    /// link points to another fiber which will start executing when this
+    /// fiber's main function returns.
+    Fiber(size_t stack_size=DefaultStackSize);
+    Fiber(Fiber *link, size_t stack_size=DefaultStackSize);
+
+    virtual ~Fiber();
+
+    /// Start executing the fiber represented by this object. This function
+    /// will "return" when the current fiber is switched back to later on.
+    void run();
+
+    /// Returns whether the "main" function of this fiber has finished.
+    ///
+    bool finished() const { return _finished; };
+
+    /// Get a pointer to the current running Fiber.
+    ///
+    static Fiber *currentFiber();
+    /// Get a pointer to the primary Fiber.
+    /// This Fiber represents the thread of execution started by the OS, and
+    /// which has a Fiber attached to it after the fact.
+    static Fiber *primaryFiber();
+
+  protected:
+    /// This method is called when this fiber is first run. Override it to
+    /// give your fiber something to do. When main returns, the fiber will
+    /// mark itself as finished and switch to its link fiber.
+    virtual void main() = 0;
+
+    void setStarted() { started = true; }
+
+  private:
+    static void entryTrampoline();
+    void start();
+
+    ucontext_t ctx;
+    Fiber *link;
+
+    // The stack for this context, or a nullptr if allocated elsewhere.
+    uint8_t *stack;
+    size_t stackSize;
+
+    bool started;
+    bool _finished;
+    void createContext();
+};
+
+#endif // __BASE_FIBER_HH__