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authorAndreas Sandberg <Andreas.Sandberg@ARM.com>2013-01-07 13:05:46 -0500
committerAndreas Sandberg <Andreas.Sandberg@ARM.com>2013-01-07 13:05:46 -0500
commitf9bcf46371f27de8d22a1ecde4800b10eb5ef797 (patch)
treec9269b17b4ba5ac8d0a9ab3fa9931becd0a1ef44 /src/cpu/activity.hh
parent52ff37caa3dc434baa0468f13ac609430f078982 (diff)
downloadgem5-f9bcf46371f27de8d22a1ecde4800b10eb5ef797.tar.xz
cpu: Make sure that a drained timing CPU isn't executing ucode
Currently, the timing CPU can be in the middle of a microcode sequence or multicycle (stayAtPC is true) instruction when it is drained. This leads to two problems: * When switching to a hardware virtualized CPU, we obviously can't execute gem5 microcode. * If stayAtPC is true we might execute half of an instruction twice when restoring a checkpoint or switching CPUs, which leads to an incorrect execution. After applying this patch, the CPU will be on a proper instruction boundary, which means that it is safe to switch to any CPU model (including hardware virtualized ones). This changeset also fixes a bug where the timing CPU sometimes switches out with while stayAtPC is true, which corrupts the target state after a CPU switch or checkpoint. Note: This changeset removes the so_state variable from checkpoints since the drain state isn't used anymore.
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