Split off instantiation into separate CC files for each of the models. This makes it easier to be able to specify only certain CPU models.

src/cpu/SConscript:
    Split off instantiations into separate CC files.  This makes it easier to split them per CPU model.
src/cpu/base_dyn_inst_impl.hh:
    Move instantations out of impl.hh file and into a cc file.
src/cpu/checker/cpu_impl.hh:
    Move instantiations over to .cc files inside each CPU's directory.  Makes it easier to only use what's actually included.
src/cpu/o3/bpred_unit.cc:
    Pull Ozone instantiations out of this .cc file; put them into the ozone's CC file.
src/cpu/o3/checker_builder.cc:
    Instantiate Checker for O3 CPU.
src/cpu/ozone/checker_builder.cc:
    Instantiate Checker for Ozone CPU.

--HG--
rename : src/cpu/base_dyn_inst.cc => src/cpu/base_dyn_inst_impl.hh
rename : src/cpu/checker/cpu.cc => src/cpu/checker/cpu_impl.hh
rename : src/cpu/checker/o3_builder.cc => src/cpu/o3/checker_builder.cc
rename : src/cpu/checker/ozone_builder.cc => src/cpu/ozone/checker_builder.cc
extra : convert_revision : 4e5f928b165379c06d31071c544ea46cf0b8fa71

1 files changed, 822 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/cpu/checker/cpu_impl.hh b/src/cpu/checker/cpu_impl.hh
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 The Regents of The University of Michigan
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met: redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer;
+ * redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution;
+ * neither the name of the copyright holders nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ * Authors: Kevin Lim
+ */
+
+#include <list>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "base/refcnt.hh"
+#include "cpu/base.hh"
+#include "cpu/base_dyn_inst.hh"
+#include "cpu/checker/cpu.hh"
+#include "cpu/simple_thread.hh"
+#include "cpu/thread_context.hh"
+#include "cpu/static_inst.hh"
+#include "mem/packet_impl.hh"
+#include "sim/byteswap.hh"
+#include "sim/sim_object.hh"
+#include "sim/stats.hh"
+
+#if FULL_SYSTEM
+#include "sim/system.hh"
+#include "arch/vtophys.hh"
+#include "kern/kernel_stats.hh"
+#endif // FULL_SYSTEM
+
+using namespace std;
+//The CheckerCPU does alpha only
+using namespace AlphaISA;
+
+void
+CheckerCPU::init()
+{
+}
+
+CheckerCPU::CheckerCPU(Params *p)
+    : BaseCPU(p), thread(NULL), tc(NULL)
+{
+    memReq = NULL;
+
+    numInst = 0;
+    startNumInst = 0;
+    numLoad = 0;
+    startNumLoad = 0;
+    youngestSN = 0;
+
+    changedPC = willChangePC = changedNextPC = false;
+
+    exitOnError = p->exitOnError;
+    warnOnlyOnLoadError = p->warnOnlyOnLoadError;
+#if FULL_SYSTEM
+    itb = p->itb;
+    dtb = p->dtb;
+    systemPtr = NULL;
+#else
+    process = p->process;
+#endif
+
+    result.integer = 0;
+}
+
+CheckerCPU::~CheckerCPU()
+{
+}
+
+void
+CheckerCPU::setMemory(MemObject *mem)
+{
+#if !FULL_SYSTEM
+    memPtr = mem;
+    thread = new SimpleThread(this, /* thread_num */ 0, process,
+                              /* asid */ 0, mem);
+
+    thread->setStatus(ThreadContext::Suspended);
+    tc = thread->getTC();
+    threadContexts.push_back(tc);
+#endif
+}
+
+void
+CheckerCPU::setSystem(System *system)
+{
+#if FULL_SYSTEM
+    systemPtr = system;
+
+    thread = new SimpleThread(this, 0, systemPtr, itb, dtb, false);
+
+    thread->setStatus(ThreadContext::Suspended);
+    tc = thread->getTC();
+    threadContexts.push_back(tc);
+    delete thread->kernelStats;
+    thread->kernelStats = NULL;
+#endif
+}
+
+void
+CheckerCPU::setIcachePort(Port *icache_port)
+{
+    icachePort = icache_port;
+}
+
+void
+CheckerCPU::setDcachePort(Port *dcache_port)
+{
+    dcachePort = dcache_port;
+}
+
+void
+CheckerCPU::serialize(ostream &os)
+{
+/*
+    BaseCPU::serialize(os);
+    SERIALIZE_SCALAR(inst);
+    nameOut(os, csprintf("%s.xc", name()));
+    thread->serialize(os);
+    cacheCompletionEvent.serialize(os);
+*/
+}
+
+void
+CheckerCPU::unserialize(Checkpoint *cp, const string &section)
+{
+/*
+    BaseCPU::unserialize(cp, section);
+    UNSERIALIZE_SCALAR(inst);
+    thread->unserialize(cp, csprintf("%s.xc", section));
+*/
+}
+
+Fault
+CheckerCPU::copySrcTranslate(Addr src)
+{
+    panic("Unimplemented!");
+}
+
+Fault
+CheckerCPU::copy(Addr dest)
+{
+    panic("Unimplemented!");
+}
+
+template <class T>
+Fault
+CheckerCPU::read(Addr addr, T &data, unsigned flags)
+{
+    // need to fill in CPU & thread IDs here
+    memReq = new Request();
+
+    memReq->setVirt(0, addr, sizeof(T), flags, thread->readPC());
+
+    // translate to physical address
+    translateDataReadReq(memReq);
+
+    Packet *pkt = new Packet(memReq, Packet::ReadReq, Packet::Broadcast);
+
+    pkt->dataStatic(&data);
+
+    if (!(memReq->getFlags() & UNCACHEABLE)) {
+        // Access memory to see if we have the same data
+        dcachePort->sendFunctional(pkt);
+    } else {
+        // Assume the data is correct if it's an uncached access
+        memcpy(&data, &unverifiedResult.integer, sizeof(T));
+    }
+
+    delete pkt;
+
+    return NoFault;
+}
+
+#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
+
+template
+Fault
+CheckerCPU::read(Addr addr, uint64_t &data, unsigned flags);
+
+template
+Fault
+CheckerCPU::read(Addr addr, uint32_t &data, unsigned flags);
+
+template
+Fault
+CheckerCPU::read(Addr addr, uint16_t &data, unsigned flags);
+
+template
+Fault
+CheckerCPU::read(Addr addr, uint8_t &data, unsigned flags);
+
+#endif //DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
+
+template<>
+Fault
+CheckerCPU::read(Addr addr, double &data, unsigned flags)
+{
+    return read(addr, *(uint64_t*)&data, flags);
+}
+
+template<>
+Fault
+CheckerCPU::read(Addr addr, float &data, unsigned flags)
+{
+    return read(addr, *(uint32_t*)&data, flags);
+}
+
+template<>
+Fault
+CheckerCPU::read(Addr addr, int32_t &data, unsigned flags)
+{
+    return read(addr, (uint32_t&)data, flags);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+Fault
+CheckerCPU::write(T data, Addr addr, unsigned flags, uint64_t *res)
+{
+    // need to fill in CPU & thread IDs here
+    memReq = new Request();
+
+    memReq->setVirt(0, addr, sizeof(T), flags, thread->readPC());
+
+    // translate to physical address
+    thread->translateDataWriteReq(memReq);
+
+    // Can compare the write data and result only if it's cacheable,
+    // not a store conditional, or is a store conditional that
+    // succeeded.
+    // @todo: Verify that actual memory matches up with these values.
+    // Right now it only verifies that the instruction data is the
+    // same as what was in the request that got sent to memory; there
+    // is no verification that it is the same as what is in memory.
+    // This is because the LSQ would have to be snooped in the CPU to
+    // verify this data.
+    if (unverifiedReq &&
+        !(unverifiedReq->getFlags() & UNCACHEABLE) &&
+        (!(unverifiedReq->getFlags() & LOCKED) ||
+         ((unverifiedReq->getFlags() & LOCKED) &&
+          unverifiedReq->getScResult() == 1))) {
+        T inst_data;
+/*
+        // This code would work if the LSQ allowed for snooping.
+        Packet *pkt = new Packet(memReq, Packet::ReadReq, Packet::Broadcast);
+        pkt.dataStatic(&inst_data);
+
+        dcachePort->sendFunctional(pkt);
+
+        delete pkt;
+*/
+        memcpy(&inst_data, unverifiedMemData, sizeof(T));
+
+        if (data != inst_data) {
+            warn("%lli: Store value does not match value in memory! "
+                 "Instruction: %#x, memory: %#x",
+                 curTick, inst_data, data);
+            handleError();
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Assume the result was the same as the one passed in.  This checker
+    // doesn't check if the SC should succeed or fail, it just checks the
+    // value.
+    if (res && unverifiedReq->scResultValid())
+        *res = unverifiedReq->getScResult();
+
+    return NoFault;
+}
+
+
+#ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
+template
+Fault
+CheckerCPU::write(uint64_t data, Addr addr, unsigned flags, uint64_t *res);
+
+template
+Fault
+CheckerCPU::write(uint32_t data, Addr addr, unsigned flags, uint64_t *res);
+
+template
+Fault
+CheckerCPU::write(uint16_t data, Addr addr, unsigned flags, uint64_t *res);
+
+template
+Fault
+CheckerCPU::write(uint8_t data, Addr addr, unsigned flags, uint64_t *res);
+
+#endif //DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
+
+template<>
+Fault
+CheckerCPU::write(double data, Addr addr, unsigned flags, uint64_t *res)
+{
+    return write(*(uint64_t*)&data, addr, flags, res);
+}
+
+template<>
+Fault
+CheckerCPU::write(float data, Addr addr, unsigned flags, uint64_t *res)
+{
+    return write(*(uint32_t*)&data, addr, flags, res);
+}
+
+template<>
+Fault
+CheckerCPU::write(int32_t data, Addr addr, unsigned flags, uint64_t *res)
+{
+    return write((uint32_t)data, addr, flags, res);
+}
+
+
+#if FULL_SYSTEM
+Addr
+CheckerCPU::dbg_vtophys(Addr addr)
+{
+    return vtophys(tc, addr);
+}
+#endif // FULL_SYSTEM
+
+bool
+CheckerCPU::translateInstReq(Request *req)
+{
+#if FULL_SYSTEM
+    return (thread->translateInstReq(req) == NoFault);
+#else
+    thread->translateInstReq(req);
+    return true;
+#endif
+}
+
+void
+CheckerCPU::translateDataReadReq(Request *req)
+{
+    thread->translateDataReadReq(req);
+
+    if (req->getVaddr() != unverifiedReq->getVaddr()) {
+        warn("%lli: Request virtual addresses do not match! Inst: %#x, "
+             "checker: %#x",
+             curTick, unverifiedReq->getVaddr(), req->getVaddr());
+        handleError();
+    }
+    req->setPaddr(unverifiedReq->getPaddr());
+
+    if (checkFlags(req)) {
+        warn("%lli: Request flags do not match! Inst: %#x, checker: %#x",
+             curTick, unverifiedReq->getFlags(), req->getFlags());
+        handleError();
+    }
+}
+
+void
+CheckerCPU::translateDataWriteReq(Request *req)
+{
+    thread->translateDataWriteReq(req);
+
+    if (req->getVaddr() != unverifiedReq->getVaddr()) {
+        warn("%lli: Request virtual addresses do not match! Inst: %#x, "
+             "checker: %#x",
+             curTick, unverifiedReq->getVaddr(), req->getVaddr());
+        handleError();
+    }
+    req->setPaddr(unverifiedReq->getPaddr());
+
+    if (checkFlags(req)) {
+        warn("%lli: Request flags do not match! Inst: %#x, checker: %#x",
+             curTick, unverifiedReq->getFlags(), req->getFlags());
+        handleError();
+    }
+}
+
+bool
+CheckerCPU::checkFlags(Request *req)
+{
+    // Remove any dynamic flags that don't have to do with the request itself.
+    unsigned flags = unverifiedReq->getFlags();
+    unsigned mask = LOCKED | PHYSICAL | VPTE | ALTMODE | UNCACHEABLE | NO_FAULT;
+    flags = flags & (mask);
+    if (flags == req->getFlags()) {
+        return false;
+    } else {
+        return true;
+    }
+}
+
+void
+CheckerCPU::dumpAndExit()
+{
+    warn("%lli: Checker PC:%#x, next PC:%#x",
+         curTick, thread->readPC(), thread->readNextPC());
+    panic("Checker found an error!");
+}
+
+template <class DynInstPtr>
+void
+Checker<DynInstPtr>::verify(DynInstPtr &completed_inst)
+{
+    DynInstPtr inst;
+
+    // Either check this instruction, or add it to a list of
+    // instructions waiting to be checked.  Instructions must be
+    // checked in program order, so if a store has committed yet not
+    // completed, there may be some instructions that are waiting
+    // behind it that have completed and must be checked.
+    if (!instList.empty()) {
+        if (youngestSN < completed_inst->seqNum) {
+            DPRINTF(Checker, "Adding instruction [sn:%lli] PC:%#x to list.\n",
+                    completed_inst->seqNum, completed_inst->readPC());
+            instList.push_back(completed_inst);
+            youngestSN = completed_inst->seqNum;
+        }
+
+        if (!instList.front()->isCompleted()) {
+            return;
+        } else {
+            inst = instList.front();
+            instList.pop_front();
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (!completed_inst->isCompleted()) {
+            if (youngestSN < completed_inst->seqNum) {
+                DPRINTF(Checker, "Adding instruction [sn:%lli] PC:%#x to list.\n",
+                        completed_inst->seqNum, completed_inst->readPC());
+                instList.push_back(completed_inst);
+                youngestSN = completed_inst->seqNum;
+            }
+            return;
+        } else {
+            if (youngestSN < completed_inst->seqNum) {
+                inst = completed_inst;
+                youngestSN = completed_inst->seqNum;
+            } else {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Try to check all instructions that are completed, ending if we
+    // run out of instructions to check or if an instruction is not
+    // yet completed.
+    while (1) {
+        DPRINTF(Checker, "Processing instruction [sn:%lli] PC:%#x.\n",
+                inst->seqNum, inst->readPC());
+        unverifiedResult.integer = inst->readIntResult();
+        unverifiedReq = inst->req;
+        unverifiedMemData = inst->memData;
+        numCycles++;
+
+        Fault fault = NoFault;
+
+        // maintain $r0 semantics
+        thread->setIntReg(ZeroReg, 0);
+#ifdef TARGET_ALPHA
+        thread->setFloatRegDouble(ZeroReg, 0.0);
+#endif // TARGET_ALPHA
+
+        // Check if any recent PC changes match up with anything we
+        // expect to happen.  This is mostly to check if traps or
+        // PC-based events have occurred in both the checker and CPU.
+        if (changedPC) {
+            DPRINTF(Checker, "Changed PC recently to %#x\n",
+                    thread->readPC());
+            if (willChangePC) {
+                if (newPC == thread->readPC()) {
+                    DPRINTF(Checker, "Changed PC matches expected PC\n");
+                } else {
+                    warn("%lli: Changed PC does not match expected PC, "
+                         "changed: %#x, expected: %#x",
+                         curTick, thread->readPC(), newPC);
+                    CheckerCPU::handleError();
+                }
+                willChangePC = false;
+            }
+            changedPC = false;
+        }
+        if (changedNextPC) {
+            DPRINTF(Checker, "Changed NextPC recently to %#x\n",
+                    thread->readNextPC());
+            changedNextPC = false;
+        }
+
+        // Try to fetch the instruction
+
+#if FULL_SYSTEM
+#define IFETCH_FLAGS(pc)	((pc) & 1) ? PHYSICAL : 0
+#else
+#define IFETCH_FLAGS(pc)	0
+#endif
+
+        uint64_t fetch_PC = thread->readPC() & ~3;
+
+        // set up memory request for instruction fetch
+        memReq = new Request(inst->threadNumber, fetch_PC,
+                             sizeof(uint32_t),
+                             IFETCH_FLAGS(thread->readPC()),
+                             fetch_PC, thread->readCpuId(), inst->threadNumber);
+
+        bool succeeded = translateInstReq(memReq);
+
+        if (!succeeded) {
+            if (inst->getFault() == NoFault) {
+                // In this case the instruction was not a dummy
+                // instruction carrying an ITB fault.  In the single
+                // threaded case the ITB should still be able to
+                // translate this instruction; in the SMT case it's
+                // possible that its ITB entry was kicked out.
+                warn("%lli: Instruction PC %#x was not found in the ITB!",
+                     curTick, thread->readPC());
+                handleError(inst);
+
+                // go to the next instruction
+                thread->setPC(thread->readNextPC());
+                thread->setNextPC(thread->readNextPC() + sizeof(MachInst));
+
+                return;
+            } else {
+                // The instruction is carrying an ITB fault.  Handle
+                // the fault and see if our results match the CPU on
+                // the next tick().
+                fault = inst->getFault();
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (fault == NoFault) {
+            Packet *pkt = new Packet(memReq, Packet::ReadReq,
+                                     Packet::Broadcast);
+
+            pkt->dataStatic(&machInst);
+
+            icachePort->sendFunctional(pkt);
+
+            delete pkt;
+
+            // keep an instruction count
+            numInst++;
+
+            // decode the instruction
+            machInst = gtoh(machInst);
+            // Checks that the instruction matches what we expected it to be.
+            // Checks both the machine instruction and the PC.
+            validateInst(inst);
+
+            curStaticInst = StaticInst::decode(makeExtMI(machInst,
+                                                         thread->readPC()));
+
+#if FULL_SYSTEM
+            thread->setInst(machInst);
+#endif // FULL_SYSTEM
+
+            fault = inst->getFault();
+        }
+
+        // Discard fetch's memReq.
+        delete memReq;
+        memReq = NULL;
+
+        // Either the instruction was a fault and we should process the fault,
+        // or we should just go ahead execute the instruction.  This assumes
+        // that the instruction is properly marked as a fault.
+        if (fault == NoFault) {
+
+            thread->funcExeInst++;
+
+            fault = curStaticInst->execute(this, NULL);
+
+            // Checks to make sure instrution results are correct.
+            validateExecution(inst);
+
+            if (curStaticInst->isLoad()) {
+                ++numLoad;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (fault != NoFault) {
+#if FULL_SYSTEM
+            fault->invoke(tc);
+            willChangePC = true;
+            newPC = thread->readPC();
+            DPRINTF(Checker, "Fault, PC is now %#x\n", newPC);
+#else // !FULL_SYSTEM
+            fatal("fault (%d) detected @ PC 0x%08p", fault, thread->readPC());
+#endif // FULL_SYSTEM
+        } else {
+#if THE_ISA != MIPS_ISA
+            // go to the next instruction
+            thread->setPC(thread->readNextPC());
+            thread->setNextPC(thread->readNextPC() + sizeof(MachInst));
+#else
+            // go to the next instruction
+            thread->setPC(thread->readNextPC());
+            thread->setNextPC(thread->readNextNPC());
+            thread->setNextNPC(thread->readNextNPC() + sizeof(MachInst));
+#endif
+
+        }
+
+#if FULL_SYSTEM
+        // @todo: Determine if these should happen only if the
+        // instruction hasn't faulted.  In the SimpleCPU case this may
+        // not be true, but in the O3 or Ozone case this may be true.
+        Addr oldpc;
+        int count = 0;
+        do {
+            oldpc = thread->readPC();
+            system->pcEventQueue.service(tc);
+            count++;
+        } while (oldpc != thread->readPC());
+        if (count > 1) {
+            willChangePC = true;
+            newPC = thread->readPC();
+            DPRINTF(Checker, "PC Event, PC is now %#x\n", newPC);
+        }
+#endif
+
+        // @todo:  Optionally can check all registers. (Or just those
+        // that have been modified).
+        validateState();
+
+        if (memReq) {
+            delete memReq;
+            memReq = NULL;
+        }
+
+        // Continue verifying instructions if there's another completed
+        // instruction waiting to be verified.
+        if (instList.empty()) {
+            break;
+        } else if (instList.front()->isCompleted()) {
+            inst = instList.front();
+            instList.pop_front();
+        } else {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+template <class DynInstPtr>
+void
+Checker<DynInstPtr>::switchOut(Sampler *s)
+{
+    instList.clear();
+}
+
+template <class DynInstPtr>
+void
+Checker<DynInstPtr>::takeOverFrom(BaseCPU *oldCPU)
+{
+}
+
+template <class DynInstPtr>
+void
+Checker<DynInstPtr>::validateInst(DynInstPtr &inst)
+{
+    if (inst->readPC() != thread->readPC()) {
+        warn("%lli: PCs do not match! Inst: %#x, checker: %#x",
+             curTick, inst->readPC(), thread->readPC());
+        if (changedPC) {
+            warn("%lli: Changed PCs recently, may not be an error",
+                 curTick);
+        } else {
+            handleError(inst);
+        }
+    }
+
+    MachInst mi = static_cast<MachInst>(inst->staticInst->machInst);
+
+    if (mi != machInst) {
+        warn("%lli: Binary instructions do not match! Inst: %#x, "
+             "checker: %#x",
+             curTick, mi, machInst);
+        handleError(inst);
+    }
+}
+
+template <class DynInstPtr>
+void
+Checker<DynInstPtr>::validateExecution(DynInstPtr &inst)
+{
+    bool result_mismatch = false;
+    if (inst->numDestRegs()) {
+        // @todo: Support more destination registers.
+        if (inst->isUnverifiable()) {
+            // Unverifiable instructions assume they were executed
+            // properly by the CPU. Grab the result from the
+            // instruction and write it to the register.
+            copyResult(inst);
+        } else if (result.integer != inst->readIntResult()) {
+            result_mismatch = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (result_mismatch) {
+        warn("%lli: Instruction results do not match! (Values may not "
+             "actually be integers) Inst: %#x, checker: %#x",
+             curTick, inst->readIntResult(), result.integer);
+
+        // It's useful to verify load values from memory, but in MP
+        // systems the value obtained at execute may be different than
+        // the value obtained at completion.  Similarly DMA can
+        // present the same problem on even UP systems.  Thus there is
+        // the option to only warn on loads having a result error.
+        if (inst->isLoad() && warnOnlyOnLoadError) {
+            copyResult(inst);
+        } else {
+            handleError(inst);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (inst->readNextPC() != thread->readNextPC()) {
+        warn("%lli: Instruction next PCs do not match! Inst: %#x, "
+             "checker: %#x",
+             curTick, inst->readNextPC(), thread->readNextPC());
+        handleError(inst);
+    }
+
+    // Checking side effect registers can be difficult if they are not
+    // checked simultaneously with the execution of the instruction.
+    // This is because other valid instructions may have modified
+    // these registers in the meantime, and their values are not
+    // stored within the DynInst.
+    while (!miscRegIdxs.empty()) {
+        int misc_reg_idx = miscRegIdxs.front();
+        miscRegIdxs.pop();
+
+        if (inst->tcBase()->readMiscReg(misc_reg_idx) !=
+            thread->readMiscReg(misc_reg_idx)) {
+            warn("%lli: Misc reg idx %i (side effect) does not match! "
+                 "Inst: %#x, checker: %#x",
+                 curTick, misc_reg_idx,
+                 inst->tcBase()->readMiscReg(misc_reg_idx),
+                 thread->readMiscReg(misc_reg_idx));
+            handleError(inst);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+template <class DynInstPtr>
+void
+Checker<DynInstPtr>::validateState()
+{
+}
+
+template <class DynInstPtr>
+void
+Checker<DynInstPtr>::copyResult(DynInstPtr &inst)
+{
+    RegIndex idx = inst->destRegIdx(0);
+    if (idx < TheISA::FP_Base_DepTag) {
+        thread->setIntReg(idx, inst->readIntResult());
+    } else if (idx < TheISA::Fpcr_DepTag) {
+        thread->setFloatRegBits(idx, inst->readIntResult());
+    } else {
+        thread->setMiscReg(idx, inst->readIntResult());
+    }
+}
+
+template <class DynInstPtr>
+void
+Checker<DynInstPtr>::dumpAndExit(DynInstPtr &inst)
+{
+    cprintf("Error detected, instruction information:\n");
+    cprintf("PC:%#x, nextPC:%#x\n[sn:%lli]\n[tid:%i]\n"
+            "Completed:%i\n",
+            inst->readPC(),
+            inst->readNextPC(),
+            inst->seqNum,
+            inst->threadNumber,
+            inst->isCompleted());
+    inst->dump();
+    CheckerCPU::dumpAndExit();
+}
+
+template <class DynInstPtr>
+void
+Checker<DynInstPtr>::dumpInsts()
+{
+    int num = 0;
+
+    InstListIt inst_list_it = --(instList.end());
+
+    cprintf("Inst list size: %i\n", instList.size());
+
+    while (inst_list_it != instList.end())
+    {
+        cprintf("Instruction:%i\n",
+                num);
+
+        cprintf("PC:%#x\n[sn:%lli]\n[tid:%i]\n"
+                "Completed:%i\n",
+                (*inst_list_it)->readPC(),
+                (*inst_list_it)->seqNum,
+                (*inst_list_it)->threadNumber,
+                (*inst_list_it)->isCompleted());
+
+        cprintf("\n");
+
+        inst_list_it--;
+        ++num;
+    }
+
+}