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author | Andreas Sandberg <Andreas.Sandberg@ARM.com> | 2013-01-07 13:05:46 -0500 |
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committer | Andreas Sandberg <Andreas.Sandberg@ARM.com> | 2013-01-07 13:05:46 -0500 |
commit | f9bcf46371f27de8d22a1ecde4800b10eb5ef797 (patch) | |
tree | c9269b17b4ba5ac8d0a9ab3fa9931becd0a1ef44 /src/cpu/simple/timing.hh | |
parent | 52ff37caa3dc434baa0468f13ac609430f078982 (diff) | |
download | gem5-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.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/cpu/simple/timing.hh')
-rw-r--r-- | src/cpu/simple/timing.hh | 49 |
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/cpu/simple/timing.hh b/src/cpu/simple/timing.hh index e7f5122d0..af780265f 100644 --- a/src/cpu/simple/timing.hh +++ b/src/cpu/simple/timing.hh @@ -1,4 +1,16 @@ /* + * Copyright (c) 2012 ARM Limited + * All rights reserved + * + * The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall + * not be construed as granting a license to any other intellectual + * property including but not limited to intellectual property relating + * to a hardware implementation of the functionality of the software + * licensed hereunder. You may use the software subject to the license + * terms below provided that you ensure that this notice is replicated + * unmodified and in its entirety in all distributions of the software, + * modified or unmodified, in source code or in binary form. + * * Copyright (c) 2002-2005 The Regents of The University of Michigan * All rights reserved. * @@ -44,9 +56,6 @@ class TimingSimpleCPU : public BaseSimpleCPU virtual void init(); - public: - DrainManager *drainManager; - private: /* @@ -246,9 +255,6 @@ class TimingSimpleCPU : public BaseSimpleCPU public: - virtual void serialize(std::ostream &os); - virtual void unserialize(Checkpoint *cp, const std::string §ion); - unsigned int drain(DrainManager *drain_manager); void drainResume(); @@ -302,7 +308,36 @@ class TimingSimpleCPU : public BaseSimpleCPU virtual const char *description() const; }; - void completeDrain(); + /** + * Check if a system is in a drained state. + * + * We need to drain if: + * <ul> + * <li>We are in the middle of a microcode sequence as some CPUs + * (e.g., HW accelerated CPUs) can't be started in the middle + * of a gem5 microcode sequence. + * + * <li>Stay at PC is true. + * </ul> + */ + bool isDrained() { + return microPC() == 0 && + !stayAtPC; + } + + /** + * Try to complete a drain request. + * + * @returns true if the CPU is drained, false otherwise. + */ + bool tryCompleteDrain(); + + /** + * Drain manager to use when signaling drain completion + * + * This pointer is non-NULL when draining and NULL otherwise. + */ + DrainManager *drainManager; }; #endif // __CPU_SIMPLE_TIMING_HH__ |