misc: Using smart pointers for memory Requests

This patch is changing the underlying type for RequestPtr from Request*
to shared_ptr<Request>. Having memory requests being managed by smart
pointers will simplify the code; it will also prevent memory leakage and
dangling pointers.

Change-Id: I7749af38a11ac8eb4d53d8df1252951e0890fde3
Signed-off-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/10996
Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/cpu/testers/directedtest/InvalidateGenerator.cc b/src/cpu/testers/directedtest/InvalidateGenerator.cc
index 3319e8400..9351d91c4 100644
--- a/src/cpu/testers/directedtest/InvalidateGenerator.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/testers/directedtest/InvalidateGenerator.cc
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ InvalidateGenerator::initiate()
     Packet::Command cmd;
 
     // For simplicity, requests are assumed to be 1 byte-sized
-    RequestPtr req = new Request(m_address, 1, flags, masterId);
+    RequestPtr req = std::make_shared<Request>(m_address, 1, flags, masterId);
 
     //
     // Based on the current state, issue a load or a store
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ InvalidateGenerator::initiate()
         // If the packet did not issue, must delete
         // Note: No need to delete the data, the packet destructor
         // will delete it
-        delete pkt->req;
         delete pkt;
 
         DPRINTF(DirectedTest, "failed to issue request - sequencer not ready\n");