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author | Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> | 2018-04-26 18:16:53 +0100 |
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committer | Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> | 2018-07-13 09:26:23 +0000 |
commit | 0793a1bbdc190a7bd41b7ed81ef8291ceaeb722e (patch) | |
tree | d86192c9d5d2dfecdee71bd731a92d09494f04b5 /src/cpu/testers/traffic_gen/BaseTrafficGen.py | |
parent | c9dd86a5cd6f26a2ba776d0adb60d4e18c553b8b (diff) | |
download | gem5-0793a1bbdc190a7bd41b7ed81ef8291ceaeb722e.tar.xz |
cpu: Split the traffic generator into two classes
The traffic generator currently assumes that it is always driven from
a configuration file. Split it into a base class (BaseTrafficGen) that
handles basic packet generation and a derived class that implements
the config handling (TrafficGen).
Change-Id: I9407f04c40ad7e40a263c8d1ef29d37ff8e6f1b4
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/11515
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diff --git a/src/cpu/testers/traffic_gen/BaseTrafficGen.py b/src/cpu/testers/traffic_gen/BaseTrafficGen.py new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2569c1ece --- /dev/null +++ b/src/cpu/testers/traffic_gen/BaseTrafficGen.py @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +# Copyright (c) 2012, 2016, 2018 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. +# +# 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: Thomas Grass +# Andreas Hansson +# Sascha Bischoff + +from m5.params import * +from m5.proxy import * +from MemObject import MemObject + +# The traffic generator is a master module that generates stimuli for +# the memory system, based on a collection of simple behaviours that +# are either probabilistic or based on traces. It can be used stand +# alone for creating test cases for interconnect and memory +# controllers, or function as a black-box replacement for system +# components that are not yet modelled in detail, e.g. a video engine +# or baseband subsystem in an SoC. +class BaseTrafficGen(MemObject): + type = 'BaseTrafficGen' + abstract = True + cxx_header = "cpu/testers/traffic_gen/traffic_gen.hh" + + # Port used for sending requests and receiving responses + port = MasterPort("Master port") + + # System used to determine the mode of the memory system + system = Param.System(Parent.any, "System this generator is part of") + + # Should requests respond to back-pressure or not, if true, the + # rate of the traffic generator will be slowed down if requests + # are not immediately accepted + elastic_req = Param.Bool(False, + "Slow down requests in case of backpressure") + + # Let the user know if we have waited for a retry and not made any + # progress for a long period of time. The default value is + # somewhat arbitrary and may well have to be tuned. + progress_check = Param.Latency('1ms', "Time before exiting " \ + "due to lack of progress") |