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, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/cpu/testers/traffic_gen/base_gen.cc b/src/cpu/testers/traffic_gen/base_gen.cc
index b5b4f5817..f25bfb08a 100644
--- a/src/cpu/testers/traffic_gen/base_gen.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/testers/traffic_gen/base_gen.cc
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ BaseGen::getPacket(Addr addr, unsigned size, const MemCmd& cmd,
                    Request::FlagsType flags)
 {
     // Create new request
-    RequestPtr req = new Request(addr, size, flags, masterID);
+    RequestPtr req = std::make_shared<Request>(addr, size, flags, masterID);
     // Dummy PC to have PC-based prefetchers latch on; get entropy into higher
     // bits
     req->setPC(((Addr)masterID) << 2);