Statistics: Add a function to configure periodic stats dumping

This patch adds a function, periodicStatDump(long long period), which will dump
and reset the statistics every period. This function is designed to be called
from the python configuration scripts. This allows the periodic stats dumping to
be configured more easilly at run time.

The period is currently specified as a long long as there are issues passing
Tick into the C++ from the python as they have conflicting definitions. If the
period is less than curTick, the first occurance occurs at curTick. If the
period is set to 0, then the event is descheduled and the stats are not
periodically dumped.

Due to issues when resumung from a checkpoint, the StatDump event must be moved
forward such that it occues AFTER the current tick. As the function is called
from the python, the event is scheduled before the system resumes from the
checkpoint. Therefore, the event is moved using the updateEvents() function.
This is called from simulate.py once the system has resumed from the checkpoint.

NOTE: It should be noted that this is a fairly temporary patch which re-adds the
capability to extract temporal information  from the communication monitors. It
should not be used at the same time as anything that relies on dumping the
statistics based on in simulation events i.e. a context switch.

1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/sim/stat_control.hh b/src/sim/stat_control.hh
index c41a9482a..9731d87cf 100644
--- a/src/sim/stat_control.hh
+++ b/src/sim/stat_control.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) 2004-2005 The Regents of The University of Michigan
  * All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -26,6 +38,7 @@
  * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
  * Authors: Nathan Binkert
+ *          Sascha Bischoff
  */
 
 #ifndef __SIM_STAT_CONTROL_HH__
@@ -34,9 +47,34 @@
 namespace Stats {
 
 void initSimStats();
+
+/**
+ * Update the events after resuming from a checkpoint. When resuming from a
+ * checkpoint, curTick will be updated, and any already scheduled events can
+ * end up scheduled in the past. This function checks if the dumpEvent is
+ * scheduled in the past, and reschedules it appropriately.
+ */
+void updateEvents();
+
+/**
+ * Schedule statistics dumping. This allows you to dump and/or reset the
+ * built-in statistics. This can either be done once, or it can be done on a
+ * regular basis.
+ * @param dump Set true to dump the statistics.
+ * @param reset Set true to reset the statistics.
+ * @param when When the dump and/or reset should occur.
+ * @param repeat How often the event should repeat. Set 0 to disable repeating.
+ */
 void schedStatEvent(bool dump, bool reset, Tick when = curTick(),
                     Tick repeat = 0);
 
+/**
+ * Schedule periodic statistics dumping. This allows you to dump and reset the
+ * built-in statistics on a regular basis, thereby allowing the extraction of
+ * temporal trends in the data.
+ * @param period The period at which the dumping should occur.
+ */
+void periodicStatDump(uint64_t period = 0);
 } // namespace Stats
 
 #endif // __SIM_STAT_CONTROL_HH__