kvm: move Kvm check from ARM Kvm GIC to System

The check was nearly completely generic anyway,
with the exception of the Kvm CPU type.

This will make it easier for other parts of the
codebase to do similar checks.

Change-Id: Ibfdd3d65e9e6cc3041b53b73adfabee1999283da
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/3540
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/sim/system.cc b/src/sim/system.cc
index 9315882b7..e46c35611 100644
--- a/src/sim/system.cc
+++ b/src/sim/system.cc
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #include "base/trace.hh"
 #include "config/use_kvm.hh"
 #if USE_KVM
+#include "cpu/kvm/base.hh"
 #include "cpu/kvm/vm.hh"
 #endif
 #include "cpu/thread_context.hh"
@@ -335,6 +336,24 @@ System::replaceThreadContext(ThreadContext *tc, ContextID context_id)
         remoteGDB[context_id]->replaceThreadContext(tc);
 }
 
+bool
+System::validKvmEnvironment() const
+{
+#if USE_KVM
+    if (threadContexts.empty())
+        return false;
+
+    for (auto tc : threadContexts) {
+        if (dynamic_cast<BaseKvmCPU*>(tc->getCpuPtr()) == nullptr) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    return true;
+#else
+    return false;
+#endif
+}
+
 Addr
 System::allocPhysPages(int npages)
 {
diff --git a/src/sim/system.hh b/src/sim/system.hh
index c3c178dbd..a656ab382 100644
--- a/src/sim/system.hh
+++ b/src/sim/system.hh
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ class System : public MemObject
         return kvmVM;
     }
 
+    /** Verify gem5 configuration will support KVM emulation */
+    bool validKvmEnvironment() const;
+
     /** Get a pointer to access the physical memory of the system */
     PhysicalMemory& getPhysMem() { return physmem; }