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| -rw-r--r-- | src/python/m5/SimObject.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/python/m5/SimObject.py b/src/python/m5/SimObject.py index 61af57fb8..710f85fde 100644 --- a/src/python/m5/SimObject.py +++ b/src/python/m5/SimObject.py @@ -652,7 +652,8 @@ class SimObject(object): def get_parent(self): return self._parent - # clear out child with given name + # clear out child with given name. This code is not likely to be exercised. + # See comment in add_child. def clear_child(self, name): child = self._children[name] child.clear_parent(self) @@ -666,6 +667,10 @@ class SimObject(object): "add_child('%s'): child '%s' already has parent '%s'" % \ (name, child._name, child._parent) if self._children.has_key(name): + # This code path had an undiscovered bug that would make it fail + # at runtime. It had been here for a long time and was only + # exposed by a buggy script. Changes here will probably not be + # exercised without specialized testing. self.clear_child(name) child.set_parent(self, name) self._children[name] = child |