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Diffstat (limited to 'cpu/checker/cpu.hh')
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1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cpu/checker/cpu.hh b/cpu/checker/cpu.hh index 37fe59d95..9fcd1037f 100644 --- a/cpu/checker/cpu.hh +++ b/cpu/checker/cpu.hh @@ -64,13 +64,28 @@ class MemInterface; class Checkpoint; class Sampler; +/** + * CheckerCPU class. Dynamically verifies instructions as they are + * completed by making sure that the instruction and its results match + * the independent execution of the benchmark inside the checker. The + * checker verifies instructions in order, regardless of the order in + * which instructions complete. There are certain results that can + * not be verified, specifically the result of a store conditional or + * the values of uncached accesses. In these cases, and with + * instructions marked as "IsUnverifiable", the checker assumes that + * the value from the main CPU's execution is correct and simply + * copies that value. It provides a CheckerExecContext (see + * checker/exec_context.hh) that provides hooks for updating the + * Checker's state through any ExecContext accesses. This allows the + * checker to be able to correctly verify instructions, even with + * external accesses to the ExecContext that change state. + */ class CheckerCPU : public BaseCPU { protected: typedef TheISA::MachInst MachInst; typedef TheISA::MiscReg MiscReg; public: - // main simulation loop (one cycle) virtual void init(); struct Params : public BaseCPU::Params @@ -301,6 +316,12 @@ class CheckerCPU : public BaseCPU InstSeqNum youngestSN; }; +/** + * Templated Checker class. This Checker class is templated on the + * DynInstPtr of the instruction type that will be verified. Proper + * template instantiations of the Checker must be placed at the bottom + * of checker/cpu.cc. + */ template <class DynInstPtr> class Checker : public CheckerCPU { |