2 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/cpu/base.cc b/src/cpu/base.cc
index 513dd7c55..ea4b03bf2 100644
--- a/src/cpu/base.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/base.cc
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "cpu/cpuevent.hh"
 #include "cpu/thread_context.hh"
 #include "cpu/profile.hh"
+#include "sim/sim_exit.hh"
 #include "sim/param.hh"
 #include "sim/process.hh"
 #include "sim/sim_events.hh"
@@ -125,8 +126,9 @@ BaseCPU::BaseCPU(Params *p)
     //
     if (p->max_insts_any_thread != 0)
         for (int i = 0; i < number_of_threads; ++i)
-            new SimLoopExitEvent(comInstEventQueue[i], p->max_insts_any_thread,
-                                 "a thread reached the max instruction count");
+            schedExitSimLoop("a thread reached the max instruction count",
+                             p->max_insts_any_thread, 0,
+                             comInstEventQueue[i]);
 
     if (p->max_insts_all_threads != 0) {
         // allocate & initialize shared downcounter: each event will
@@ -150,8 +152,9 @@ BaseCPU::BaseCPU(Params *p)
     //
     if (p->max_loads_any_thread != 0)
         for (int i = 0; i < number_of_threads; ++i)
-            new SimLoopExitEvent(comLoadEventQueue[i], p->max_loads_any_thread,
-                                 "a thread reached the max load count");
+            schedExitSimLoop("a thread reached the max load count",
+                             p->max_loads_any_thread, 0,
+                             comLoadEventQueue[i]);
 
     if (p->max_loads_all_threads != 0) {
         // allocate & initialize shared downcounter: each event will
diff --git a/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc b/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc
index 7ba1b7df1..88698bfee 100644
--- a/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ AtomicSimpleCPU::serialize(ostream &os)
 {
     SimObject::State so_state = SimObject::getState();
     SERIALIZE_ENUM(so_state);
+    BaseSimpleCPU::serialize(os);
     nameOut(os, csprintf("%s.tickEvent", name()));
     tickEvent.serialize(os);
-    BaseSimpleCPU::serialize(os);
 }
 
 void
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ AtomicSimpleCPU::unserialize(Checkpoint *cp, const string &section)
 {
     SimObject::State so_state;
     UNSERIALIZE_ENUM(so_state);
-    tickEvent.unserialize(cp, csprintf("%s.tickEvent", section));
     BaseSimpleCPU::unserialize(cp, section);
+    tickEvent.unserialize(cp, csprintf("%s.tickEvent", section));
 }
 
 void