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-rw-r--r--src/python/m5/util/__init__.py11
-rw-r--r--src/python/m5/util/dot_writer.py3
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/python/m5/util/__init__.py b/src/python/m5/util/__init__.py
index 591781977..66ebb3cfe 100644
--- a/src/python/m5/util/__init__.py
+++ b/src/python/m5/util/__init__.py
@@ -56,6 +56,17 @@ def fatal(fmt, *args):
print >>sys.stderr, 'fatal:', fmt % args
sys.exit(1)
+# warn() should be called when the user should be warned about some condition
+# that may or may not be the user's fault, but that they should be made aware
+# of as it may affect the simulation or results.
+def warn(fmt, *args):
+ print >>sys.stderr, 'warn:', fmt % args
+
+# inform() should be called when the user should be informed about some
+# condition that they may be interested in.
+def inform(fmt, *args):
+ print >>sys.stdout, 'info:', fmt % args
+
class Singleton(type):
def __call__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
if hasattr(cls, '_instance'):
diff --git a/src/python/m5/util/dot_writer.py b/src/python/m5/util/dot_writer.py
index c1c5ff3ac..52d0b4b62 100644
--- a/src/python/m5/util/dot_writer.py
+++ b/src/python/m5/util/dot_writer.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
import m5, os, re
from m5.SimObject import isRoot, isSimObjectVector
+from m5.util import warn
try:
import pydot
except:
@@ -176,4 +177,4 @@ def do_dot(root, outdir, dotFilename):
# So avoid terminating simulation unnecessarily
callgraph.write_pdf(dot_filename + ".pdf")
except:
- print "warning: failed to generate pdf output from %s" % dot_filename
+ warn("failed to generate pdf output from %s", dot_filename)