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Diffstat (limited to 'src/python')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/python/m5/__init__.py | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/python/m5/main.py | 2 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/python/m5/__init__.py b/src/python/m5/__init__.py index 3a6d39499..97b22ef2a 100644 --- a/src/python/m5/__init__.py +++ b/src/python/m5/__init__.py @@ -36,10 +36,21 @@ import smartdict MaxTick = 2**63 - 1 # define this here so we can use it right away if necessary + +# panic() should be called when something happens that should never +# ever happen regardless of what the user does (i.e., an acutal m5 +# bug). def panic(string): print >>sys.stderr, 'panic:', string sys.exit(1) +# fatal() should be called when the simulation cannot continue due to +# some condition that is the user's fault (bad configuration, invalid +# arguments, etc.) and not a simulator bug. +def fatal(string): + print >>sys.stderr, 'fatal:', string + sys.exit(1) + # force scalars to one-element lists for uniformity def makeList(objOrList): if isinstance(objOrList, list): diff --git a/src/python/m5/main.py b/src/python/m5/main.py index 19ceaf10d..38adac632 100644 --- a/src/python/m5/main.py +++ b/src/python/m5/main.py @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def main(): if defines.TRACING_ON: return - panic("Tracing is not enabled. Compile with TRACING_ON") + fatal("Tracing is not enabled. Compile with TRACING_ON") # load the options.py config file to allow people to set their own # default options |