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-rw-r--r--src/python/m5/SimObject.py8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/python/m5/SimObject.py b/src/python/m5/SimObject.py
index d3e7d7975..78df6bef1 100644
--- a/src/python/m5/SimObject.py
+++ b/src/python/m5/SimObject.py
@@ -793,12 +793,14 @@ class SimObject(object):
# necessary to construct it. Does *not* recursively create
# children.
def getCCObject(self):
- params = self.getCCParams()
if not self._ccObject:
- self._ccObject = -1 # flag to catch cycles in recursion
+ # Cycles in the configuration heirarchy are not supported. This
+ # will catch the resulting recursion and stop.
+ self._ccObject = -1
+ params = self.getCCParams()
self._ccObject = params.create()
elif self._ccObject == -1:
- raise RuntimeError, "%s: recursive call to getCCObject()" \
+ raise RuntimeError, "%s: Cycle found in configuration heirarchy." \
% self.path()
return self._ccObject