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2018-11-16cpu: Fix the usage of const DynInstPtrRekai Gonzalez-Alberquilla
Summary: Usage of const DynInstPtr& when possible and introduction of move operators to RefCountingPtr. In many places, scoped references to dynamic instructions do a copy of the DynInstPtr when a reference would do. This is detrimental to performance. On top of that, in case there is a need for reference tracking for debugging, the redundant copies make the process much more painful than it already is. Also, from the theoretical point of view, a function/method that defines a convenience name to access an instruction should not be considered an owner of the data, i.e., doing a copy and not a reference is not justified. On a related topic, C++11 introduces move semantics, and those are useful when, for example, there is a class modelling a HW structure that contains a list, and has a getHeadOfList function, to prevent doing a copy to an internal variable -> update pointer, remove from the list -> update pointer, return value making a copy to the assined variable -> update pointer, destroy the returned value -> update pointer. Change-Id: I3bb46c20ef23b6873b469fd22befb251ac44d2f6 Signed-off-by: Giacomo Gabrielli <giacomo.gabrielli@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/13105 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2018-10-01cpu: Fix typo in header guard for Noncaching cpuGiacomo Travaglini
Change-Id: If8ec5f5f49e99d4989658273723b943dd8df84c6 Signed-off-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/13144 Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2018-09-12cpu: Replace the fastmem with a new CPU modelAndreas Sandberg
The AtomicSimpleCPU used to be able to access memory directly to speed up simulation if no caches are used. This is fine as long as no switching between CPU models is required. In order to switch to a new CPU model that requires caches, we currently need to checkpoint the system and restore it into a new configuration. The new 'atomic_noncaching' memory mode provides a solution that avoids this issue since caches are bypassed in this mode. This changeset removes the old fastmem option from the AtomicSimpleCPU and introduces a new CPU, NonCachingSimpleCPU, which derives from the AtomicSimpleCPU. The NonCachingSimpleCPU uses the same mechanism as the AtomicSimpleCPU used to use when accessing memory in when fastmem was enabled. This changeset also introduces a new switcheroo test that tests switching between a NonCachingSimpleCPU and a TimingSimpleCPU with caches. Change-Id: If01893f9b37528b14f530c11ce6f53c097582c21 Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/12419 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2018-06-14cpu: Prevent suspended TimingSimple CPUs from fetching next instructionsTuan Ta
In TimingSimpleCPU model, when a CPU is suspended by a syscall (e.g., futex(FUTEX_WAIT)), the CPU waits for another CPU to wake it up (e.g., FUTEX_WAKE operation). While staying Idle, the suspended CPU should not try to fetch next instructions after the syscall. This patch added a status check before a CPU schedule a fetch event after a fault is handled. Change-Id: I0cc953135686c9b35afe94942aa1d0b245ec60a2 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/8181 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Brandon Potter <Brandon.Potter@amd.com>
2018-06-11misc: Using smart pointers for memory RequestsGiacomo Travaglini
This patch is changing the underlying type for RequestPtr from Request* to shared_ptr<Request>. Having memory requests being managed by smart pointers will simplify the code; it will also prevent memory leakage and dangling pointers. Change-Id: I7749af38a11ac8eb4d53d8df1252951e0890fde3 Signed-off-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/10996 Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
2018-06-11misc: Substitute pointer to Request with aliased RequestPtrGiacomo Travaglini
Every usage of Request* in the code has been replaced with the RequestPtr alias. This is a preparing patch for when RequestPtr will be the typdefed to a smart pointer to Request rather then a raw pointer to Request. Change-Id: I73cbaf2d96ea9313a590cdc731a25662950cd51a Signed-off-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/10995 Reviewed-by: Anthony Gutierrez <anthony.gutierrez@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br> Maintainer: Anthony Gutierrez <anthony.gutierrez@amd.com>
2018-05-29cpu: Avoid unnecessary dynamic_pointer_cast in atomic modelGiacomo Travaglini
In the atomic model a dynamic_pointer_cast is performed at every tick to check if the fault is a SyscallRetryFault. This was happening even when there was no generated fault. Change-Id: I7f4afeffffdf4f988230e05286602d8d9a919c6c Signed-off-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/10101 Reviewed-by: Brandon Potter <Brandon.Potter@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2018-03-06scons: Switch from the print statement to the print function.Gabe Black
Starting with version 3, scons imposes using the print function instead of the print statement in code it processes. To get things building again, this change moves all python code within gem5 to use the function version. Another change by another author separately made this same change to the site_tools and site_init.py files. Change-Id: I2de7dc3b1be756baad6f60574c47c8b7e80ea3b0 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/8761 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
2018-01-09cpu, power: Get rid of the remnants of the EA computation insts.Gabe Black
Get rid of some remnants of a system which was intended to separate address computation into its own instruction object. Change-Id: I23f9ffd70fcb89a8ea5bbb934507fb00da9a0b7f Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/7122 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
2017-12-22arch,cpu: "virtualize" the TLB interface.Gabe Black
CPUs have historically instantiated the architecture specific version of the TLBs to avoid a virtual function call, making them a little bit more dependent on what the current ISA is. Some simple performance measurement, the x86 twolf regression on the atomic CPU, shows that there isn't actually any performance benefit, and if anything the simulator goes slightly faster (although still within margin of error) when the TLB functions are virtual. This change switches everything outside of the architectures themselves to use the generic BaseTLB type, and then inside the ISA for them to cast that to their architecture specific type to call into architecture specific interfaces. The ARM TLB needed the most adjustment since it was using non-standard translation function signatures. Specifically, they all took an extra "type" parameter which defaulted to normal, and translateTiming returned a Fault. translateTiming actually doesn't need to return a Fault because everywhere that consumed it just stored it into a structure which it then deleted(?), and the fault is stored in the Translation object when the translation is done. A little more work is needed to fully obviate the arch/tlb.hh header, so the TheISA::TLB type is still visible outside of the ISAs. Specifically, the TlbEntry type is used in the generic PageTable which lives in src/mem. Change-Id: I51b68ee74411f9af778317eff222f9349d2ed575 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/6921 Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2017-12-13arm,sparc,x86,base,cpu,sim: Replace the Twin(32|64)_t types with.Gabe Black
Replace them with std::array<>s. Change-Id: I76624c87a1cd9b21c386a96147a18de92b8a8a34 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/6602 Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2017-12-08x86,misc: add additional info on faulting X86 instruction, fetched PCMatt Sinclair
Print faulting instruction for unmapped address panic in faults.cc and print extra info about corresponding fetched PC in base.cc. Change-Id: Id9e15d3e88df2ad6b809fb3cf9f6ae97e9e97e0f Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/6461 Reviewed-by: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com> Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
2017-12-05cpu: Add support for CMOs in the cpu modelsNikos Nikoleris
Cache maintenance operations go through the write channel of the cpu. This changes makes sure that the cpu does not try to fill in the packet with data. Change-Id: Ic83205bb1cda7967636d88f15adcb475eb38d158 Reviewed-by: Stephan Diestelhorst <stephan.diestelhorst@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/5055 Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2017-12-04misc: Rename misc.(hh|cc) to logging.(hh|cc)Gabe Black
These files aren't a collection of miscellaneous stuff, they're the definition of the Logger interface, and a few utility macros for calling into that interface (panic, warn, etc.). Change-Id: I84267ac3f45896a83c0ef027f8f19c5e9a5667d1 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/6226 Reviewed-by: Brandon Potter <Brandon.Potter@amd.com> Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
2017-11-21cpu, cpu, sim: move Cycle probe updateJose Marinho
Move the code responsible for performing the actual probe point notify into BaseCPU. Use BaseCPU activateContext and suspendContext to keep track of sleep cycles. Create a probe point (ppActiveCycles) that does not count cycles where the processor was asleep. Rename ppCycles to ppAllCycles to reflect its nature. Change-Id: I1907ddd07d0ff9f2ef22cc9f61f5f46c630c9d66 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/5762 Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2017-11-20pwr: Adds logic to enter power gating for the cpu modelAnouk Van Laer
If the CPU has been clock gated for a sufficient amount of time (configurable via pwrGatingLatency), the CPU will go into the OFF power state. This does not model hardware, just behaviour. Change-Id: Ib3681d1ffa6ad25eba60f47b4020325f63472d43 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/3969 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2017-07-12cpu: Refactor some Event subclasses to lambdasSean Wilson
Change-Id: If765c6100d67556f157e4e61aa33c2b7eeb8d2f0 Signed-off-by: Sean Wilson <spwilson2@wisc.edu> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/3923 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2017-07-05arch: ISA parser additions of vector registersRekai Gonzalez-Alberquilla
Reiley's update :) of the isa parser definitions. My addition of the vector element operand concept for the ISA parser. Nathanael's modification creating a hierarchy between vector registers and its constituencies to the isa parser. Some fixes/updates on top to consider instructions as vectors instead of floating when they use the VectorRF. Some counters added to all the models to keep faithful counts. Change-Id: Id8f162a525240dfd7ba884c5a4d9fa69f4050101 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/2706 Reviewed-by: Anthony Gutierrez <anthony.gutierrez@amd.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2017-07-05cpu: Added interface for vector reg fileRekai Gonzalez-Alberquilla
This patch adds some more functionality to the cpu model and the arch to interface with the vector register file. This change consists mainly of augmenting ThreadContexts and ExecContexts with calls to get/set full vectors, underlying microarchitectural elements or lanes. Those are meant to interface with the vector register file. All classes that implement this interface also get an appropriate implementation. This requires implementing the vector register file for the different models using the VecRegContainer class. This change set also updates the Result abstraction to contemplate the possibility of having a vector as result. The changes also affect how the remote_gdb connection works. There are some (nasty) side effects, such as the need to define dummy numPhysVecRegs parameter values for architectures that do not implement vector extensions. Nathanael Premillieu's work with an increasing number of fixes and improvements of mine. Change-Id: Iee65f4e8b03abfe1e94e6940a51b68d0977fd5bb Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> [ Fix RISCV build issues and CC reg free list initialisation ] Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/2705
2017-07-05cpu: Simplify the rename interface and use RegIdRekai Gonzalez-Alberquilla
With the hierarchical RegId there are a lot of functions that are redundant now. The idea behind the simplification is that instead of having the regId, telling which kind of register read/write/rename/lookup/etc. and then the function panic_if'ing if the regId is not of the appropriate type, we provide an interface that decides what kind of register to read depending on the register type of the given regId. Change-Id: I7d52e9e21fc01205ae365d86921a4ceb67a57178 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> [ Fix RISCV build issues ] Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/2702
2017-07-05arch, cpu: Architectural Register structural indexingNathanael Premillieu
Replace the unified register mapping with a structure associating a class and an index. It is now much easier to know which class of register the index is referring to. Also, when adding a new class there is no need to modify existing ones. Change-Id: I55b3ac80763702aa2cd3ed2cbff0a75ef7620373 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> [ Fix RISCV build issues ] Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/2700
2017-06-20cpu, gpu-compute: Replace EventWrapper use with EventFunctionWrapperSean Wilson
Change-Id: Idd5992463bcf9154f823b82461070d1f1842cea3 Signed-off-by: Sean Wilson <spwilson2@wisc.edu> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/3746 Reviewed-by: Anthony Gutierrez <anthony.gutierrez@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2015-07-20syscall_emul: [patch 13/22] add system call retry capabilityBrandon Potter
This changeset adds functionality that allows system calls to retry without affecting thread context state such as the program counter or register values for the associated thread context (when system calls return with a retry fault). This functionality is needed to solve problems with blocking system calls in multi-process or multi-threaded simulations where information is passed between processes/threads. Blocking system calls can cause deadlock because the simulator itself is single threaded. There is only a single thread servicing the event queue which can cause deadlock if the thread hits a blocking system call instruction. To illustrate the problem, consider two processes using the producer/consumer sharing model. The processes can use file descriptors and the read and write calls to pass information to one another. If the consumer calls the blocking read system call before the producer has produced anything, the call will block the event queue (while executing the system call instruction) and deadlock the simulation. The solution implemented in this changeset is to recognize that the system calls will block and then generate a special retry fault. The fault will be sent back up through the function call chain until it is exposed to the cpu model's pipeline where the fault becomes visible. The fault will trigger the cpu model to replay the instruction at a future tick where the call has a chance to succeed without actually going into a blocking state. In subsequent patches, we recognize that a syscall will block by calling a non-blocking poll (from inside the system call implementation) and checking for events. When events show up during the poll, it signifies that the call would not have blocked and the syscall is allowed to proceed (calling an underlying host system call if necessary). If no events are returned from the poll, we generate the fault and try the instruction for the thread context at a distant tick. Note that retrying every tick is not efficient. As an aside, the simulator has some multi-threading support for the event queue, but it is not used by default and needs work. Even if the event queue was completely multi-threaded, meaning that there is a hardware thread on the host servicing a single simulator thread contexts with a 1:1 mapping between them, it's still possible to run into deadlock due to the event queue barriers on quantum boundaries. The solution of replaying at a later tick is the simplest solution and solves the problem generally.
2016-11-09style: [patch 1/22] use /r/3648/ to reorganize includesBrandon Potter
2016-08-15cpu, arch: fix the type used for the request flagsNikos Nikoleris
Change-Id: I183b9942929c873c3272ce6d1abd4ebc472c7132 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2016-06-06pwr: Low-power idle power state for idle CPUsDavid Guillen Fandos
Add functionality to the BaseCPU that will put the entire CPU into a low-power idle state whenever all threads in it are idle. Change-Id: I984d1656eb0a4863c87ceacd773d2d10de5cfd2b
2016-04-07mem: Remove threadId from memory request classMitch Hayenga
In general, the ThreadID parameter is unnecessary in the memory system as the ContextID is what is used for the purposes of locks/wakeups. Since we allocate sequential ContextIDs for each thread on MT-enabled CPUs, ThreadID is unnecessary as the CPUs can identify the requesting thread through sideband info (SenderState / LSQ entries) or ContextID offset from the base ContextID for a cpu. This is a re-spin of 20264eb after the revert (bd1c6789) and includes some fixes of that commit.
2016-04-06Revert power patch sets with unexpected interactionsAndreas Sandberg
The following patches had unexpected interactions with the current upstream code and have been reverted for now: e07fd01651f3: power: Add support for power models 831c7f2f9e39: power: Low-power idle power state for idle CPUs 4f749e00b667: power: Add power states to ClockedObject Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> --HG-- extra : amend_source : 0b6fb073c6bbc24be533ec431eb51fbf1b269508
2016-04-05mem: Remove threadId from memory request classMitch Hayenga
In general, the ThreadID parameter is unnecessary in the memory system as the ContextID is what is used for the purposes of locks/wakeups. Since we allocate sequential ContextIDs for each thread on MT-enabled CPUs, ThreadID is unnecessary as the CPUs can identify the requesting thread through sideband info (SenderState / LSQ entries) or ContextID offset from the base ContextID for a cpu.
2014-12-09power: Low-power idle power state for idle CPUsAkash Bagdia
Add functionality to the BaseCPU that will put the entire CPU into a low-power idle state whenever all threads in it are idle.
2015-11-27base: Add support for changing output directoriesAndreas Sandberg
This changeset adds support for changing the simulator output directory. This can be useful when the simulation goes through several stages (e.g., a warming phase, a simulation phase, and a verification phase) since it allows the output from each stage to be located in a different directory. Relocation is done by calling core.setOutputDir() from Python or simout.setOutputDirectory() from C++. This change affects several parts of the design of the gem5's output subsystem. First, files returned by an OutputDirectory instance (e.g., simout) are of the type OutputStream instead of a std::ostream. This allows us to do some more book keeping and control re-opening of files when the output directory is changed. Second, new subdirectories are OutputDirectory instances, which should be used to create files in that sub-directory. Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas@sandberg.pp.se> [sascha.bischoff@arm.com: Rebased patches onto a newer gem5 version] Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff <sascha.bischoff@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2015-07-19cpu: Fix LLSC atomic CPU wakeupKrishnendra Nathella
Writes to locked memory addresses (LLSC) did not wake up the locking CPU. This can lead to deadlocks on multi-core runs. In AtomicSimpleCPU, recvAtomicSnoop was checking if the incoming packet was an invalidation (isInvalidate) and only then handled a locked snoop. But, writes are seen instead of invalidates when running without caches (fast-forward configurations). As as simple fix, now handleLockedSnoop is also called even if the incoming snoop packet are from writes.
2016-02-10mem: Deduce if cache should forward snoopsAndreas Hansson
This patch changes how the cache determines if snoops should be forwarded from the memory side to the CPU side. Instead of having a parameter, the cache now looks at the port connected on the CPU side, and if it is a snooping port, then snoops are forwarded. Less error prone, and less parameters to worry about. The patch also tidies up the CPU classes to ensure that their I-side port is not snooping by removing overrides to the snoop request handler, such that snoop requests will panic via the default MasterPort implement
2016-02-06style: fix missing spaces in control statementsSteve Reinhardt
Result of running 'hg m5style --skip-all --fix-control -a'.
2016-02-06style: remove trailing whitespaceSteve Reinhardt
Result of running 'hg m5style --skip-all --fix-white -a'.
2016-01-17cpu. arch: add initiateMemRead() to ExecContext interfaceSteve Reinhardt
For historical reasons, the ExecContext interface had a single function, readMem(), that did two different things depending on whether the ExecContext supported atomic memory mode (i.e., AtomicSimpleCPU) or timing memory mode (all the other models). In the former case, it actually performed a memory read; in the latter case, it merely initiated a read access, and the read completion did not happen until later when a response packet arrived from the memory system. This led to some confusing things, including timing accesses being required to provide a pointer for the return data even though that pointer was only used in atomic mode. This patch splits this interface, adding a new initiateMemRead() function to the ExecContext interface to replace the timing-mode use of readMem(). For consistency and clarity, the readMemTiming() helper function in the ISA definitions is renamed to initiateMemRead() as well. For x86, where the access size is passed in explicitly, we can also get rid of the data parameter at this level. For other ISAs, where the access size is determined from the type of the data parameter, we have to keep the parameter for that purpose.
2015-10-12misc: Add explicit overrides and fix other clang >= 3.5 issuesAndreas Hansson
This patch adds explicit overrides as this is now required when using "-Wall" with clang >= 3.5, the latter now part of the most recent XCode. The patch consequently removes "virtual" for those methods where "override" is added. The latter should be enough of an indication. As part of this patch, a few minor issues that clang >= 3.5 complains about are also resolved (unused methods and variables).
2015-10-12misc: Remove redundant compiler-specific definesAndreas Hansson
This patch moves away from using M5_ATTR_OVERRIDE and the m5::hashmap (and similar) abstractions, as these are no longer needed with gcc 4.7 and clang 3.1 as minimum compiler versions.
2015-09-30cpu,isa,mem: Add per-thread wakeup logicMitch Hayenga
Changes wakeup functionality so that only specific threads on SMT capable cpus are woken.
2015-09-30isa,cpu: Add support for FS SMT InterruptsMitch Hayenga
Adds per-thread interrupt controllers and thread/context logic so that interrupts properly get routed in SMT systems.
2015-09-30cpu: Add per-thread monitorsMitch Hayenga
Adds per-thread address monitors to support FullSystem SMT.
2015-09-30config,cpu: Add SMT support to Atomic and Timing CPUsMitch Hayenga
Adds SMT support to the "simple" CPU models so that they can be used with other SMT-supported CPUs. Example usage: this enables the TimingSimpleCPU to be used to warmup caches before swapping to detailed mode with the in-order or out-of-order based CPU models.
2015-07-28revert 5af8f40d8f2cNilay Vaish
2015-07-26cpu: implements vector registersNilay Vaish
This adds a vector register type. The type is defined as a std::array of a fixed number of uint64_ts. The isa_parser.py has been modified to parse vector register operands and generate the required code. Different cpus have vector register files now.
2015-07-07sim: Refactor and simplify the drain APIAndreas Sandberg
The drain() call currently passes around a DrainManager pointer, which is now completely pointless since there is only ever one global DrainManager in the system. It also contains vestiges from the time when SimObjects had to keep track of their child objects that needed draining. This changeset moves all of the DrainState handling to the Drainable base class and changes the drain() and drainResume() calls to reflect this. Particularly, the drain() call has been updated to take no parameters (the DrainManager argument isn't needed) and return a DrainState instead of an unsigned integer (there is no point returning anything other than 0 or 1 any more). Drainable objects should return either DrainState::Draining (equivalent to returning 1 in the old system) if they need more time to drain or DrainState::Drained (equivalent to returning 0 in the old system) if they are already in a consistent state. Returning DrainState::Running is considered an error. Drain done signalling is now done through the signalDrainDone() method in the Drainable class instead of using the DrainManager directly. The new call checks if the state of the object is DrainState::Draining before notifying the drain manager. This means that it is safe to call signalDrainDone() without first checking if the simulator has requested draining. The intention here is to reduce the code needed to implement draining in simple objects.
2015-07-07sim: Refactor the serialization base classAndreas Sandberg
Objects that are can be serialized are supposed to inherit from the Serializable class. This class is meant to provide a unified API for such objects. However, so far it has mainly been used by SimObjects due to some fundamental design limitations. This changeset redesigns to the serialization interface to make it more generic and hide the underlying checkpoint storage. Specifically: * Add a set of APIs to serialize into a subsection of the current object. Previously, objects that needed this functionality would use ad-hoc solutions using nameOut() and section name generation. In the new world, an object that implements the interface has the methods serializeSection() and unserializeSection() that serialize into a named /subsection/ of the current object. Calling serialize() serializes an object into the current section. * Move the name() method from Serializable to SimObject as it is no longer needed for serialization. The fully qualified section name is generated by the main serialization code on the fly as objects serialize sub-objects. * Add a scoped ScopedCheckpointSection helper class. Some objects need to serialize data structures, that are not deriving from Serializable, into subsections. Previously, this was done using nameOut() and manual section name generation. To simplify this, this changeset introduces a ScopedCheckpointSection() helper class. When this class is instantiated, it adds a new /subsection/ and subsequent serialization calls during the lifetime of this helper class happen inside this section (or a subsection in case of nested sections). * The serialize() call is now const which prevents accidental state manipulation during serialization. Objects that rely on modifying state can use the serializeOld() call instead. The default implementation simply calls serialize(). Note: The old-style calls need to be explicitly called using the serializeOld()/serializeSectionOld() style APIs. These are used by default when serializing SimObjects. * Both the input and output checkpoints now use their own named types. This hides underlying checkpoint implementation from objects that need checkpointing and makes it easier to change the underlying checkpoint storage code.
2015-04-13cpu: re-organizes the branch predictor structure.Dibakar Gope
Committed by: Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>
2015-04-03cpu: fix system total instructions accountingNikos Nikoleris
The totalInstructions counter is only incremented when the whole instruction is commited and not on every microop. It was incorrectly reset in atomic and timing cpus. Committed by: Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>"
2015-03-23mem: rename Locked/LOCKED to LockedRMW/LOCKED_RMWSteve Reinhardt
Makes x86-style locked operations even more distinct from LLSC operations. Using "locked" by itself should be obviously ambiguous now.
2015-02-11mem: restructure Packet cmd initialization a bit moreSteve Reinhardt
Refactor the way that specific MemCmd values are generated for packets. The new approach is a little more elegant in that we assign the right value up front, and it's also more amenable to non-heap-allocated Packet objects. Also replaced the code in the Minor model that was still doing it the ad-hoc way. This is basically a refinement of http://repo.gem5.org/gem5/rev/711eb0e64249.