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2019-12-10arch,cpu,sim: Push syscall number determination up to processes.Gabe Black
The logic that determines which syscall to call was built into the implementation of faults/exceptions or even into the instruction decoder, but that logic can depend on what OS is being used, and sometimes even what version, for example 32bit vs. 64bit. This change pushes that logic up into the Process objects since those already handle a lot of the aspects of emulating the guest OS. Instead, the ISA or fault implementations just notify the rest of the system that a nebulous syscall has happened, and that gets propogated upward until the process does something with it. That's very analogous to how a system call would work on a real machine. When a system call happens, the low level component which detects that should call tc->syscall(&fault), where tc is the relevant thread (or execution) context, and fault is a Fault which can ultimately be set by the system call implementation. The TC implementor (probably a CPU) will then have a chance to do whatever it needs to to handle a system call. Currently only O3 does anything special here. That implementor will end up calling the Process's syscall() method. Once in Process::syscall, the process object will use it's contextual knowledge to determine what system call is being requested. It then calls Process::doSyscall with the right syscall number, where doSyscall centralizes the common mechanism for actually retrieving and calling into the system call implementation. Jira Issue: https://gem5.atlassian.net/browse/GEM5-187 Change-Id: I937ec1ef0576142c2a182ff33ca508d77ad0e7a1 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/23176 Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com> Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com> Reviewed-by: Brandon Potter <Brandon.Potter@amd.com>
2019-10-25cpu: Get rid of the nextInstEventCount method.Gabe Black
This was only used by the KVM CPU, and it has access to all it needs to figure out that value locally without requiring all the ThreadContexts to implement an equivalent function. Change-Id: I17a14ce669db2519edf129db761ebd8dc3bd4129 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/22114 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
2019-10-25cpu: Get rid of the serviceInstCountEvents method.Gabe Black
This was useful when transitioning away from the CPU based comInstEventQueue, but now that objects backing the ThreadContexts have access to the underlying comInstEventQueue and can manipulate it directly, they don't need to do so through a generic interface. Getting rid of this function narrows and simplifies the interface. Change-Id: I202d466d266551675ef6792d38c658d8a8f1cb8b Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/22113 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
2019-10-25cpu: Switch off of the CPU's comInstEventQueue.Gabe Black
This switches to letting the ThreadContexts use a thread based/local comInstEventQueue instead of falling back to the CPU's array. Because the implementation is no longer shared and it's not given where the comInstEventQueue (or other implementation) should be accessed, the default implementation has been removed. Also, because nobody is using the CPU's array of event queues, those have been removed. Change-Id: I515e6e00a2174067a928c33ef832bc5c840bdf7f Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/22110 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
2019-10-25cpu: Delegate comInstEventQueue methods to the ThreadContexts.Gabe Black
These then just use the comInstEventQueue array from the CPU, but soon they will actually be self contained and allow the thread context to use whatever mechanism it wants. Also, now that the thread contexts need to exist before instruction count based events can be scheduled, setting up max instruction based events needs to happen in init after the CPU subclasses have had a chance to set up the threadContexts vector. Change-Id: I34bb401633d277a60be74e30d5a478a149b972ea Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/22108 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
2019-10-25cpu: Make the ThreadContext a PCEventScope.Gabe Black
Both the thread and system's PCEventQueue are checked when appropriate. Change-Id: I16c371339c91a37b5641860d974e546a30e23e13 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/22105 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com> Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
2019-05-30arch, base, cpu, gpu, sim: Merge getMemProxy and getVirtProxy.Gabe Black
These two functions were performing the same function but had two different names for historical reasons. This change merges them together, keeping the getVirtProxy name to be consistent with the getPhysProxy method used to get a non-translating proxy port. Change-Id: Idd83c6b899f9343795075b030ccbc723a79e52a4 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/18581 Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2019-05-30cpu, sim: Return PortProxy &s from all the proxy accessors.Gabe Black
This is a step towards merging the accessors for SE and FS modes. Change-Id: I76818ab88b97097ac363e243be9cc1911b283090 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/18579 Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Reviewed-by: Brandon Potter <Brandon.Potter@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2019-04-30arch: cpu: Track kernel stats using the base ISA agnostic type.Gabe Black
Then cast to the ISA specific type when necessary. This removes (mostly) an ISA specific aspect to some of the interfaces. The ISA specific version of the kernel stats still needs to be constructed and stored in a few places which means that kernel_stats.hh still needs to be a switching arch header, for instance. In the future, I'd like to make the kernel its own object like the Process objects in SE mode, and then it would be able to instantiate and maintain its own stats. Change-Id: I8309d49019124f6bea1482aaea5b5b34e8c97433 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/18429 Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2019-04-29cpu: Get rid of the (read|set)RegOtherThread methods.Gabe Black
These are implemented by MIPS internally now. Change-Id: If7465e1666e51e1314968efb56a5a814e62ee2d1 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/18436 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> Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
2019-04-22cpu: Eliminate the ProxyThreadContext class.Gabe Black
Replace it with direct inheritance from the ThreadContext class in the SimpleThread class which was the only place it was used. Also take the opportunity to use some specialized types instead of ints, etc., add some consts, and fix some style issues. Change-Id: I5d2cfa87b20dc43615e33e6755c9d016564e9c0e Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/18048 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Reviewed-by: Anthony Gutierrez <anthony.gutierrez@amd.com> Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com> Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
2019-02-19cpu: Add ISA* getter in Thread interfaceGiacomo Gabrielli
This patch is adding a ISA* getter to the TC interface Change-Id: Ib8ddc5d8fdd44e782f50a2ad15878a6bcf931e58 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/16462 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Anthony Gutierrez <anthony.gutierrez@amd.com> Maintainer: Anthony Gutierrez <anthony.gutierrez@amd.com>
2019-02-08cpu: fixed how O3 CPU executes an exit system callTuan Ta
When a thread executed an exit syscall in SE mode, the thread context was removed immediately in the same cycle, which left inflight squash operations and trap event incomplete. The problem happened when a new thread was assigned to the CPU later. The new thread started with some incomplete transactions of the previous thread (e.g., squashing). This problem could cause incorrect execution flow for the new thread (i.e., pc was not reset properly at the exit point), deadlock (i.e., some stage-to-stage signals were not reset) and incorrect rename map between logical and physical registers. This patch adds a new state called 'Halting' to the thread context and defers removing thread context from a CPU until a trap event initiated by an exit syscall execution is processed. This patch also makes sure that the removal of a thread context happens after all inflight transactions of the to-be-removed thread in the pipeline complete. Change-Id: If7ef1462fb8864e22b45371ee7ae67e2a5ad38b8 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/8184 Reviewed-by: Giacomo Gabrielli <giacomo.gabrielli@arm.com> Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2019-02-01cpu, arch: Replace the CCReg type with RegVal.Gabe Black
Most architectures weren't using the CCReg type, and in x86 and arm it was already a uint64_t. Change-Id: I0b3d5e690e6b31db6f2627f449c89bde0f6750a6 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/14515 Reviewed-by: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com> Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
2019-01-31arch: cpu: Rename *FloatRegBits* to *FloatReg*.Gabe Black
Now that there's no plain FloatReg, there's no reason to distinguish FloatRegBits with a special suffix since it's the only way to read or write FP registers. Change-Id: I3a60168c1d4302aed55223ea8e37b421f21efded Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/14460 Reviewed-by: Brandon Potter <Brandon.Potter@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com> Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
2019-01-30arch,cpu: Add vector predicate registersGiacomo Gabrielli
Latest-gen. vector/SIMD extensions, including the Arm Scalable Vector Extension (SVE), introduce the notion of a predicate register file. This changeset adds this feature across architectures and CPU models. Change-Id: Iebcadbad89c0a582ff8b1b70de353305db603946 Signed-off-by: Giacomo Gabrielli <giacomo.gabrielli@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/13715 Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2019-01-22arch: cpu: Stop passing around misc registers by reference.Gabe Black
These values are all basic integers (specifically uint64_t now), and so passing them by const & is actually less efficient since there's a extra level of indirection and an extra value, and the same sized value (a 64 bit pointer vs. a 64 bit int) is being passed around. Change-Id: Ie9956b8dc4c225068ab1afaba233ec2b42b76da3 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/13626 Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2019-01-16cpu: dev: sim: gpu-compute: Banish some ISA specific register types.Gabe Black
These types are IntReg, FloatReg, FloatRegBits, and MiscReg. There are some remaining types, specifically the vector registers and the CCReg. I'm less familiar with these new types of registers, and so will look at getting rid of them at some later time. Change-Id: Ide8f76b15c531286f61427330053b44074b8ac9b Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/13624 Reviewed-by: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com> Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
2018-12-20arch, cpu: Remove float type accessors.Gabe Black
Use the binary accessors instead. Change-Id: Iff1877e92c79df02b3d13635391a8c2f025776a2 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/14457 Reviewed-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.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>
2017-07-05cpu: 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
2017-02-27syscall_emul: [PATCH 15/22] add clone/execve for threading and multiprocess ↵Brandon Potter
simulations Modifies the clone system call and adds execve system call. Requires allowing processes to steal thread contexts from other processes in the same system object and the ability to detach pieces of process state (such as MemState) to allow dynamic sharing.
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.
2016-09-13sim: Refactor quiesce and remove FS assertsMichael LeBeane
The quiesce family of magic ops can be simplified by the inclusion of quiesceTick() and quiesce() functions on ThreadContext. This patch also gets rid of the FS guards, since suspending a CPU is also a valid operation for SE mode.
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 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.
2015-02-16arch: Make readMiscRegNoEffect const throughoutAndreas Hansson
Finally took the plunge and made this apply to all ISAs, not just ARM.
2015-01-25cpu: Remove all notion that we know when the cpu is misspeculating.Ali Saidi
We have no way of knowing if a CPU model is on the wrong path with our execute-in-execute CPU models. Don't pretend that we do.
2014-09-20alpha,arm,mips,power,x86,cpu,sim: Cleanup activate/deactivateMitch Hayenga
activate(), suspend(), and halt() used on thread contexts had an optional delay parameter. However this parameter was often ignored. Also, when used, the delay was seemily arbitrarily set to 0 or 1 cycle (no other delays were ever specified). This patch removes the delay parameter and 'Events' associated with them across all ISAs and cores. Unused activate logic is also removed.
2014-05-09cpu, arm: Allow the specification of a socket fieldAkash Bagdia
Allow the specification of a socket ID for every core that is reflected in the MPIDR field in ARM systems. This allows studying multi-socket / cluster systems with ARM CPUs.
2014-03-07cpu: Make CPU and ThreadContext getters constAndreas Hansson
This patch merely tidies up the CPU and ThreadContext getters by making them const where appropriate.
2014-01-24arch, cpu: Add support for flattening misc register indexes.Ali Saidi
With ARMv8 support the same misc register id results in accessing different registers depending on the current mode of the processor. This patch adds the same orthogonality to the misc register file as the others (int, float, cc). For all the othre ISAs this is currently a null-implementation. Additionally, a system variable is added to all the ISA objects.
2013-10-15cpu: add a condition-code register classYasuko Eckert
Add a third register class for condition codes, in parallel with the integer and FP classes. No ISAs use the CC class at this point though.
2013-01-07cpu: Fix broken thread context handoverAndreas Sandberg
The thread context handover code used to break when multiple handovers were performed during the same quiesce period. Previously, the thread contexts would assign the TC pointer in the old quiesce event to the new TC. This obviously broke in cases where multiple switches were performed within the same quiesce period, in which case the TC pointer in the quiesce event would point to an old CPU. The new implementation deschedules pending quiesce events in the old TC and schedules a new quiesce event in the new TC. The code has been refactored to remove most of the code duplication.
2013-01-07cpu: Unify SimpleCPU and O3 CPU serialization codeAndreas Sandberg
The O3 CPU used to copy its thread context to a SimpleThread in order to do serialization. This was a bit of a hack involving two static SimpleThread instances and a magic constructor that was only used by the O3 CPU. This patch moves the ThreadContext serialization code into two global procedures that, in addition to the normal serialization parameters, take a ThreadContext reference as a parameter. This allows us to reuse the serialization code in all ThreadContext implementations.
2013-01-07cpu: Implement a flat register interface in thread contextsAndreas Sandberg
Some architectures map registers differently depending on their mode of operations. There is currently no architecture independent way of accessing all registers. This patch introduces a flat register interface to the ThreadContext class. This interface is useful, for example, when serializing or copying thread contexts.
2012-08-28Clock: Add a Cycles wrapper class and use where applicableAndreas Hansson
This patch addresses the comments and feedback on the preceding patch that reworks the clocks and now more clearly shows where cycles (relative cycle counts) are used to express time. Instead of bumping the existing patch I chose to make this a separate patch, merely to try and focus the discussion around a smaller set of changes. The two patches will be pushed together though. This changes done as part of this patch are mostly following directly from the introduction of the wrapper class, and change enough code to make things compile and run again. There are definitely more places where int/uint/Tick is still used to represent cycles, and it will take some time to chase them all down. Similarly, a lot of parameters should be changed from Param.Tick and Param.Unsigned to Param.Cycles. In addition, the use of curTick is questionable as there should not be an absolute cycle. Potential solutions can be built on top of this patch. There is a similar situation in the o3 CPU where lastRunningCycle is currently counting in Cycles, and is still an absolute time. More discussion to be had in other words. An additional change that would be appropriate in the future is to perform a similar wrapping of Tick and probably also introduce a Ticks class along with suitable operators for all these classes.
2012-05-25Decode: Make the Decoder class defined per ISA.Gabe Black
--HG-- rename : src/cpu/decode.cc => src/arch/generic/decoder.cc rename : src/cpu/decode.hh => src/arch/generic/decoder.hh
2012-03-19gcc: Clean-up of non-C++0x compliant code, first stepsAndreas Hansson
This patch cleans up a number of minor issues aiming to get closer to compliance with the C++0x standard as interpreted by gcc and clang (compile with std=c++0x and -pedantic-errors). In particular, the patch cleans up enums where the last item was succeded by a comma, namespaces closed by a curcly brace followed by a semi-colon, and the use of the GNU-extension typeof (replaced by templated functions). It does not address variable-length arrays, zero-size arrays, anonymous structs, range expressions in switch statements, and the use of long long. The generated CPU code also has a large number of issues that remain to be fixed, mainly related to overflows in implicit constant conversion (due to shifts).
2012-03-09CheckerCPU: Make CheckerCPU runtime selectable instead of compile selectableGeoffrey Blake
Enables the CheckerCPU to be selected at runtime with the --checker option from the configs/example/fs.py and configs/example/se.py configuration files. Also merges with the SE/FS changes.
2012-02-24MEM: Make port proxies use references rather than pointersAndreas Hansson
This patch is adding a clearer design intent to all objects that would not be complete without a port proxy by making the proxies members rathen than dynamically allocated. In essence, if NULL would not be a valid value for the proxy, then we avoid using a pointer to make this clear. The same approach is used for the methods using these proxies, such as loadSections, that now use references rather than pointers to better reflect the fact that NULL would not be an acceptable value (in fact the code would break and that is how this patch started out). Overall the concept of "using a reference to express unconditional composition where a NULL pointer is never valid" could be done on a much broader scale throughout the code base, but for now it is only done in the locations affected by the proxies.
2012-01-31Merge with head, hopefully the last time for this batch.Gabe Black
2012-01-31CheckerCPU: Re-factor CheckerCPU to be compatible with current gem5Geoffrey Blake
Brings the CheckerCPU back to life to allow FS and SE checking of the O3CPU. These changes have only been tested with the ARM ISA. Other ISAs potentially require modification.
2012-01-28Merge with the main repo.Gabe Black
--HG-- rename : src/mem/vport.hh => src/mem/fs_translating_port_proxy.hh rename : src/mem/translating_port.cc => src/mem/se_translating_port_proxy.cc rename : src/mem/translating_port.hh => src/mem/se_translating_port_proxy.hh
2012-01-17MEM: Add port proxies instead of non-structural portsAndreas Hansson
Port proxies are used to replace non-structural ports, and thus enable all ports in the system to correspond to a structural entity. This has the advantage of accessing memory through the normal memory subsystem and thus allowing any constellation of distributed memories, address maps, etc. Most accesses are done through the "system port" that is used for loading binaries, debugging etc. For the entities that belong to the CPU, e.g. threads and thread contexts, they wrap the CPU data port in a port proxy. The following replacements are made: FunctionalPort > PortProxy TranslatingPort > SETranslatingPortProxy VirtualPort > FSTranslatingPortProxy --HG-- rename : src/mem/vport.cc => src/mem/fs_translating_port_proxy.cc rename : src/mem/vport.hh => src/mem/fs_translating_port_proxy.hh rename : src/mem/translating_port.cc => src/mem/se_translating_port_proxy.cc rename : src/mem/translating_port.hh => src/mem/se_translating_port_proxy.hh
2011-10-31SE/FS: Make the functions available from the TC consistent between SE and FS.Gabe Black
2011-10-30SE/FS: Make getProcessPtr available in both modes, and get rid of FULL_SYSTEMs.Gabe Black