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2019-10-15sim,cpu: Get rid of the unused instEventQueue.Gabe Black
This queue was set up to allow triggering events based on the total number of instructions executed at the system level, and was added in a change which added a number of things to support McPAT. No code checked into gem5 actually schedules an event on that queue, and no code in McPAT (which seems to have gone dormant) either downloadable from github or found in ext modify gem5 in a way that makes it use the instEventQueue. Also, the KVM CPU does not interact with the instEventQueue correctly. While it does check the per-thread instruction event queue when deciding how long to run, it does not check the instEventQueue. It will poke it to run events when it stops for other reasons, but it may (and likely will) have run beyond the point where it was supposed to stop. Since this queue doesn't seem to actually be used for anything, isn't being used properly in all cases anyway, and adds overhead to all the CPU models, this change eliminates it. Change-Id: I0e126df14788c37a6d58ca9e1bb2686b70e60d88 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/21783 Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Reviewed-by: Tiago Mück <tiago.muck@arm.com> Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
2019-10-12arch,base: Separate the idea of a memory image and object file.Gabe Black
A memory image can be described by an object file, but an object file is more than a memory image. Also, it makes sense to manipulate a memory image to, for instance, change how it's loaded into memory. That takes on larger implications (relocations, the entry point, symbols, etc.) when talking about the whole object file, and also modifies aspects which may not need to change. For instance if an image needs to be loaded into memory at addresses different from what's in the object file, but other things like symbols need to stay unmodified. Change-Id: Ia360405ffb2c1c48e0cc201ac0a0764357996a54 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/21466 Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com> Reviewed-by: Brandon Potter <Brandon.Potter@amd.com> Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
2019-10-10arch, base: Stop assuming object files have three segments.Gabe Black
The ObjectFile class has hardcoded assumptions that there are three segments, text, bss and data. There are some files which have one "segment" like raw files, where the entire file's contents are considered a single segment. There are also ELF files which can have an arbitrary number of segments, and those segments can hold any number of sections, including the text, data and/or bss sections. Removing this assumption frees up some object file formats from having to twist themselves to fit in that structure, possibly introducing ambiguities when some segments may fulfill multiple roles. Change-Id: I976e06a3a90ef852b17a6485e2595b006b2090d5 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/21463 Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
2019-10-09base: Rename Section to Segment, and some of its members.Gabe Black
ELF is, in my opinion, the most important object file format gem5 currently understands, and in ELF terminolgy the blob of data that needs to be loaded into memory to a particular location is called a segment. A section is a software level view of what's in a region of memory, and a single segment may contain multiple sections which happen to follow each other in memory. Change-Id: Ib810c5050723d5a96bd7550515b08ac695fb1b02 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/21462 Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
2019-04-28mem: Minimize the use of MemObject.Gabe Black
MemObject doesn't provide anything beyond its base ClockedObject any more, so this change removes it from most inheritance hierarchies. Occasionally MemObject is replaced with SimObject when I was fairly confident that the extra functionality of ClockedObject wasn't needed. Change-Id: Ic014ab61e56402e62548e8c831eb16e26523fdce Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/18289 Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com> Reviewed-by: Anthony Gutierrez <anthony.gutierrez@amd.com> Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
2019-04-25sim-se: add a faux-filesystemDavid Hashe
This change introduces the concept of a faux-filesystem. The faux-filesystem creates a directory structure in m5out (or whatever output dir the user specifies) where system calls may be redirected. This is useful to avoid non-determinism when reading files with varying path names (e.g., variations from run-to-run if the simulation is scheduled on a cluster where paths may change). Also, this changeset allows circumventing host pseudofiles which have information specific to the host processor (such as cache hierarchy or processor information). Bypassing host pseudofiles can be useful when executing runtimes in the absence of an operating system kernel since runtimes may try to query standard files (i.e. /proc or /sys) which are not relevant to an application executing in syscall emulation mode. Change-Id: I90821b3b403168b904a662fa98b85def1628621c Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/12119 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
2019-03-19arch, cpu, dev, gpu, mem, sim, python: start using getPort.Gabe Black
Replace the getMasterPort, getSlavePort, and getEthPort functions with getPort, and remove extraneous mechanisms that are no longer necessary. Change-Id: Iab7e3c02d2f3a0cf33e7e824e18c28646b5bc318 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/17040 Reviewed-by: Daniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2019-02-08sim,cpu: make exit_group halt all threads in a groupTuan Ta
When a thread calls exit_group, in addition to halting the thread itself, it needs to halt all other threads in its group (i.e., threads sharing the same thread group ID). This patch enables threads to do that. Change-Id: Ib2e158fb27cf98843f177a64a2d643b1bbc94d03 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/9623 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2018-09-07sim: Add System method for MasterID lookupGiacomo Travaglini
A new method (lookupMasterId) has been added to the System. A client should use it when querying the System for the MasterID of a particular master. It changes from getMasterId since it is not registering a new MasterID if the master is not found in the master's list. Change-Id: I701158d22e235085bba9ab91154fbb702cae1467 Signed-off-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/11969 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2018-05-09sim: Remove trailing dot when assigning a master's nameGiacomo Travaglini
This patch fixes the master's name allocation in the system. The error was occurring when a submaster was not specified in getMasterId: a trailing separation dot was still added to the master's name. Change-Id: I0e67900f6fdd36a61900453b55219fc7007d1b05 Signed-off-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/10301 Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2018-04-27sim,cpu,mem,arch: Introduced MasterInfo data structureGiacomo Travaglini
With this patch a gem5 System will store more info about its Masters. While it was previously keeping track of the Master name and Master ID only, it is now adding a per-Master pointer to the SimObject related to the Master. This will make it possible for a client to query a System for a Master using either the master's name or the master's pointer. Change-Id: I8b97d328a65cd06f329e2cdd3679451c17d2b8f6 Signed-off-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/9781 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
2018-02-09sim: Remove _numContexts member in System classGiacomo Travaglini
A System object has a _numContexts member variable which represent the number of ThreadContext registered in the System. Since this has to match the size of the ThreadContext vector, this patch removes the manually cached size. This was usually used as a for-loop index, whereas we want to enforce the use of range-based loops whenever possible. Change-Id: I1ba317c0393bcc9c1aeebbb1fc22d7b2bc2cf90c Signed-off-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/8062 Reviewed-by: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com> Maintainer: Brandon Potter <Brandon.Potter@amd.com>
2018-01-20sim, arch, base: Refactor the base remote GDB class.Gabe Black
Fold the GDBListener class into the main BaseRemoteGDB class, move around a bunch of functions, convert a lot of internal functions to be private, move some functions into the .cc, make some functions non-virtual which didn't really need to be overridden. Change-Id: Id0832b730b0fdfb2eababa5067e72c66de1c147d Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/7422 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Reviewed-by: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com> Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
2018-01-16sim: Simplify registerThreadContext a little bit.Gabe Black
The code in this function was a little convoluted. This change attempts to simplify it a little bit to make it easier to read. Change-Id: I1ae557b9fede47fa89a9ea550bd0af8ad242449f Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/7421 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2017-11-17sim: Implement load_addr_mask auto-calculationGeoffrey Blake
Recent Linux kernels for AArch64 have changed their start addresses but we still want to relocate the kernel to 0x80080000 which required hacking the load_addr_mask in Realview.py to be 0x7ffffff from 0xfffffff to mask off the proper number of MSBs to load the kernel in the desired location. To avoid having to make this change in the future again, we auto-calculate the load_addr_mask if it is specified as 0x0 in the System sim-object to find the most restrictive address mask instead of having the configuration specify it. If the configuration does specify the address mask, we use it instead of auto-calculating. Change-Id: I18aabb5d09945c6e3e3819c9c8036ea24b6c35cf Signed-off-by: Geoffrey Blake <Geoffrey.Blake@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Curtis Dunham <curtis.dunham@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/2323 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2017-11-16sim: Add an option to load additional kernel objectsAndreas Sandberg
There are cases where it is desirable to load a kernel and a set of additional objects. This can, for example, be useful for testing where the bootstrap code can be loaded from one object (the kernel) and the test proper from another. This changeset adds this functionality by adding a kernel_extras vector parameter to the System class. Object files in this vector are loaded in order after the kernel when running in full system mode. Change-Id: I06f57c6a65a17b02eb4267bed0aa829f21bcfa3b Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/5703 Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
2017-07-12cpu, sim: Add param to force CPUs to wait for GDBJose Marinho
By setting the BaseCPU parameter wait_for_dbg_connection, the GDB server blocks during initialisation waiting for the remote debugger to connect before starting the simulated CPU. Change-Id: I4d62c68ce9adf69344bccbb44f66e30b33715a1c [ Update info message to include remote GDB port, rename param. ] Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/3963 Reviewed-by: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com> Reviewed-by: Anthony Gutierrez <anthony.gutierrez@amd.com>
2017-07-05kvm: move Kvm check from ARM Kvm GIC to SystemCurtis Dunham
The check was nearly completely generic anyway, with the exception of the Kvm CPU type. This will make it easier for other parts of the codebase to do similar checks. Change-Id: Ibfdd3d65e9e6cc3041b53b73adfabee1999283da Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/3540 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2017-02-14sim, kvm: make KvmVM a System parameterCurtis Dunham
A KVM VM is typically a child of the System object already, but for solving future issues with configuration graph resolution, the most logical way to keep track of this object is for it to be an actual parameter of the System object. Change-Id: I965ded22203ff8667db9ca02de0042ff1c772220 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2017-02-14sim,kvm,arm: fix typosCurtis Dunham
Change-Id: Ifc65d42eebfd109c1c622c82c3c3b3e523819e85 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
2016-11-09syscall_emul: [patch 4/22] remove redundant M5_pid field from processBrandon Potter
2016-11-09style: [patch 1/22] use /r/3648/ to reorganize includesBrandon Potter
2016-06-06sim: Call regStats of base-class as wellStephan Diestelhorst
We want to extend the stats of objects hierarchically and thus it is necessary to register the statistics of the base-class(es), as well. For now, these are empty, but generic stats will be added there. Patch originally provided by Akash Bagdia at ARM Ltd.
2015-05-12sim: Adding thermal model supportDavid Guillen Fandos
This patch adds basic thermal support to gem5. It models energy dissipation through a circuital equivalent, which allows us to use RC networks. This lays down the basic infrastructure to do so, but it does not "work" due to the lack of power models. For now some hardcoded number is used as a PoC. The solver is embedded in the patch.
2015-09-30cpu: Change thread assignments for heterogenous SMTMitch Hayenga
Trying to run an SE system with varying threads per core (SMT cores + Non-SMT cores) caused failures due to the CPU id assignment logic. The comment about thread assignment (worrying about core 0 not having tid 0) seems not to be valid given that our configuration scripts initialize them in order. This removes that constraint so a heterogenously threaded sytem can work.
2015-08-07base: Declare a type for context IDsAndreas Sandberg
Context IDs used to be declared as ad hoc (usually as int). This changeset introduces a typedef for ContextIDs and a constant for invalid context IDs.
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: Make the drain state a global typed enumAndreas Sandberg
The drain state enum is currently a part of the Drainable interface. The same state machine will be used by the DrainManager to identify the global state of the simulator. Make the drain state a global typed enum to better cater for this usage scenario.
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.
2015-05-15sim: Don't clear the active CPU vector in System::initStateAndreas Sandberg
The system class currently clears the vector of active CPUs in initState(). CPUs are added to the list by registerThreadContext() which is called from BaseCPU::init(). This obviously breaks when the System object is initialized after the CPUs. This changeset removes the offending clear() call since the list will be empty after it has been instantiated anyway.
2015-02-16mem: mmap the backing store with MAP_NORESERVEAndreas Hansson
This patch ensures we can run simulations with very large simulated memories (at least 64 TB based on some quick runs on a Linux workstation). In essence this allows us to efficiently deal with sparse address maps without having to implement a redirection layer in the backing store. This opens up for run-time errors if we eventually exhausts the hosts memory and swap space, but this should hopefully never happen.
2014-11-23kvm, x86: Adding support for SE mode executionAlexandru Dutu
This patch adds methods in KvmCPU model to handle KVM exits caused by syscall instructions and page faults. These types of exits will be encountered if KvmCPU is run in SE mode.
2014-10-20x86: Fixes to avoid LTO warningsAndreas Hansson
This patch fixes a few minor issues that caused link-time warnings when using LTO, mainly for x86. The most important change is how the syscall array is created. Previously gcc and clang would complain that the declaration and definition types did not match. The organisation is now changed to match how it is done for ARM, moving the code that was previously in syscalls.cc into process.cc, and having a class variable pointing to the static array. With these changes, there are no longer any warnings using gcc 4.6.3 with LTO.
2014-10-16mem: Dynamically determine page bytes in memory componentsAndreas Hansson
This patch takes a step towards an ISA-agnostic memory system by enabling the components to establish the page size after instantiation. The swap operation in the memory is now also allowing any granularity to avoid depending on the IntReg of the ISA.
2014-09-19misc: Restore ostream flags where neededAndreas Hansson
This patch ensures we adhere to the normal ostream usage rules, and restore the flags after modifying them.
2014-09-12style: Fix line continuation, especially in debug messagesAndrew Bardsley
This patch closes a number of space gaps in debug messages caused by the incorrect use of line continuation within strings. (There's also one consistency change to a similar, but correct, use of line continuation)
2014-09-09misc: Fix a number of unitialised variables and membersAndreas Hansson
Static analysis unearther a bunch of uninitialised variables and members, and this patch addresses the problem. In all cases these omissions seem benign in the end, but at least fixing them means less false positives next time round.
2014-09-03arch: Cleanup unused ISA traits constantsAndreas Hansson
This patch prunes unused values, and also unifies how the values are defined (not using an enum for ALPHA), aligning the use of int vs Addr etc. The patch also removes the duplication of PageBytes/PageShift and VMPageSize/LogVMPageSize. For all ISAs the two pairs had identical values and the latter has been removed.
2014-08-13sim: remove kernel mapping check for baremetal workloadsDam Sunwoo
Baremetal workloads are specified using the "kernel" parameter, but don't always have the correct address mappings. This patch adds a boolean flag to the system and bypasses the kernel addr mapping checks when running in baremetal mode.
2014-07-18sim: remove unused MemoryModeStrings arraySteve Reinhardt
The System object has a static MemoryModeStrings array that's (1) unused and (2) redundant, since there's an auto-generated version in the Enums namespace. No point in leaving it in.
2014-01-24arm: Add support for ARMv8 (AArch64 & AArch32)ARM gem5 Developers
Note: AArch64 and AArch32 interworking is not supported. If you use an AArch64 kernel you are restricted to AArch64 user-mode binaries. This will be addressed in a later patch. Note: Virtualization is only supported in AArch32 mode. This will also be fixed in a later patch. Contributors: Giacomo Gabrielli (TrustZone, LPAE, system-level AArch64, AArch64 NEON, validation) Thomas Grocutt (AArch32 Virtualization, AArch64 FP, validation) Mbou Eyole (AArch64 NEON, validation) Ali Saidi (AArch64 Linux support, code integration, validation) Edmund Grimley-Evans (AArch64 FP) William Wang (AArch64 Linux support) Rene De Jong (AArch64 Linux support, performance opt.) Matt Horsnell (AArch64 MP, validation) Matt Evans (device models, code integration, validation) Chris Adeniyi-Jones (AArch64 syscall-emulation) Prakash Ramrakhyani (validation) Dam Sunwoo (validation) Chander Sudanthi (validation) Stephan Diestelhorst (validation) Andreas Hansson (code integration, performance opt.) Eric Van Hensbergen (performance opt.) Gabe Black
2013-09-04arch: Resurrect the NOISA build target and rename it NULLAndreas Hansson
This patch makes it possible to once again build gem5 without any ISA. The main purpose is to enable work around the interconnect and memory system without having to build any CPU models or device models. The regress script is updated to include the NULL ISA target. Currently no regressions make use of it, but all the testers could (and perhaps should) transition to it. --HG-- rename : build_opts/NOISA => build_opts/NULL rename : src/arch/noisa/SConsopts => src/arch/null/SConsopts rename : src/arch/noisa/cpu_dummy.hh => src/arch/null/cpu_dummy.hh rename : src/cpu/intr_control.cc => src/cpu/intr_control_noisa.cc
2013-09-04alpha: Move system virtProxy to Alpha onlyAndreas Hansson
This patch moves the system virtual port proxy to the Alpha system only to make the resurrection of the NOISA slightly less painful. Alpha is the only ISA that is actually using it.
2013-07-18mem: Set the cache line size on a system levelAndreas Hansson
This patch removes the notion of a peer block size and instead sets the cache line size on the system level. Previously the size was set per cache, and communicated through the interconnect. There were plenty checks to ensure that everyone had the same size specified, and these checks are now removed. Another benefit that is not yet harnessed is that the cache line size is now known at construction time, rather than after the port binding. Hence, the block size can be locally stored and does not have to be queried every time it is used. A follow-on patch updates the configuration scripts accordingly.
2013-02-15sim: Add a system-global option to bypass cachesAndreas Sandberg
Virtualized CPUs and the fastmem mode of the atomic CPU require direct access to physical memory. We currently require caches to be disabled when using them to prevent chaos. This is not ideal when switching between hardware virutalized CPUs and other CPU models as it would require a configuration change on each switch. This changeset introduces a new version of the atomic memory mode, 'atomic_noncaching', where memory accesses are inserted into the memory system as atomic accesses, but bypass caches. To make memory mode tests cleaner, the following methods are added to the System class: * isAtomicMode() -- True if the memory mode is 'atomic' or 'direct'. * isTimingMode() -- True if the memory mode is 'timing'. * bypassCaches() -- True if caches should be bypassed. The old getMemoryMode() and setMemoryMode() methods should never be used from the C++ world anymore.
2012-11-02sim: Move the draining interface into a separate base classAndreas Sandberg
This patch moves the draining interface from SimObject to a separate class that can be used by any object needing draining. However, objects not visible to the Python code (i.e., objects not deriving from SimObject) still depend on their parents informing them when to drain. This patch also gets rid of the CountedDrainEvent (which isn't really an event) and replaces it with a DrainManager.
2012-10-15Port: Add protocol-agnostic ports in the port hierarchyAndreas Hansson
This patch adds an additional level of ports in the inheritance hierarchy, separating out the protocol-specific and protocl-agnostic parts. All the functionality related to the binding of ports is now confined to use BaseMaster/BaseSlavePorts, and all the protocol-specific parts stay in the Master/SlavePort. In the future it will be possible to add other protocol-specific implementations. The functions used in the binding of ports, i.e. getMaster/SlavePort now use the base classes, and the index parameter is updated to use the PortID typedef with the symbolic InvalidPortID as the default.
2012-10-15Mem: Separate the host and guest views of memory backing storeAndreas Hansson
This patch moves all the memory backing store operations from the independent memory controllers to the global physical memory. The main reason for this patch is to allow address striping in a future set of patches, but at this point it already provides some useful functionality in that it is now possible to change the number of memory controllers and their address mapping in combination with checkpointing. Thus, the host and guest view of the memory backing store are now completely separate. With this patch, the individual memory controllers are far simpler as all responsibility for serializing/unserializing is moved to the physical memory. Currently, the functionality is more or less moved from AbstractMemory to PhysicalMemory without any major changes. However, in a future patch the physical memory will also resolve any ranges that are interleaved and properly assign the backing store to the memory controllers, and keep the host memory as a single contigous chunk per address range. Functionality for future extensions which involve CPU virtualization also enable the host to get pointers to the backing store.
2012-10-15Checkpoint: Make system serialize call childrenAndreas Hansson
This patch changes how the serialization of the system works. The base class had a non-virtual serialize and unserialize, that was hidden by a function with the same name for a number of subclasses (most likely not intentional as the base class should have been virtual). A few of the derived systems had no specialization at all (e.g. Power and x86 that simply called the System::serialize), but MIPS and Alpha adds additional symbol table entries to the checkpoint. Instead of overriding the virtual function, the additional entries are now printed through a virtual function (un)serializeSymtab. The reason for not calling System::serialize from the two related systems is that a follow up patch will require the system to also serialize the PhysicalMemory, and if this is done in the base class if ends up being between the general parts and the specialized symbol table. With this patch, the checkpoint is not modified, as the order of the segments is unchanged.
2012-09-07sim: add validation to make sure there is memory where we're loading the kernelKrishnendra Nathella