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2013-05-02sim: Add support for m5fail in pseudoInst()Andreas Sandberg
2013-04-22sim: Add a helper function to execute pseudo instructionsAndreas Sandberg
All architectures execute m5 pseudo instructions by setting up arguments according to the ABI and executing a magic instruction that contains an operation number. Handling of such instructions is currently spread across the different ISA implementations. This changeset introduces the PseudoInst::pseudoInst function which handles most of this in an architecture independent way. This is function is mainly intended to be used from KVM, but can also be used from the simulated CPUs.
2013-04-22sim: separate nextCycle() and clockEdge() in clockedObjectsDam Sunwoo
Previously, nextCycle() could return the *current* cycle if the current tick was already aligned with the clock edge. This behavior is not only confusing (not quite what the function name implies), but also caused problems in the drainResume() function. When exiting/re-entering the sim loop (e.g., to take checkpoints), the CPUs will drain and resume. Due to the previous behavior of nextCycle(), the CPU tick events were being rescheduled in the same ticks that were already processed before draining. This caused divergence from runs that did not exit/re-entered the sim loop. (Initially a cycle difference, but a significant impact later on.) This patch separates out the two behaviors (nextCycle() and clockEdge()), uses nextCycle() in drainResume, and uses clockEdge() everywhere else. Nothing (other than name) should change except for the drainResume timing.
2013-04-22sim: Add helper functions that add PCEvents with custom argumentsAndreas Sandberg
This changeset adds support for forwarding arguments to the PC event constructors to following methods: addKernelFuncEvent addFuncEvent Additionally, this changeset adds the following helper method to the System base class: addFuncEventOrPanic - Hook a PCEvent to a symbol, panic on failure. addKernelFuncEventOrPanic - Hook a PCEvent to a kernel symbol, panic on failure. System implementations have been updated to use the new functionality where appropriate.
2013-04-17base: load weak symbols from object fileDeyuan Guo ext:(%2C%20Nilay%20Vaish%20%3Cnilay%40cs.wisc.edu%3E)
Without loading weak symbols into gem5, some function names and the given PC cannot correspond correctly, because the binding attributes of unction names in an ELF file are not only STB_GLOBAL or STB_LOCAL, but also STB_WEAK. This patch adds a function for loading weak symbols. Committed by: Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>
2013-03-02sim: remove duplicate check on stack sizeNilay Vaish
2013-02-19scons: Add warning for missing declarationsAndreas Hansson
This patch enables warnings for missing declarations. To avoid issues with SWIG-generated code, the warning is only applied to non-SWIG code.
2013-02-19scons: Fix up numerous warnings about name shadowingAndreas Hansson
This patch address the most important name shadowing warnings (as produced when using gcc/clang with -Wshadow). There are many locations where constructor parameters and function parameters shadow local variables, but these are left unchanged.
2013-02-19sim: Make clock private and access using clockPeriod()Andreas Hansson
This patch makes the clock member private to the ClockedObject and forces all children to access it using clockPeriod(). This makes it impossible to inadvertently change the clock, and also makes it easier to transition to a situation where the clock is derived from e.g. a clock domain, or through a multiplier.
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.
2013-01-31sim: remove unused struct priority_compareNilay Vaish
2013-01-08util: add m5_fail op.LluĂ­s Vilanova
Used as a command in full-system scripts helps the user ensure the benchmarks have finished successfully. For example, one can use: /path/to/benchmark args || /sbin/m5 fail 1 and thus ensure gem5 will exit with an error if the benchmark fails.
2013-01-08sim: Fix early termination in multi-core simulation under SE mode.Tao Zhang
When "-I" (maximum instruction number) and "-F" (fastforward instruction number) are applied together, gem5 immediately exits after the cpu switching. The reason is that multiple exit events may be generated in the same cycle by Atomic CPU and inserted to mainEventQueue. However, mainEventQueue can only serve one exit event in one cycle. Therefore, the rest exit events are left in mainEventQueue without being descheduled or deleted, which causes gem5 exits immediately after the system resumes by cpu switching.
2013-01-08arm: add access syscall for ARM SE modeMitch Hayenga
This patch adds the "access" syscall for ARM SE as required by some spec2006 benchmarks.
2013-01-07stats: Fix swig wrapping for Tick in statsSascha Bischoff
Tick was not correctly wrapped for the stats system, and therefore it was not possible to configure the stats dumping from the python scripts without defining Ticks as long long. This patch fixes the wrapping of Tick by copying the typemap of uint64_t to Tick.
2013-01-07sim: Remove unused variablesAndreas Sandberg
2013-01-07arm: Remove the register mapping hack used when copying TCsAndreas Sandberg
In order to see all registers independent of the current CPU mode, the ARM architecture model uses the magic MISCREG_CPSR_MODE register to change the register mappings without actually updating the CPU mode. This hack is no longer needed since the thread context now provides a flat interface to the register file. This patch replaces the CPSR_MODE hack with the flat register interface.
2013-01-07arch: Move the ISA object to a separate sectionAndreas Sandberg
After making the ISA an independent SimObject, it is serialized automatically by the Python world. Previously, this just resulted in an empty ISA section. This patch moves the contents of the ISA to that section and removes the explicit ISA serialization from the thread contexts, which makes it behave like a normal SimObject during serialization. Note: This patch breaks checkpoint backwards compatibility! Use the cpt_upgrader.py utility to upgrade old checkpoints to the new format.
2013-01-07arch: Add support for invalidating TLBs when drainingAndreas Sandberg
This patch adds support for the memInvalidate() drain method. TLB flushing is requested by calling the virtual flushAll() method on the TLB. Note: This patch renames invalidateAll() to flushAll() on x86 and SPARC to make the interface consistent across all supported architectures.
2013-01-07sim: Fatal if a clocked object is set to have a clock of 0Andreas Hansson
This patch adds a check to the clocked object constructor to ensure it is not configured to have a clock period of 0.
2013-01-07config: Do not use hardcoded physmem in fs scriptAndreas Hansson
This patch generalises the address range resolution for the I/O cache and I/O bridge such that they do not assume a single memory. The patch involves adding a parameter to the system which is then defined based on the memories that are to be visible from the I/O subsystem, whether behind a cache or a bridge. The change is needed to allow interleaved memory controllers in the system.
2013-01-07base: Add wrapped protobuf output streamsAndreas Hansson
This patch adds support for outputting protobuf messages through a ProtoOutputStream which hides the internal streams used by the library. The stream is created based on the name of an output file and optionally includes compression using gzip. The output stream will start by putting a magic number in the file, and then for every message that is serialized prepend the size such that the stream can be written and read incrementally. At this point this merely serves as a proof of concept.
2013-01-04SPARC: Keep a copy of the current ASI in the decoder.Gabe Black
Committed by: Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>
2012-11-16sim: have a curTick per eventqNilay Vaish
This patch adds a _curTick variable to an eventq. This variable is updated whenever an event is serviced in function serviceOne(), or all events upto a particular time are processed in function serviceEvents(). This change helps when there are eventqs that do not make use of curTick for scheduling events.
2012-11-02sim: Add drain methods to request additional cleanup operationsAndreas Sandberg
This patch adds the following two methods to the Drainable base class: memWriteback() - Write back all dirty cache lines to memory using functional accesses. memInvalidate() - Invalidate memory system buffers. Dirty data won't be written back. Specifying calling memWriteback() after draining will allow us to checkpoint systems with caches. memInvalidate() can be used to drop memory system buffers in preparation for switching to an accelerated CPU model that bypasses the gem5 memory system (e.g., hardware virtualized CPUs). Note: This patch only adds the methods to Drainable, the code for flushing the TLB and the cache is committed separately.
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.
2012-11-02sim: Include object header files in SWIG interfacesAndreas Sandberg
When casting objects in the generated SWIG interfaces, SWIG uses classical C-style casts ( (Foo *)bar; ). In some cases, this can degenerate into the equivalent of a reinterpret_cast (mainly if only a forward declaration of the type is available). This usually works for most compilers, but it is known to break if multiple inheritance is used anywhere in the object hierarchy. This patch introduces the cxx_header attribute to Python SimObject definitions, which should be used to specify a header to include in the SWIG interface. The header should include the declaration of the wrapped object. We currently don't enforce header the use of the header attribute, but a warning will be generated for objects that do not use it.
2012-11-02ARM: dump stats and process info on context switchesDam Sunwoo
This patch enables dumping statistics and Linux process information on context switch boundaries (__switch_to() calls) that are used for Streamline integration (a graphical statistics viewer from ARM).
2012-11-02sim: Fix as issue where exit events on instr queues are used after freed.Ali Saidi
2012-10-25dev: Make default clock more reasonable for system and devicesAndreas Hansson
This patch changes the default system clock from 1THz to 1GHz. This clock is used by all modules that do not override the default (parent clock), and primarily affects the IO subsystem. Every DMA device uses its clock to schedule the next transfer, and the change will thus cause this inter-transfer delay to be longer. The default clock of the bus is removed, as the clock inherited from the system provides exactly the same value. A follow-on patch will bump the stats.
2012-10-15ruby: reset timing after cache warm upNilay Vaish
Ruby system was recently converted to a clocked object. Such objects maintain state related to the time that has passed so far. During the cache warmup, Ruby system changes its own time and the global time. Later on, the global time is restored. So Ruby system also needs to reset its own time.
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.
2012-10-15Clock: Inherit the clock from parent by defaultAndreas Hansson
This patch changes the default 1 Tick clock period to a proxy that resolves the parents clock. As a result of this, the caches and L1-to-L2 bus, for example, will automatically use the clock period of the CPU unless explicitly overridden. To ensure backwards compatibility, the System class overrides the proxy and specifies a 1 Tick clock. We could change this to something more reasonable in a follow-on patch, perhaps 1 GHz or something similar. With this patch applied, all clocked objects should have a reasonable clock period set, and could start specifying delays in Cycles instead of absolute time.
2012-09-25Statistics: Add a function to configure periodic stats dumpingSascha Bischoff
This patch adds a function, periodicStatDump(long long period), which will dump and reset the statistics every period. This function is designed to be called from the python configuration scripts. This allows the periodic stats dumping to be configured more easilly at run time. The period is currently specified as a long long as there are issues passing Tick into the C++ from the python as they have conflicting definitions. If the period is less than curTick, the first occurance occurs at curTick. If the period is set to 0, then the event is descheduled and the stats are not periodically dumped. Due to issues when resumung from a checkpoint, the StatDump event must be moved forward such that it occues AFTER the current tick. As the function is called from the python, the event is scheduled before the system resumes from the checkpoint. Therefore, the event is moved using the updateEvents() function. This is called from simulate.py once the system has resumed from the checkpoint. NOTE: It should be noted that this is a fairly temporary patch which re-adds the capability to extract temporal information from the communication monitors. It should not be used at the same time as anything that relies on dumping the statistics based on in simulation events i.e. a context switch.
2012-09-25ARM: Squash outstanding walks when instructions are squashed.Ali Saidi
2012-09-25sim: Move CPU-specific methods from SimObject to the BaseCPU classAndreas Sandberg
2012-09-25sim: Remove SimObject::setMemoryModeAndreas Sandberg
Remove SimObject::setMemoryMode from the main SimObject class since it is only valid for the System class. In addition to removing the method from the C++ sources, this patch also removes getMemoryMode and changeTiming from SimObject.py and updates the simulation code to call the (get|set)MemoryMode method on the System object instead.
2012-09-21SE: Ignore FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG of sys_futexLluc Alvarez
This patch ignores the FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG of the sys_futex system call in SE mode. With this patch, when sys_futex with the options FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE or FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE is emulated, the FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG is ignored and so their behaviours are the regular FUTEX_WAIT and FUTEX_WAKE. Emulating FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE and FUTEX_WAKE_PRIVATE as if they were non-private is safe from a functional point of view. The FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG does not change the semantics of the futex, it's just a mechanism to improve performance under certain circunstances that can be ignored in SE mode.
2012-09-10NetBSD: Build on NetBSDPalle Lyckegaard
Minor patch against so building on NetBSD is possible.
2012-09-07sim: Update the SimObject documentationAndreas Sandberg
Includes a small change in sim_object.cc that adds the name space to the output stream parameter in serializeAll. Leaving out the name space unfortunately confuses Doxygen.
2012-09-07sim: Remove the unused SimObject::regFormulas methodAndreas Sandberg
Simulation objects normally register derived statistics, presumably what regFormulas originally was meant for, in regStats(). This patch removes regRegformulas since there is no need to have a separate method call to register formulas.
2012-09-07sim: add validation to make sure there is memory where we're loading the kernelKrishnendra Nathella
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.
2012-08-28Clock: Rework clocks to avoid tick-to-cycle transformationsAndreas Hansson
This patch introduces the notion of a clock update function that aims to avoid costly divisions when turning the current tick into a cycle. Each clocked object advances a private (hidden) cycle member and a tick member and uses these to implement functions for getting the tick of the next cycle, or the tick of a cycle some time in the future. In the different modules using the clocks, changes are made to avoid counting in ticks only to later translate to cycles. There are a few oddities in how the O3 and inorder CPU count idle cycles, as seen by a few locations where a cycle is subtracted in the calculation. This is done such that the regression does not change any stats, but should be revisited in a future patch. Another, much needed, change that is not done as part of this patch is to introduce a new typedef uint64_t Cycle to be able to at least hint at the unit of the variables counting Ticks vs Cycles. This will be done as a follow-up patch. As an additional follow up, the thread context still uses ticks for the book keeping of last activate and last suspend and this should probably also be changed into cycles as well.
2012-08-27sim: fix overflow check in simulate because Tick is now unsignedAnthony Gutierrez
2012-08-27System: Remove redundant call to startupCPUNilay Vaish
2012-08-21EventManager: Remove test for NULL pointer in constructorAndreas Hansson
This patch tidies up the EventManager constructor and prunes a corner case where the EventManager would initialise its eventq pointer to NULL. This would cause segmentation faults on actual use and should never happen.
2012-08-21Clock: Make Tick unsigned and remove UTickAndreas Hansson
This patch makes the Tick unsigned and removes the UTick typedef. The ticks should never be negative, and there was only one major issue with removing it, caused by the o3 CPU using a -1 as an initial value. The patch has no impact on any regressions.