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2013-12-29sim: Add support for dynamic frequency scalingChristopher Torng
This patch provides support for DFS by having ClockedObjects register themselves with their clock domain at construction time in a member list. Using this list, a clock domain can update each member's tick to the curTick() before modifying the clock period. Committed by: Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>
2013-11-29base: Fix race in PollQueue and remove SIGALRM workaroundAndreas Sandberg
There is a race between enabling asynchronous IO for a file descriptor and IO events happening on that descriptor. A SIGIO won't normally be delivered if an event is pending when asynchronous IO is enabled. Instead, the signal will be raised the next time there is an event on the FD. This changeset simulates a SIGIO by setting the async_io flag when setting up asynchronous IO for an FD. This causes the main event loop to poll all file descriptors to check for pending IO. As a consequence of this, the old SIGALRM hack should no longer be needed and is therefore removed.
2013-11-29base: Clean up signal handlingAndreas Sandberg
The PollEvent class dynamically installs a SIGIO and SIGALRM handler when a file handler is registered. Most signal handlers currently get registered in the initSignals() function. This changeset moves the SIGIO/SIGALRM handlers to initSignals() to live with the other signal handlers. The original code installs SIGIO and SIGALRM with the SA_RESTART option to prevent syscalls from returning EINTR. This changeset consistently uses this flag for all signal handlers to ensure that other signals that trigger asynchronous behavior (e.g., statistics dumping) do not cause undesirable EINTR returns.
2013-11-26sim: correct ticksToCycles() function.Nilay Vaish
2013-11-25sim: simulate with multiple threads and event queuesSteve Reinhardt ext:(%2C%20Nilay%20Vaish%20%3Cnilay%40cs.wisc.edu%3E%2C%20Ali%20Saidi%20%3CAli.Saidi%40ARM.com%3E)
This patch adds support for simulating with multiple threads, each of which operates on an event queue. Each sim object specifies which eventq is would like to be on. A custom barrier implementation is being added using which eventqs synchronize. The patch was tested in two different configurations: 1. ruby_network_test.py: in this simulation L1 cache controllers receive requests from the cpu. The requests are replied to immediately without any communication taking place with any other level. 2. twosys-tsunami-simple-atomic: this configuration simulates a client-server system which are connected by an ethernet link. We still lack the ability to communicate using message buffers or ports. But other things like simulation start and end, synchronizing after every quantum are working. Committed by: Nilay Vaish
2013-11-12sim: fix event priority name for debug-start optionAnthony Gutierrez
2013-11-01sim: Clarify the difference between tracing and debuggingAndreas Hansson
This patch changes the name the command-line options related to debug output to all start with "debug" rather than being a mix of that and "trace". It also makes it clear that the breakpoint time is specified in ticks and not in cycles.
2013-10-31ARM: add support for TEEHBR accessChander Sudanthi
Thumb2 ARM kernels may access the TEEHBR via thumbee_notifier in arch/arm/kernel/thumbee.c. The Linux kernel code just seems to be saving and restoring the register. This patch adds support for the TEEHBR cp14 register. Note, this may be a special case when restoring from an image that was run on a system that supports ThumbEE.
2013-10-31dev: Fix race conditions in IDE device on newer kernelsGeoffrey Blake
Newer linux kernels and distros exercise more functionality in the IDE device than previously, exposing 2 races. The first race is the handling of aborted DMA commands would immediately report the device is ready back to the kernel and cause already in flight commands to assert the simulator when they returned and discovered an inconsitent device state. The second race was due to the Status register not being handled correctly, the interrupt status bit would get stuck at 1 and the driver eventually views this as a bad state and logs the condition to the terminal. This patch fixes these two conditions by making the device handle aborted commands gracefully and properly handles clearing the interrupt status bit in the Status register.
2013-10-31sim: added option to serialize SimLoopExitEventDam Sunwoo
SimLoopExitEvents weren't serialized by default. Some benchmarks utilize a delayed m5 exit pseudo op call to terminate the simulation and this event was lost when resuming from a checkpoint generated after the pseudo op call. This patch adds the capability to serialize the SimLoopExitEvents and enable serialization for m5_exit and m5_fail pseudo ops by default. Does not affect other generic SimLoopExitEvents.
2013-09-18sim: Fix undefined behavior in the pseudo-inst interfaceAndreas Sandberg
The order between updating and using arg_num in PseudoInst::pseudoInst() is currently undefined. This changeset explicitly updates arg_num after it has been used to extract an argument. --HG-- extra : rebase_source : 67c46dc3333d16ce56687ee8aea41ce6c6d133bb
2013-09-05sim: Fix clang warning for unused variableAndreas Hansson
This patch ensures the NULL ISA can build without causing issues with an unused variable.
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
2013-09-04arch: Header clean up for NOISA resurrectionAndreas Hansson
This patch is a first step to getting NOISA working again. A number of redundant includes make life more difficult than it has to be and this patch simply removes them. There are also some redundant forward declarations removed.
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.
2013-08-19power: Add voltage domains to the clock domainsAkash Bagdia
This patch adds the notion of voltage domains, and groups clock domains that operate under the same voltage (i.e. power supply) into domains. Each clock domain is required to be associated with a voltage domain, and the latter requires the voltage to be explicitly set. A voltage domain is an independently controllable voltage supply being provided to section of the design. Thus, if you wish to perform dynamic voltage scaling on a CPU, its clock domain should be associated with a separate voltage domain. The current implementation of the voltage domain does not take into consideration cases where there are derived voltage domains running at ratio of native voltage domains, as with the case where there can be on-chip buck/boost (charge pumps) voltage regulation logic. The regression and configuration scripts are updated with a generic voltage domain for the system, and one for the CPUs.
2013-08-07x86: add tlb checkpointingNilay Vaish
This patch adds checkpointing support to x86 tlb. It upgrades the cpt_upgrader.py script so that previously created checkpoints can be updated. It moves the checkpoint version to 6.
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.
2013-06-27sim: Add the notion of clock domains to all ClockedObjectsAkash Bagdia
This patch adds the notion of source- and derived-clock domains to the ClockedObjects. As such, all clock information is moved to the clock domain, and the ClockedObjects are grouped into domains. The clock domains are either source domains, with a specific clock period, or derived domains that have a parent domain and a divider (potentially chained). For piece of logic that runs at a derived clock (a ratio of the clock its parent is running at) the necessary derived clock domain is created from its corresponding parent clock domain. For now, the derived clock domain only supports a divider, thus ensuring a lower speed compared to its parent. Multiplier functionality implies a PLL logic that has not been modelled yet (create a separate clock instead). The clock domains should be used as a mechanism to provide a controllable clock source that affects clock for every clocked object lying beneath it. The clock of the domain can (in a future patch) be controlled by a handler responsible for dynamic frequency scaling of the respective clock domains. All the config scripts have been retro-fitted with clock domains. For the System a default SrcClockDomain is created. For CPUs that run at a different speed than the system, there is a seperate clock domain created. This domain incorporates the CPU and the associated caches. As before, Ruby runs under its own clock domain. The clock period of all domains are pre-computed, such that no virtual functions or multiplications are needed when calling clockPeriod. Instead, the clock period is pre-computed when any changes occur. For this to be possible, each clock domain tracks its children.
2013-06-27config: Add a system clock command-line optionAkash Bagdia
This patch adds a 'sys_clock' command-line option and use it to assign clocks to the system during instantiation. As part of this change, the default clock in the System class is removed and whenever a system is instantiated a system clock value must be set. A default value is provided for the command-line option. The configs and tests are updated accordingly.
2013-06-11sim: Revert [34e3295b0e39] (sim: Fix early termination in mult...)Andreas Sandberg
HG changset 34e3295b0e39 introduced a check in the main simulation loop that discards exit events that happen at the same tick as another exit event. This was supposed to fix a problem where a simulation script got confused by multiple exit events. This obviously breaks the simulator since it can hide important simulation events, such as a simulation failure, that happen at the same time as a non-fatal simulation event.
2013-06-03arch: Create a method to finalize physical addressesAndreas Sandberg
in the TLB Some architectures (currently only x86) require some fixing-up of physical addresses after a normal address translation. This is usually to remap devices such as the APIC, but could be used for other memory mapped devices as well. When running the CPU in a using hardware virtualization, we still need to do these address fix-ups before inserting the request into the memory system. This patch moves this patch allows that code to be used by such CPUs without doing full address translations.
2013-06-03sim: Add debug output when executing pseudo-instructionsAndreas Sandberg
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.