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17-Aug-2019 |
Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com> |
cpu: Make get(Data|Inst)Port return a Port and not a MasterPort.
No caller uses any of the MasterPort specific properties of these function's return values, so we can instead return a reference to the base Port class. This makes it possible for the data and inst ports to be of any port type, not just gem5 style MasterPorts. This makes life simpler for, for example, systemc based CPUs which might have TLM ports.
It also makes it possible for any two CPUs which have compatible ports to be switched between, as long as the ports they use support being unbound. Unfortunately that does not include TLM or systemc ports which are bound permanently.
Change-Id: I98fce5a16d2ef1af051238e929dd96d57a4ac838 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/20240 Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com> Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
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13966:3189413c5894 |
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01-Mar-2019 |
Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com> |
Revert "cpu: fix how a thread starts up in MinorCPU"
This reverts commit 02dafc5498750d9734ba8f2a1608a846f90b71d1. The commit was part of a patchset which broke MinorCPU regressions (switcheroo)
Change-Id: I0a8098fc71abe5838014e587dbe372b258d8aa9f Signed-off-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/18604 Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
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13632:483aaa00c69c |
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02-Apr-2018 |
Tuan Ta <qtt2@cornell.edu> |
cpu: fix how a thread starts up in MinorCPU
When a thread is activated by another thread calling a clone system call, the child thread's context is initialized in the middle of the clone system call and before the context is fully initialized. Therefore, the child thread starts fetching an unitialized PC, which could lead to a page fault.
This patch adds a pipeline wakeup event that is scheduled later in the cycle when the thread is activated. This event ensures that the first fetch only happens after the thread context is fully initialized (e.g., in case of clone syscall, it is when the parent thread copies its context over to the child thread).
When a thread first starts or wakes up, input queue to the Fetch2 stage needs to be drained since the execution flow is likely to change and previously fetched instructions in the queue may no longer be in the correct flow. This patch dumps/drains all inputs in the input queue of a thread context in the Fetch2 stage when the associated thread wakes up.
Change-Id: Iad970638e435858b7289cd471158cc0afdbbb0e5 Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/8182 Reviewed-by: Brandon Potter <Brandon.Potter@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com> Maintainer: Brandon Potter <Brandon.Potter@amd.com>
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11567:560d7fbbddd1 |
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21-Jul-2016 |
Mitch Hayenga <mitch.hayenga@arm.com> |
cpu: Add SMT support to MinorCPU
This patch adds SMT support to the MinorCPU. Currently RoundRobin or Random thread scheduling are supported.
Change-Id: I91faf39ff881af5918cca05051829fc6261f20e3
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11331:cd5c48db28e6 |
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10-Feb-2016 |
Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com> |
mem: Deduce if cache should forward snoops
This patch changes how the cache determines if snoops should be forwarded from the memory side to the CPU side. Instead of having a parameter, the cache now looks at the port connected on the CPU side, and if it is a snooping port, then snoops are forwarded. Less error prone, and less parameters to worry about.
The patch also tidies up the CPU classes to ensure that their I-side port is not snooping by removing overrides to the snoop request handler, such that snoop requests will panic via the default MasterPort implement
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11169:44b5c183c3cd |
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12-Oct-2015 |
Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com> |
misc: Add explicit overrides and fix other clang >= 3.5 issues
This patch adds explicit overrides as this is now required when using "-Wall" with clang >= 3.5, the latter now part of the most recent XCode. The patch consequently removes "virtual" for those methods where "override" is added. The latter should be enough of an indication.
As part of this patch, a few minor issues that clang >= 3.5 complains about are also resolved (unused methods and variables).
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11168:f98eb2da15a4 |
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12-Oct-2015 |
Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com> |
misc: Remove redundant compiler-specific defines
This patch moves away from using M5_ATTR_OVERRIDE and the m5::hashmap (and similar) abstractions, as these are no longer needed with gcc 4.7 and clang 3.1 as minimum compiler versions.
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11151:ca4ea9b5c052 |
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30-Sep-2015 |
Mitch Hayenga <mitch.hayenga@arm.com> |
cpu,isa,mem: Add per-thread wakeup logic
Changes wakeup functionality so that only specific threads on SMT capable cpus are woken.
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10913:38dbdeea7f1f |
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07-Jul-2015 |
Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> |
sim: Refactor and simplify the drain API
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.
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10905:a6ca6831e775 |
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07-Jul-2015 |
Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> |
sim: Refactor the serialization base class
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.
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10407:a9023811bf9e |
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20-Sep-2014 |
Mitch Hayenga <mitch.hayenga@arm.com> |
alpha,arm,mips,power,x86,cpu,sim: Cleanup activate/deactivate
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.
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10259:ebb376f73dd2 |
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23-Jul-2014 |
Andrew Bardsley <Andrew.Bardsley@arm.com> |
cpu: `Minor' in-order CPU model
This patch contains a new CPU model named `Minor'. Minor models a four stage in-order execution pipeline (fetch lines, decompose into macroops, decompose macroops into microops, execute).
The model was developed to support the ARM ISA but should be fixable to support all the remaining gem5 ISAs. It currently also works for Alpha, and regressions are included for ARM and Alpha (including Linux boot).
Documentation for the model can be found in src/doc/inside-minor.doxygen and its internal operations can be visualised using the Minorview tool utils/minorview.py.
Minor was designed to be fairly simple and not to engage in a lot of instruction annotation. As such, it currently has very few gathered stats and may lack other gem5 features.
Minor is faster than the o3 model. Sample results:
Benchmark | Stat host_seconds (s) ---------------+--------v--------v-------- (on ARM, opt) | simple | o3 | minor | timing | timing | timing ---------------+--------+--------+-------- 10.linux-boot | 169 | 1883 | 1075 10.mcf | 117 | 967 | 491 20.parser | 668 | 6315 | 3146 30.eon | 542 | 3413 | 2414 40.perlbmk | 2339 | 20905 | 11532 50.vortex | 122 | 1094 | 588 60.bzip2 | 2045 | 18061 | 9662 70.twolf | 207 | 2736 | 1036
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