History log of /gem5/src/mem/mem_object.hh
Revision Date Author Comments
# 14261:134c8be7c1e5 06-Sep-2019 Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>

mem: Mark MemObject as deprecated.

It's constructor will now warn that it's deprecated and suggest using
ClockedObject directly. This change also gets rid of the params()
method and the Params typedef since they are functionally equivalent to
the ClockedObject versions.

It also removes the include of mem/port.hh which is not used in
mem_object.hh. This may break code which purposefully or (more likely)
accidentally depended on that transitive include from mem_object.hh.

Change-Id: I6dab3ba626e3f3ab6a6bd86edcf4f5cb4d6d2c45
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/20720
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>


# 13784:1941dc118243 07-Mar-2019 Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>

arch, cpu, dev, gpu, mem, sim, python: start using getPort.

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>


# 9294:8fb03b13de02 15-Oct-2012 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

Port: Add protocol-agnostic ports in the port hierarchy

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.


# 9157:e0bad9d7bbd6 21-Aug-2012 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

Clock: Move the clock and related functions to ClockedObject

This patch moves the clock of the CPU, bus, and numerous devices to
the new class ClockedObject, that sits in between the SimObject and
MemObject in the class hierarchy. Although there are currently a fair
amount of MemObjects that do not make use of the clock, they
potentially should do so, e.g. the caches should at some point have
the same clock as the CPU, potentially with a 1:n ratio. This patch
does not introduce any new clock objects or object hierarchies
(clusters, clock domains etc), but is still a step in the direction of
having a more structured approach clock domains.

The most contentious part of this patch is the serialisation of clocks
that some of the modules (but not all) did previously. This
serialisation should not be needed as the clock is set through the
parameters even when restoring from the checkpoint. In other words,
the state is "stored" in the Python code that creates the modules.

The nextCycle methods are also simplified and the clock phase
parameter of the CPU is removed (this could be part of a clock object
once they are introduced).


# 8922:17f037ad8918 30-Mar-2012 William Wang <william.wang@arm.com>

MEM: Introduce the master/slave port sub-classes in C++

This patch introduces the notion of a master and slave port in the C++
code, thus bringing the previous classification from the Python
classes into the corresponding simulation objects and memory objects.

The patch enables us to classify behaviours into the two bins and add
assumptions and enfore compliance, also simplifying the two
interfaces. As a starting point, isSnooping is confined to a master
port, and getAddrRanges to slave ports. More of these specilisations
are to come in later patches.

The getPort function is not getMasterPort and getSlavePort, and
returns a port reference rather than a pointer as NULL would never be
a valid return value. The default implementation of these two
functions is placed in MemObject, and calls fatal.

The one drawback with this specific patch is that it requires some
code duplication, e.g. QueuedPort becomes QueuedMasterPort and
QueuedSlavePort, and BusPort becomes BusMasterPort and BusSlavePort
(avoiding multiple inheritance). With the later introduction of the
port interfaces, moving the functionality outside the port itself, a
lot of the duplicated code will disappear again.


# 8710:aab813d6a162 17-Jan-2012 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

MEM: Remove Port removeConn and MemObject deletePortRefs

Cleaning up and simplifying the ports and going towards a more strict
elaboration-time creation and binding of the ports.


# 5530:bbfff6d0c42c 11-Aug-2008 Nathan Binkert <nate@binkert.org>

params: Get rid of the remnants of the old style parameter configuration stuff.


# 5494:85c8d296c1cb 28-Jun-2008 Steve Reinhardt <stever@gmail.com>

Backed out changeset 94a7bb476fca: caused memory leak.


# 5489:94a7bb476fca 21-Jun-2008 Steve Reinhardt <stever@gmail.com>

Generate more useful error messages for unconnected ports.
Force all non-default ports to provide a name and an
owner in the constructor.


# 5034:6186ef720dd4 30-Aug-2007 Miles Kaufmann <milesck@eecs.umich.edu>

params: Deprecate old-style constructors; update most SimObject constructors.

SimObjects not yet updated:
- Process and subclasses
- BaseCPU and subclasses

The SimObject(const std::string &name) constructor was removed. Subclasses
that still rely on that behavior must call the parent initializer as
: SimObject(makeParams(name))


# 4762:c94e103c83ad 24-Jul-2007 Nathan Binkert <nate@binkert.org>

Major changes to how SimObjects are created and initialized. Almost all
creation and initialization now happens in python. Parameter objects
are generated and initialized by python. The .ini file is now solely for
debugging purposes and is not used in construction of the objects in any
way.


# 4190:5069dfa3d62e 08-Mar-2007 Ali Saidi <saidi@eecs.umich.edu>

stop m5 from leaking like a sieve
don't create a new physPort/virtPort every time activateContext() is called
add the ability to tell a memory object to delete it's reference to a port and a method to have a port call deletePortRefs()
on the port owner as well as delete it's peer
still need to stop calling connectMemoPorts() every time activateContext() is called or we'll overflow the bus id and panic

src/cpu/thread_state.cc:
if we hav ea (phys|virt)Port don't create a new on, have it delete it's peer and then reuse it
src/mem/bus.cc:
src/mem/bus.hh:
add ability to delete a port by usig a hash_map instead of an array to store port ids
add a function to do deleting
src/mem/cache/cache.hh:
src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh:
src/mem/mem_object.cc:
src/mem/mem_object.hh:
adda function to delete port references from a memory object
src/mem/port.cc:
src/mem/port.hh:
add a removeConn function that tell the owener to delete any references to the port and then deletes its peer


# 2982:0ecdb0879b14 14-Aug-2006 Steve Reinhardt <stever@eecs.umich.edu>

Fix up doxygen.


# 2738:5d7a31c7fa29 13-Jun-2006 Steve Reinhardt <stever@eecs.umich.edu>

Move SimObject creation and Port connection loops
into Python.
Add Port and VectorPort objects and support for
specifying port connections via assignment.
The whole C++ ConfigNode hierarchy is gone now, as are
C++ Connector objects.

configs/test/fs.py:
configs/test/test.py:
Rewrite for new port connector syntax.
src/SConscript:
Remove unneeded files:
- mem/connector.*
- sim/config*
src/dev/io_device.hh:
src/mem/bridge.cc:
src/mem/bridge.hh:
src/mem/bus.cc:
src/mem/bus.hh:
src/mem/mem_object.hh:
src/mem/physical.cc:
src/mem/physical.hh:
Allow getPort() to take an optional index to
support vector ports (eventually).
src/python/m5/__init__.py:
Move SimObject construction and port connection
operations into Python (with C++ calls).
src/python/m5/config.py:
Move SimObject construction and port connection
operations into Python (with C++ calls).
Add support for declaring and connecting MemObject
ports in Python.
src/python/m5/objects/Bus.py:
src/python/m5/objects/PhysicalMemory.py:
Add port declaration.
src/sim/builder.cc:
src/sim/builder.hh:
src/sim/serialize.cc:
src/sim/serialize.hh:
ConfigNodes are gone; builder just gets the
name of a .ini file section now.
src/sim/main.cc:
Move SimObject construction and port connection
operations into Python (with C++ calls).
Split remaining initialization operations into two parts,
loadIniFile() and finalInit().
src/sim/param.cc:
src/sim/param.hh:
SimObject resolution done globally in Python now
(not via ConfigNode hierarchy).
src/sim/sim_object.cc:
Remove unneeded #include.


# 2665:a124942bacb8 31-May-2006 Ali Saidi <saidi@eecs.umich.edu>

Updated Authors from bk prs info


# 2632:1bb2f91485ea 22-May-2006 Steve Reinhardt <stever@eecs.umich.edu>

New directory structure:
- simulator source now in 'src' subdirectory
- imported files from 'ext' repository
- support building in arbitrary places, including
outside of the source tree. See comment at top
of SConstruct file for more details.
Regression tests are temporarily disabled; that
syetem needs more extensive revisions.

SConstruct:
Update for new directory structure.
Modify to support build trees that are not subdirectories
of the source tree. See comment at top of file for
more details.
Regression tests are temporarily disabled.
src/arch/SConscript:
src/arch/isa_parser.py:
src/python/SConscript:
Update for new directory structure.