History log of /gem5/src/base/random.hh
Revision Date Author Comments
# 11168:f98eb2da15a4 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.


# 10905:a6ca6831e775 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.


# 10349:939094c17866 03-Sep-2014 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

base: Use STL C++11 random number generation

This patch changes the random number generator from the in-house
Mersenne twister to an implementation relying entirely on C++11 STL.

The format for the checkpointing of the twister is simplified. As the
functionality was never used this should not matter. Note that this
patch does not actually make use of the checkpointing
functionality. As the random number generator is not thread safe, it
may be sensible to create one generator per thread, system, or even
object. Until this is decided the status quo is maintained in that no
generator state is part of the checkpoint.


# 9235:5aa4896ed55a 19-Sep-2012 Andreas Hansson <andreas.hansson@arm.com>

AddrRange: Transition from Range<T> to AddrRange

This patch takes the final plunge and transitions from the templated
Range class to the more specific AddrRange. In doing so it changes the
obvious Range<Addr> to AddrRange, and also bumps the range_map to be
AddrRangeMap.

In addition to the obvious changes, including the removal of redundant
includes, this patch also does some house keeping in preparing for the
introduction of address interleaving support in the ranges. The Range
class is also stripped of all the functionality that is never used.


# 7771:e10aff32c561 20-Nov-2010 Nathan Binkert <nate@binkert.org>

random: small comment about our random number generator and its origin


# 6214:1ec0ec8933ae 17-May-2009 Nathan Binkert <nate@binkert.org>

types: Move stuff for global types into src/base/types.hh


# 5190:fc46e0d647b6 31-Oct-2007 Ali Saidi <saidi@eecs.umich.edu>

Base: Rework the way M5 provides and creates random numbers.


# 4045:43eb54e807d1 09-Feb-2007 Nathan Binkert <binkertn@umich.edu>

Get rid of the Random context and add the support directly to python.
We don't currently use randomness much, so I didn't go too far, but
in the future, we may want to actually expose the random number values
themselves to python. For now, I'll at least let you seed it.
While we're at it, clean up a clearly bad way for generating random
doubles.


# 3483:edede8473667 04-Nov-2006 Ali Saidi <saidi@eecs.umich.edu>

fixes so that M5 will compile under solaris

SConstruct:
Add check to see if we need to include libsocket
src/arch/sparc/floatregfile.cc:
src/arch/sparc/intregfile.cc:
use memset rather than bzero and include the appropriate headerfile
src/base/pollevent.cc:
If we're compling under solaris we need sys/file.h
src/base/random.cc:
src/base/random.hh:
solaris doesn't have random(), so use rint with the correct rounding mode
if we're compiling on solaris
src/base/stats/flags.hh:
u_int32_t??
src/base/time.hh:
grab the timersub() define from freebsd since it doesn't exist in solaris
src/cpu/inst_seq.hh:
we don't need to include stdint here
src/sim/byteswap.hh:
the method to detect endianness on Solaris is a little more complex...


# 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.