clocked_object.hh revision 9550:e0e2c8f83d08 
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39
40/**
41 * @file
42 * ClockedObject declaration and implementation.
43 */
44
45#ifndef __SIM_CLOCKED_OBJECT_HH__
46#define __SIM_CLOCKED_OBJECT_HH__
47
48#include "base/intmath.hh"
49#include "base/misc.hh"
50#include "params/ClockedObject.hh"
51#include "sim/core.hh"
52#include "sim/sim_object.hh"
53
54/**
55 * The ClockedObject class extends the SimObject with a clock and
56 * accessor functions to relate ticks to the cycles of the object.
57 */
58class ClockedObject : public SimObject
59{
60
61  private:
62
63    // the tick value of the next clock edge (>= curTick()) at the
64    // time of the last call to update()
65    mutable Tick tick;
66
67    // The cycle counter value corresponding to the current value of
68    // 'tick'
69    mutable Cycles cycle;
70
71    /**
72     * Prevent inadvertent use of the copy constructor and assignment
73     * operator by making them private.
74     */
75    ClockedObject(ClockedObject&);
76    ClockedObject& operator=(ClockedObject&);
77
78    /**
79     *  Align cycle and tick to the next clock edge if not already done.
80     */
81    void update() const
82    {
83        // both tick and cycle are up-to-date and we are done, note
84        // that the >= is important as it captures cases where tick
85        // has already passed curTick()
86        if (tick >= curTick())
87            return;
88
89        // optimise for the common case and see if the tick should be
90        // advanced by a single clock period
91        tick += clock;
92        ++cycle;
93
94        // see if we are done at this point
95        if (tick >= curTick())
96            return;
97
98        // if not, we have to recalculate the cycle and tick, we
99        // perform the calculations in terms of relative cycles to
100        // allow changes to the clock period in the future
101        Cycles elapsedCycles(divCeil(curTick() - tick, clock));
102        cycle += elapsedCycles;
103        tick += elapsedCycles * clock;
104    }
105
106    // Clock period in ticks
107    Tick clock;
108
109  protected:
110
111    /**
112     * Create a clocked object and set the clock based on the
113     * parameters.
114     */
115    ClockedObject(const ClockedObjectParams* p) :
116        SimObject(p), tick(0), cycle(0), clock(p->clock)
117    {
118        if (clock == 0) {
119            fatal("%s has a clock period of zero\n", name());
120        }
121    }
122
123    /**
124     * Virtual destructor due to inheritance.
125     */
126    virtual ~ClockedObject() { }
127
128    /**
129     * Reset the object's clock using the current global tick value. Likely
130     * to be used only when the global clock is reset. Currently, this done
131     * only when Ruby is done warming up the memory system.
132     */
133    void resetClock() const
134    {
135        Cycles elapsedCycles(divCeil(curTick(), clock));
136        cycle = elapsedCycles;
137        tick = elapsedCycles * clock;
138    }
139
140  public:
141
142    /**
143     * Determine the tick when a cycle begins, by default the current
144     * one, but the argument also enables the caller to determine a
145     * future cycle.
146     *
147     * @param cycles The number of cycles into the future
148     *
149     * @return The tick when the clock edge occurs
150     */
151    inline Tick clockEdge(Cycles cycles = Cycles(0)) const
152    {
153        // align tick to the next clock edge
154        update();
155
156        // figure out when this future cycle is
157        return tick + clock * cycles;
158    }
159
160    /**
161     * Determine the current cycle, corresponding to a tick aligned to
162     * a clock edge.
163     *
164     * @return The current cycle count
165     */
166    inline Cycles curCycle() const
167    {
168        // align cycle to the next clock edge.
169        update();
170
171        return cycle;
172    }
173
174    /**
175     * Based on the clock of the object, determine the tick when the
176     * next cycle begins, in other words, return the next clock edge.
177     *
178     * @return The tick when the next cycle starts
179     */
180    Tick nextCycle() const
181    { return clockEdge(); }
182
183    inline uint64_t frequency() const { return SimClock::Frequency / clock; }
184
185    inline Tick clockPeriod() const { return clock; }
186
187    inline Cycles ticksToCycles(Tick t) const
188    { return Cycles(t / clock); }
189
190};
191
192#endif //__SIM_CLOCKED_OBJECT_HH__
193