gem5/src/sim/async.hh

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#ifndef __ASYNC_HH__
#define __ASYNC_HH__

///
/// @file sim/async.hh
/// This file defines flags used to handle asynchronous simulator events.
///

/// @name Asynchronous event flags.
/// To avoid races, signal handlers simply set these flags, which are
/// then checked in the main event loop.  Defined in main.cc.
/// @note See the PollQueue object (in pollevent.hh) for the use of async_io and async_alarm.
//@{
extern volatile bool async_event;	///< Some asynchronous event has happened.
extern volatile bool async_statdump;	///< Async request to dump stats.
extern volatile bool async_statreset;	///< Async request to reset stats.
extern volatile bool async_exit;	///< Async request to exit simulator.
extern volatile bool async_io;		///< Async I/O request (SIGIO).
extern volatile bool async_alarm;	///< Async alarm event (SIGALRM).
extern volatile bool async_exception;   ///< Python exception.
//@}

#endif // __ASYNC_HH__