This commit addresses gem5 checkpoints' linear versioning bottleneck.
Since development is distributed across many private trees, there exists
a sort of 'race' for checkpoint version numbers: internally a checkpoint
version may be used but then resynchronizing with the external tree causes
a conflict on that version. This change replaces the linear version number
with a set of unique strings called tags. Now the only conflicts that can
arise are of tag names, where collisions are much easier to avoid.
The checkpoint upgrader (util/cpt_upgrader.py) upgrades the version
representation, as one would expect. Each tag version implements its
upgrader code in a python file in the util/cpt_upgraders directory
rather than adding a function to the upgrader script itself.
The version tags are stored in the 'Globals' section rather than 'root'
(as the version was previously) because 'Globals' gets unserialized
first and can provide a warning before any other unserialization errors
can occur.
This is in support of tag-based checkpoint versioning. It should be
possible to examine an optional parameter in a checkpoint during
unserialization and not have it throw a warning.
Event auto-serialization no longer in use and has been broken ever
since the introduction of PDES support almost two years
ago. Additionally, serializing the individual event queues is
undesirable since it exposes the thread structure of the
simulator. What this means in practice is that the number of threads
in the simulator must be the same when taking a checkpoint and when
loading the checkpoint.
This changeset removes support for the AutoSerialize event flag and
the associated serialization code.
Serialize pixels as unsigned 32 bit integers by adding the required
to_number() and stream operators. This is used by the FrameBuffer,
which now implements the Serializable interface. Users of frame
buffers are expected to serialize it into its own section by calling
serializeSection().
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.
Add the ability to build libgem5 without embedded Python or the
ability to configure with Python.
This is a prelude to a patch to allow config.ini files to be loaded
into libgem5 using only C++ which would make embedding gem5 within
other simulation systems easier.
This adds a few registration interfaces to things which cross
between Python and C++. Namely: stats dumping and SimObject resolving
This patch does a bit of housekeeping on the string helper functions
and relies on the C++11 standard library where possible. It also does
away with our custom string hash as an implementation is already part
of the standard library.
2014-09-20 17:17:49 -04:00
Steve Reinhardt ext:(%2C%20Nilay%20Vaish%20%3Cnilay%40cs.wisc.edu%3E%2C%20Ali%20Saidi%20%3CAli.Saidi%40ARM.com%3E)
This patch adds support for simulating with multiple threads, each of
which operates on an event queue. Each sim object specifies which eventq
is would like to be on. A custom barrier implementation is being added
using which eventqs synchronize.
The patch was tested in two different configurations:
1. ruby_network_test.py: in this simulation L1 cache controllers receive
requests from the cpu. The requests are replied to immediately without
any communication taking place with any other level.
2. twosys-tsunami-simple-atomic: this configuration simulates a client-server
system which are connected by an ethernet link.
We still lack the ability to communicate using message buffers or ports. But
other things like simulation start and end, synchronizing after every quantum
are working.
Committed by: Nilay Vaish
This patch adds a _curTick variable to an eventq. This variable is updated
whenever an event is serviced in function serviceOne(), or all events upto
a particular time are processed in function serviceEvents(). This change
helps when there are eventqs that do not make use of curTick for scheduling
events.
This patch is the result of static analysis identifying a number of
memory leaks. The leaks are all benign as they are a result of not
deallocating memory in the desctructor. The fix still has value as it
removes false positives in the static analysis.
This patch adds the necessary flags to the SConstruct and SConscript
files for compiling using clang 2.9 and later (on Ubuntu et al and OSX
XCode 4.2), and also cleans up a bunch of compiler warnings found by
clang. Most of the warnings are related to hidden virtual functions,
comparisons with unsigneds >= 0, and if-statements with empty
bodies. A number of mismatches between struct and class are also
fixed. clang 2.8 is not working as it has problems with class names
that occur in multiple namespaces (e.g. Statistics in
kernel_stats.hh).
clang has a bug (http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=7247) which
causes confusion between the container std::set and the function
Packet::set, and this is currently addressed by not including the
entire namespace std, but rather selecting e.g. "using std::vector" in
the appropriate places.
Replace direct call to unserialize() on each SimObject with a pair of
calls for better control over initialization in both ckpt and non-ckpt
cases.
If restoring from a checkpoint, loadState(ckpt) is called on each
SimObject. The default implementation simply calls unserialize() if
there is a corresponding checkpoint section, so we get backward
compatibility for existing objects. However, objects can override
loadState() to get other behaviors, e.g., doing other programmed
initializations after unserialize(), or complaining if no checkpoint
section is found. (Note that the default warning for a missing
checkpoint section is now gone.)
If not restoring from a checkpoint, we call the new initState() method
on each SimObject instead. This provides a hook for state
initializations that are only required when *not* restoring from a
checkpoint.
Given this new framework, do some cleanup of LiveProcess subclasses
and X86System, which were (in some cases) emulating initState()
behavior in startup via a local flag or (in other cases) erroneously
doing initializations in startup() that clobbered state loaded earlier
by unserialize().
1) Move alpha-specific code out of page_table.cc:serialize().
2) Begin serializing M5_pid and unserializing it, but adding an function to do optional paramIn so that old checkpoints don't need to be fixed up.
3) Fix up alpha startup code so that the unserialized M5_pid value is properly written to DTB_IPR_ASN.
4) Fix the memory unserialize that I forgot somehow in the last changeset.
5) Add in an agg_se.py to handle aggregated checkpoints. --bench foo-bar plus positional arguments foo bar are the only changes in usage from se.py.
Note this aggregation stuff has only been tested for Alpha and nothing else, though it should take a very minimal amount of work to get it to work with another ISA.
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.
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expose all of the relevant functionality to python. Clean
up the mysql code while we're at it.
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src/arch/sparc/floatregfile.cc:
Fix serialization for fpreg
src/arch/sparc/intregfile.cc:
fix serialization for intreg
src/arch/sparc/miscregfile.cc:
fix serialization from miscreg
src/arch/sparc/pagetable.cc:
fix serialization for page table
src/arch/sparc/regfile.cc:
need to serialize nnpc
src/arch/sparc/tlb.cc:
write serialization code for tlb
src/cpu/base.cc:
provide a way to find the thread number a context is
serialize the instruction counter
src/cpu/base.hh:
provide a way to find the thread number a context is
and given a thread number find a context pointer
src/cpu/cpuevent.hh:
provide method to get thread context from a cpu event for serialization
src/dev/sparc/t1000.cc:
src/dev/sparc/t1000.hh:
nothing to serialize in t1000
src/sim/serialize.cc:
src/sim/serialize.hh:
Make findObj() work (it hasn't since we did the python conversion stuff)
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src/sim/main.cc:
src/sim/serialize.cc:
src/sim/serialize.hh:
Take in the directory name when checkpointing.
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Key new functions that can be called on the m5 object at the python interpreter:
doQuiesce(root) - A helper function that quiesces the object passed in and all of its children.
resume(root) - Another helper function that tells the object and all of its children that the quiesce is over.
checkpoint(root) - Takes a checkpoint of the system. Checkpoint directory must be set before hand.
setCheckpointDir(name) - Sets the checkpoint directory.
restoreCheckpoint(root) - Restores the values from the checkpoint located in the checkpoint directory.
changeToAtomic(system) - Changes the system and all of its children to atomic memory mode.
changeToTiming(system) - Changes the system and all of its children to timing memory mode.
switchCpus(list) - Takes in a list of tuples, where each tuple is a pair of (old CPU, new CPU). Quiesces the old CPUs, and then switches over to the new CPUs.
src/SConscript:
Remove serializer, replaced by python code.
src/python/m5/__init__.py:
Updates to support quiescing, checkpointing, changing memory modes, and switching CPUs.
src/python/m5/config.py:
Several functions defined on the SimObject for quiescing, changing timing modes, and switching CPUs
src/sim/main.cc:
Add some extra functions that are exported to python through SWIG.
src/sim/serialize.cc:
Change serialization around a bit. Now it is controlled through Python, so there's no need for SerializeEvents or SerializeParams.
Also add in a new unserializeAll() function that loads a checkpoint and handles unserializing all objects.
src/sim/serialize.hh:
Add unserializeAll function and a setCheckpointName function.
src/sim/sim_events.cc:
Add process() function for CountedQuiesceEvent, which calls exitSimLoop() once its counter reaches 0.
src/sim/sim_events.hh:
Add in a CountedQuiesceEvent, which is used when the system is preparing to quiesce. Any objects that can't be quiesced immediately are given a pointer to a CountedQuiesceEvent. The event has its counter set via Python, and as objects finish quiescing they call process() on the event. Eventually the event causes the simulation to stop once all objects have quiesced.
src/sim/sim_object.cc:
Add a few functions for quiescing, checkpointing, and changing memory modes.
src/sim/sim_object.hh:
Add a state variable to all SimObjects that tracks both the timing mode of the object and the quiesce state of the object. Currently this isn't serialized, and I'm not sure it needs to be so long as the timing mode starts up the same after a checkpoint.
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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.
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User script now invokes initialization and
simulation loop after building configuration.
These functions are exported from C++ to Python
using SWIG.
SConstruct:
Set up SWIG builder & scanner.
Set up symlinking of source files into build directory
(by not disabling the default behavior).
configs/test/test.py:
Rewrite to use new script-driven interface.
Include a sample option.
src/SConscript:
Set up symlinking of source files into build directory
(by not disabling the default behavior).
Add SWIG-generated main_wrap.cc to source list.
src/arch/SConscript:
Set up symlinking of source files into build directory
(by not disabling the default behavior).
src/arch/alpha/ev5.cc:
src/arch/alpha/isa/decoder.isa:
src/cpu/o3/alpha_cpu_impl.hh:
src/cpu/trace/opt_cpu.cc:
src/cpu/trace/trace_cpu.cc:
src/sim/pseudo_inst.cc:
src/sim/root.cc:
src/sim/serialize.cc:
src/sim/syscall_emul.cc:
SimExit() is now exitSimLoop().
src/cpu/base.cc:
SimExitEvent is now SimLoopExitEvent
src/python/SConscript:
Add SWIG build command for main.i.
Use python/m5 in build dir as source for zip archive...
easy now with file duplication enabled.
src/python/m5/__init__.py:
- Move copyright notice back to C++ so we can print
it right away, even for interactive sessions.
- Get rid of argument parsing code; just provide default
option descriptors for user script to call optparse with.
- Don't clutter m5 namespace by sucking in all of m5.config
and m5.objects.
- Move instantiate() function here from config.py.
src/python/m5/config.py:
- Move instantiate() function to __init__.py.
- Param.Foo deferred type lookups must use m5.objects
namespace now (not m5).
src/python/m5/objects/AlphaConsole.py:
src/python/m5/objects/AlphaFullCPU.py:
src/python/m5/objects/AlphaTLB.py:
src/python/m5/objects/BadDevice.py:
src/python/m5/objects/BaseCPU.py:
src/python/m5/objects/BaseCache.py:
src/python/m5/objects/Bridge.py:
src/python/m5/objects/Bus.py:
src/python/m5/objects/CoherenceProtocol.py:
src/python/m5/objects/Device.py:
src/python/m5/objects/DiskImage.py:
src/python/m5/objects/Ethernet.py:
src/python/m5/objects/Ide.py:
src/python/m5/objects/IntrControl.py:
src/python/m5/objects/MemObject.py:
src/python/m5/objects/MemTest.py:
src/python/m5/objects/Pci.py:
src/python/m5/objects/PhysicalMemory.py:
src/python/m5/objects/Platform.py:
src/python/m5/objects/Process.py:
src/python/m5/objects/Repl.py:
src/python/m5/objects/Root.py:
src/python/m5/objects/SimConsole.py:
src/python/m5/objects/SimpleDisk.py:
src/python/m5/objects/System.py:
src/python/m5/objects/Tsunami.py:
src/python/m5/objects/Uart.py:
Fix up imports (m5 namespace no longer includes m5.config).
src/sim/eventq.cc:
src/sim/eventq.hh:
Support for Python-called simulate() function:
- Use IsExitEvent flag to signal events that want
to exit the simulation loop gracefully (instead of
calling exit() to terminate the process).
- Modify interface to hand exit event object back to
caller so it can be inspected for cause.
src/sim/host.hh:
Add MaxTick constant.
src/sim/main.cc:
Move copyright notice back to C++ so we can print
it right away, even for interactive sessions.
Use PYTHONPATH environment var to set module path
(instead of clunky code injection method).
Move main control from here into Python:
- Separate initialization code and simulation loop
into separate functions callable from Python.
- Make Python interpreter invocation more pure (more
like directly invoking interpreter).
Add -i and -p flags (only options on binary itself;
other options processed by Python).
Import readline package when using interactive mode.
src/sim/sim_events.cc:
SimExitEvent is now SimLoopExitEvent, and uses
IsSimExit flag to terminate loop (instead of
exiting simulator process).
src/sim/sim_events.hh:
SimExitEvent is now SimLoopExitEvent, and uses
IsSimExit flag to terminate loop (instead of
exiting simulator process).
Get rid of a few unused constructors.
src/sim/sim_exit.hh:
SimExit() is now exitSimLoop().
Get rid of unused functions.
Add comments.
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