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.
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/arch/sparc/SConscript:
Add code to serialize/unserialze tlb entries
src/arch/sparc/asi.cc:
src/arch/sparc/asi.hh:
update asi names for how they're listed in the supplement
add asis
add more asi functions
src/arch/sparc/isa_traits.hh:
move the interrupt stuff and some basic address space stuff into isa traits
src/arch/sparc/miscregfile.cc:
src/arch/sparc/miscregfile.hh:
add mmu registers to tlb
get rid of implicit asi stuff... the tlb will handle it
src/arch/sparc/regfile.hh:
make isnt/dataAsid return ints not asis
src/arch/sparc/tlb.cc:
src/arch/sparc/tlb.hh:
first cut at sparc tlb
src/arch/sparc/vtophys.hh:
pagatable nedes to be included here
src/mem/request.hh:
add asi and if the request is a memory mapped register to the requset object
src/sim/host.hh:
fix incorrect definition of LL
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