Adding an option to enable DRAM low-power states. The low power
states can have a significant impact on application performance
(sim_ticks) on the order of 2-3x, especially for compute-gpu apps.
The options allows for it to easily be enabled/disabled to compare
performance numbers. The option is disabled by default.
Change-Id: Ib9bddbb792a1a6a4afb5339003472ff8f00a5859
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/18548
Reviewed-by: Wendy Elsasser <wendy.elsasser@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
This patch updates the FileSystemConfig so it works with more kinds of
config scripts (e.g., the Learning gem5 scripts).
There are 4 main changes:
- Added system as a parameter to the config_filesystem function so the
function can search the system for the number of CPUs instead of relying
on options from Options.py
- Instead of calling redirect_paths everywhere config_filesystem is
used, now it is implicitly called.
- Cleaned up the Ruby scripts a bit to remove redundant calls to
config_filesystem
- Added a config_filesystem call to the Ruby Learning gem5 script
(currently the only Learning gem5 script that requires it).
In the future, I think it would be better to move the config_filesystem
call into simulate.py, probably into the instantiate function. I tried to
use the per-CPU configuration parameters instead of options from
Options.py, but that's not possible until after the SimObject params
have been finalized in instantiate.
Change-Id: Ie6501a7435cfb3ac9d2b45be3722388b34063b1e
Signed-off-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/18848
Reviewed-by: Daniel Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
This change introduces the concept of a faux-filesystem.
The faux-filesystem creates a directory structure in m5out
(or whatever output dir the user specifies) where system calls
may be redirected.
This is useful to avoid non-determinism when reading files
with varying path names (e.g., variations from run-to-run if
the simulation is scheduled on a cluster where paths may change).
Also, this changeset allows circumventing host pseudofiles which
have information specific to the host processor (such as cache
hierarchy or processor information). Bypassing host pseudofiles
can be useful when executing runtimes in the absence of an
operating system kernel since runtimes may try to query standard
files (i.e. /proc or /sys) which are not relevant to an
application executing in syscall emulation mode.
Change-Id: I90821b3b403168b904a662fa98b85def1628621c
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/12119
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
Kernel was being set using a placeholder and then assigned the
correct value. This would generate the following error if the
placeholder file did not exist:
'IOError: Can't find file <placeholder> on path'
This patch follows the same directions of commit
12eca7ac04 and removes the default
values, forcing the user to properly configure the kernel.
Change-Id: I0eb45d12eda6b6efe9a3fe118996b640844a7b34
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/11850
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Python 2.7 used to return lists for operations such as map and range,
this has changed in Python 3. To make the configs Python 3 compliant,
add explicit conversions from iterators to lists where needed, replace
xrange with range, and fix changes to exec syntax.
This change doesn't fix import paths since that might require us to
restructure the configs slightly.
Change-Id: Idcea8482b286779fc98b4e144ca8f54069c08024
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/16002
Reviewed-by: Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com>
Before this commit, there were default magic DTB and kernel filenames
for some platforms.
This was inelegant and error prone, as it refered to out-of-tree files,
and set defaults which users almost always want to customize with
explicit command line options.
One result of this is that a wrong exception could be thrown if --kernel
was given but not --machine-type, since the default machine type
VExpress_EMM had a default kernel, and the code would always search for
the default filename even though --kernel was given:
IOError: Can't find file 'vmlinux.aarch32.ll_20131205.0-gem5' on path.
The defaults existed only for older machine types, and not for the
usually recommended VExpress_GEM5_V1, which suggests that this
deprecation should not affect many users.
Change-Id: Ia49298304f658701ea0800bd79e08db404a655c3
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/15898
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
The option allows to set SimObject params from the CLI.
The existing config scripts have a large number of options that simply set
a single SimObject parameter, and many still are not exposed.
This commit allows users to pass arbitrary parameters from the command
line to prevent the need for this kind of trivial option.
Change-Id: Ic4bd36948aca4998d2eaf6369c85d3668efa3944
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/12985
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
This is an old platform, and we haven't had official Linux kernel configs
for it in a while, so we've decided to deprecate it.
Furthermore, trying to use it fails with:
object 'RealViewEB' has no attribute 'pci_host'
and the last commit in the class happened two years ago, which indicates
that no one has been using it.
Change-Id: Icc674b00b152eb3246e05141dbaf2624cc720f21
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/12471
Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
fs.py in baremetal mode currently fails for the VExpress_GEM5_V1 platform
due to inconsistent UART naming with error message:
AttributeError: object 'VExpress_GEM5_V1' has no attribute 'uart'
Consistently name keep all UARTs in the Arm platforms in a vector named
'uart' or as a single device named 'uart'. Update the configuration
scripts to reflect the fact that 'uart' can be a vector.
Change-Id: I20b8dbac794d6a9be19b6ce8c335a097872132fb
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/12473
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
The AtomicSimpleCPU used to be able to access memory directly to speed
up simulation if no caches are used. This is fine as long as no
switching between CPU models is required. In order to switch to a new
CPU model that requires caches, we currently need to checkpoint the
system and restore it into a new configuration. The new
'atomic_noncaching' memory mode provides a solution that avoids this
issue since caches are bypassed in this mode. This changeset removes
the old fastmem option from the AtomicSimpleCPU and introduces a new
CPU, NonCachingSimpleCPU, which derives from the AtomicSimpleCPU.
The NonCachingSimpleCPU uses the same mechanism as the AtomicSimpleCPU
used to use when accessing memory in when fastmem was enabled.
This changeset also introduces a new switcheroo test that tests
switching between a NonCachingSimpleCPU and a TimingSimpleCPU with
caches.
Change-Id: If01893f9b37528b14f530c11ce6f53c097582c21
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/12419
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Both se.py and fs.py need to check if a CPU is a KVM CPU. This is
somewhat involved since CPUs can be disabled at compile time. Enable
better code reuse by moving it to the CpuConfig module.
Change-Id: I47b1512ecb62e757399a407a0e41be83b9f83be3
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/12418
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Update simulation.py to always exit with code 0 assuming the simulation
exits normally. If the running application has a return code that is non
zero, then print the return code before exiting.
Change-Id: I1983985d50311627574d4364b32ee961ae88e003
Signed-off-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/4880
Replacement policies (LRU, Random) are currently considered as array
indexing methods, but have completely different functionalities:
- Array indexers determine the possible locations for block allocation.
This information is used to generate replacement candidates when
conflicts happen.
- Replacement policies determine which of the replacement candidates
should be evicted to make room for new allocations.
For this reason, they were split into different classes. Advantages:
- Easier and more straightforward to implement other replacement
policies (RRIP, LFU, ARC, ...)
- Allow easier future implementation of cache organization schemes
As now we can't assure the use of sets, the previous way to create a
true LRU is not viable. Now a timestamp_bits parameter controls how
many bits are dedicated for the timestamp, and a true LRU can be
achieved through an infinite number of bits (although a few bits suffice
in practice).
Change-Id: I23750db121f1474d17831137e6ff618beb2b3eda
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/8501
Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
Prior to this changeset the bootloader rom (instantiated as a
SimpleMemory) in ruby Arm systems was treated as an IO device and it
was fronted by a DMA controller. This changeset moves the bootloader
rom and adds it to the system as another memory with a dedicated
directory controller.
Change-Id: I094fed031cdef7f77a939d94f948d967b349b7e0
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/8741
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Equips the fs.py config routine with an extra commandline option
--generate-dtb that will generate a dtb file automatically before
running the simulation. Only works with ARM systems and gives a warning
if the simulated system is not of --machine-type VExpress_GEM5_V1.
Change-Id: I7766e5459fd9bec2245de83cef103091ebaf7229
Reviewed-by: Curtis Dunham <curtis.dunham@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/5968
Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Ruby has no support for atomic_noncaching accesses, which prevents using
it with kvm-cpu. This patch fixes this by directly forwarding atomic
requests from the ruby port/sequencer to the corresponding directory
based on the destination address of the packet.
Change-Id: I0b4928bfda44fd9e5e48583c51d1ea422800da2d
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/5601
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Reviewed-by: Bradford Beckmann <brad.beckmann@amd.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Bradford Beckmann <brad.beckmann@amd.com>
Since BaseCPU.createThreads() no longer overrides the BaseCPU.isa
parameter, switch_cpus should have the ISA copied. This fixes a
fatal error in BaseCPU when restoring from a checkpoint.
Change-Id: I4fdcacb76da46bdbe1ce37dcf05c5a6a8a9e5237
Signed-off-by: Austin Harris <austinharris@utexas.edu>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/6241
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
These functions were already being treated as psuedo objects and had
properties assigned to them setting what their paths were. That's a bit
unusual and made it less obvious what the code was doing, but also
forced the "system" function to know what all the possible path
searching functions were so that they'd have their "path" property
initialized properly in a central location.
This change introduces a PathSearcFunc class which encapsulates the
mechanisms of the old code and makes it implicitly extensible so that
other path searching functions which might look in other directories
can be added in other places.
Change-Id: I7be28e51481a06ec83997677af99927709b18003
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/5341
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
The CpuConfig helper currently assumes that all timing models live in
the cores.arm package. This ignores the potential mismatch between the
target ISA and the ISA assumptions made by the timing models.
Instead of unconditionally listing all CPU models in cores.arm, list
timing models from cores.generic and cores.${TARGET_ISA}. This ensures
that the listed timing models support the ISA that gem5 is targeting.
Change-Id: If6235af2118889638f56ac4151003f38edfe9485
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/3947
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
The High-Performance In-order (HPI) CPU timing model is tuned to be
representative of a modern in-order ARMv8-A implementation. The HPI
core and its supporting simulation scripts, namely starter_se.py and
starter_fs.py (under /configs/example/arm/) are part of the ARM
Research Starter Kit on System Modeling. More information can be found
at: http://www.arm.com/ResearchEnablement/SystemModeling
Change-Id: I124bd06ba42d20abff09d447542b031d17eabe22
Signed-off-by: Ashkan Tousi <ashkan.tousimojarad@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/4201
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
This patch adds some more functionality to the cpu model and the arch to
interface with the vector register file.
This change consists mainly of augmenting ThreadContexts and ExecContexts
with calls to get/set full vectors, underlying microarchitectural elements
or lanes. Those are meant to interface with the vector register file. All
classes that implement this interface also get an appropriate implementation.
This requires implementing the vector register file for the different
models using the VecRegContainer class.
This change set also updates the Result abstraction to contemplate the
possibility of having a vector as result.
The changes also affect how the remote_gdb connection works.
There are some (nasty) side effects, such as the need to define dummy
numPhysVecRegs parameter values for architectures that do not implement
vector extensions.
Nathanael Premillieu's work with an increasing number of fixes and
improvements of mine.
Change-Id: Iee65f4e8b03abfe1e94e6940a51b68d0977fd5bb
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
[ Fix RISCV build issues and CC reg free list initialisation ]
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/2705
When importing the cores.arm package, we currently throw an exception
if a timing model can't be imported due to a missing dependency (e.g.,
the required CPU model wasn't included in the build). This is
undesirable since it prevents other, working, timing models from being
added to the package. Wrap the import_module call in a try-except
block and skip timing models that have missing dependencies.
Change-Id: I92bab62c989f433a8a4a7bf59207d9d81b3d19e1
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/3946
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
The ex5_LITTLE and ex5_big configs currently depend on Caches.py and
O3_ARM_v7a.py. These aren't actual dependencies since all of the
params from the caches and the old O3 model are overridden. This
changeset updates the ex5 models to derive from the base SimObjects
instead.
Change-Id: I999e73bb9cc21ad96865c1bc0dd5973faa48ab61
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Gabor Dozsa <gabor.dozsa@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/3942
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
MemConfig currently assumes that all callers include the its full set
of options in the command line parser. This is unnecessary and
sometimes confusing. Make most of the options optional to avoid having
to add all of them to example scripts.
Change-Id: I2d73be2454427b00db16716edcfd96a47133c888
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Gabor Dozsa <gabor.dozsa@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/3940
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
