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#ifndef __SIM_GUEST_ABI_DEFINITION_HH__
#define __SIM_GUEST_ABI_DEFINITION_HH__
 
#include "base/compiler.hh"
 
namespace gem5
{
 
class ThreadContext;
 
namespace guest_abi
{
 
/*
 * To implement an ABI, a subclass needs to implement a system of
 * specializations of these two templates Result and Argument, and define a
 * "State" type.
 *
 * The State type carries information about, for instance, how many
 * integer registers have been consumed gathering earlier arguments. It
 * may contain multiple elements if there are multiple dimensions to track,
 * for instance the number of integer and floating point registers used so far.
 *
 * Result and Argument are class templates instead of function templates so
 * that they can be partially specialized if necessary. C++ doesn't let you
 * partially specialize function templates because that conflicts with
 * template resolution using the function's arguments. Since we already know
 * what type we want and we don't need argument based resolution, we can just
 * wrap the desired functionality in classes and sidestep the problem.
 *
 * Also note that these templates have an "Enabled" parameter to support
 * std::enable_if style conditional specializations.
 */
 
template <typename ABI, typename Ret, typename Enabled=void>
struct Result
{
    /*
     * Store result "ret" into the state accessible through tc. Optionally
     * accept "state" in case it holds some signature wide information.
     *
     * Note that the declaration below is only to document the expected
     * signature and is commented out so it won't be used by accident.
     * Specializations of this Result class should define their own version
     * of this method which actually does something.
     *
     * static void store(ThreadContext *tc, const Ret &ret);
     * static void store(ThreadContext *tc, const Ret &ret,
     *                   typename ABI::State &state);
     */
 
    /*
     * Prepare for a result of type Ret. This might mean, for instance,
     * allocating an argument register for a result pointer.
     *
     * This method can be excluded if no preparation is necessary.
     *
     * static void prepare(ThreadContext *tc, typename ABI::State &state);
     */
};
 
/*
 * This partial specialization prevents having to special case 'void' when
 * working with return types.
 */
template <typename ABI>
struct Result<ABI, void>
{};
 
template <typename ABI, typename Arg, typename Enabled=void>
struct Argument
{
    /*
     * Retrieve an argument of type Arg from the state accessible through tc,
     * assuming the state represented by "state" has already been used.
     * Also update state to account for this argument as well.
     *
     * Like Result::store above, the declaration below is only to document
     * the expected method signature.
     *
     * static Arg get(ThreadContext *tc, typename ABI::State &state);
     */
 
    /*
     * Prepare for an argument of type Arg. This might mean, for instance,
     * allocating an argument register for a result pointer.
     *
     * This method can be excluded if no preparation is necessary.
     *
     * static void allocate(ThreadContext *tc, typename ABI::State &state);
     */
};
 
} // namespace guest_abi
} // namespace gem5
 
#endif // __SIM_GUEST_ABI_DEFINITION_HH__