simulate.cc

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#include "sim/simulate.hh"

#include <mutex>
#include <thread>

#include "base/logging.hh"
#include "base/pollevent.hh"
#include "base/types.hh"
#include "sim/async.hh"
#include "sim/eventq_impl.hh"
#include "sim/sim_events.hh"
#include "sim/sim_exit.hh"
#include "sim/stat_control.hh"

std::mutex asyncEventMutex;

Barrier *threadBarrier;

Event *doSimLoop(EventQueue *);

static void
thread_loop(EventQueue *queue)
{
    while (true) {
        threadBarrier->wait();
        doSimLoop(queue);
    }
}

GlobalSimLoopExitEvent *simulate_limit_event = nullptr;

GlobalSimLoopExitEvent *
simulate(Tick num_cycles)
{
    // The first time simulate() is called from the Python code, we need to
    // create a thread for each of event queues referenced by the
    // instantiated sim objects.
    static bool threads_initialized = false;
    static std::vector<std::thread *> threads;

    if (!threads_initialized) {
        threadBarrier = new Barrier(numMainEventQueues);

        // the main thread (the one we're currently running on)
        // handles queue 0, so we only need to allocate new threads
        // for queues 1..N-1.  We'll call these the "subordinate" threads.
        for (uint32_t i = 1; i < numMainEventQueues; i++) {
            threads.push_back(new std::thread(thread_loop, mainEventQueue[i]));
        }

        threads_initialized = true;
        simulate_limit_event =
            new GlobalSimLoopExitEvent(mainEventQueue[0]->getCurTick(),
                                       "simulate() limit reached", 0);
    }

    inform("Entering event queue @ %d.  Starting simulation...\n", curTick());

    if (num_cycles < MaxTick - curTick())
        num_cycles = curTick() + num_cycles;
    else // counter would roll over or be set to MaxTick anyhow
        num_cycles = MaxTick;

    simulate_limit_event->reschedule(num_cycles);

    GlobalSyncEvent *quantum_event = NULL;
    if (numMainEventQueues > 1) {
        if (simQuantum == 0) {
            fatal("Quantum for multi-eventq simulation not specified");
        }

        quantum_event = new GlobalSyncEvent(curTick() + simQuantum, simQuantum,
                            EventBase::Progress_Event_Pri, 0);

        inParallelMode = true;
    }

    // all subordinate (created) threads should be waiting on the
    // barrier; the arrival of the main thread here will satisfy the
    // barrier, and all threads will enter doSimLoop in parallel
    threadBarrier->wait();
    Event *local_event = doSimLoop(mainEventQueue[0]);
    assert(local_event != NULL);

    inParallelMode = false;

    // locate the global exit event and return it to Python
    BaseGlobalEvent *global_event = local_event->globalEvent();
    assert(global_event != NULL);

    GlobalSimLoopExitEvent *global_exit_event =
        dynamic_cast<GlobalSimLoopExitEvent *>(global_event);
    assert(global_exit_event != NULL);

    if (quantum_event != NULL) {
        quantum_event->deschedule();
        delete quantum_event;
    }

    return global_exit_event;
}

static bool
testAndClearAsyncEvent()
{
    bool was_set = false;
    asyncEventMutex.lock();

    if (async_event) {
        was_set = true;
        async_event = false;
    }

    asyncEventMutex.unlock();
    return was_set;
}

Event *
doSimLoop(EventQueue *eventq)
{
    // set the per thread current eventq pointer
    curEventQueue(eventq);
    eventq->handleAsyncInsertions();

    while (1) {
        // there should always be at least one event (the SimLoopExitEvent
        // we just scheduled) in the queue
        assert(!eventq->empty());
        assert(curTick() <= eventq->nextTick() &&
               "event scheduled in the past");

        if (async_event && testAndClearAsyncEvent()) {
            // Take the event queue lock in case any of the service
            // routines want to schedule new events.
            std::lock_guard<EventQueue> lock(*eventq);
            if (async_statdump || async_statreset) {
                Stats::schedStatEvent(async_statdump, async_statreset);
                async_statdump = false;
                async_statreset = false;
            }

            if (async_io) {
                async_io = false;
                pollQueue.service();
            }

            if (async_exit) {
                async_exit = false;
                exitSimLoop("user interrupt received");
            }

            if (async_exception) {
                async_exception = false;
                return NULL;
            }
        }

        Event *exit_event = eventq->serviceOne();
        if (exit_event != NULL) {
            return exit_event;
        }
    }

    // not reached... only exit is return on SimLoopExitEvent
}