> On Sept. 15, 2015, 4:19 p.m., Jason Lowe-Power wrote:
> > configs/common/Options.py, line 248
> > <http://reviews.gem5.org/r/3113/diff/1/?file=49336#file49336line248>
> >
> >     Why add this option here? Why not in multi-system-se.py since that is 
> > the only file that uses this option?

That's a good point.  We have multiple internal configurations and this was 
common to all of them.  However, it really should be in the configuration that 
I'm supplying.


> On Sept. 15, 2015, 4:19 p.m., Jason Lowe-Power wrote:
> > src/mem/ruby/common/NetDest.hh, line 46
> > <http://reviews.gem5.org/r/3113/diff/1/?file=49375#file49375line46>
> >
> >     Does it make sense to leave these empty constructors around? Or are 
> > there times when a NetDest will be created without a RubySystem pointer?
> >     
> >     I'm just commenting here, but there are other places too.

I noticed that after I posted the review. I'll look into it.

I rebased this patch through a few hundred changesets of which at least a third 
of them were related to Ruby. I suspect that some of the problems were due to 
the volume of conflicts that I had to solve. (The merge conflicts were 
innumerable; most of them were related to the changes to uint64, Addr, and 
general code refactoring.)


On Sept. 15, 2015, 4:19 p.m., Brandon Potter wrote:
> > Is there any way to make m_ruby_system implicit in SLICC? I really don't 
> > like having to change all of the protocols.

I don't really have satisfactory answer to the last question.

There was so much complexity involved when we were trying to tease out the 
statics and globals that we're pretty sure that the solution is sub-optimal. As 
far as slicc, the changes just seemed like the easiest thing to do at the time. 
We had an intern, David Hashe, who made the modifications to slicc; he was the 
one who figured out how to add the new pointer type and dereference it in the 
code. (So, the blame/kudos should go to him on that front. He contributed the 
majority of the patch in its current state so it's kudos in my opinion.) 
Anyways, we knew what we wanted slicc to generate so we beat on it until we 
were able to achieve that. I'm open to suggestions on how to clean it up.


- Brandon


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> (Updated Sept. 14, 2015, 11:58 p.m.)
> 
> 
> Review request for Default.
> 
> 
> Repository: gem5
> 
> 
> Description
> -------
> 
> Changeset 11093:3c32e2cb1c87
> ---------------------------
> ruby: allows multiple instances of ruby to be invoked
> 
> This patch removes the restriction that there can only be a single ruby
> system object in a given simulation. With the configuration supplied, it is
> possible to run an instance of ruby with any of the supplied topologies.
> 
> The problem centers around the use of globals and static class members in the
> ruby source. Conceptually, this prohibits multi-instance simulations
> since the ruby systems end up sharing values which should be distinct. (The
> earliest manifestation of this problem occurs when important runtime
> components use shared variables for MachineType sanity checks which will
> trigger failures.)
> 
> The idea behind the patch is to move as many as the statics/globals as
> necessary into the ruby system object. The ruby system object acts as the
> single point of reference for the child objects which needed the
> globals/statics. With multi-instance runs, each ruby system object will
> contain distinct values for the previous globals/statics. Unfortunately, this
> requires passing the ruby system pointer throughout the object hierarchy and
> may incur some minor performance overhead due to extra indirect references
> through the ruby system object.
> 
> 
> Diffs
> -----
> 
>   src/mem/protocol/MESI_Two_Level-L1cache.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   configs/common/Options.py 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   configs/example/multi-system-se.py PRE-CREATION 
>   configs/ruby/Ruby.py 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/cpu/testers/rubytest/Check.cc 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/cpu/testers/rubytest/RubyTester.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/cpu/testers/rubytest/RubyTester.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/cpu/testers/rubytest/RubyTester.py 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/MESI_Three_Level-L0cache.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/MESI_Three_Level-L1cache.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/slicc/parser.py 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/slicc/symbols/StateMachine.py 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/slicc/symbols/Type.py 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/python/swig/pyobject.cc 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/system/RubySystem.cc 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/system/Sequencer.hh 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/WireBuffer.py 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/system/CacheRecorder.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/system/CacheRecorder.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/system/DMASequencer.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/system/RubyPort.hh 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/system/RubyPort.cc 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/system/RubySystem.hh PRE-CREATION 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/TBETable.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/TimerTable.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/TimerTable.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/WireBuffer.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/MESI_Two_Level-L2cache.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/MESI_Two_Level-dir.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/MESI_Two_Level-dma.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/MI_example-cache.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/MI_example-dir.sm 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/MI_example-dma.sm 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/MOESI_CMP_directory-L1cache.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/MOESI_CMP_directory-L2cache.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/MOESI_CMP_directory-dir.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/MOESI_CMP_directory-dma.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/MOESI_CMP_token-L1cache.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/MOESI_CMP_token-L2cache.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/MOESI_CMP_token-dir.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/MOESI_CMP_token-dma.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/MOESI_hammer-cache.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/MOESI_hammer-dir.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/MOESI_hammer-dma.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/Network_test-cache.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/Network_test-dir.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/RubySlicc_ComponentMapping.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/RubySlicc_Defines.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/RubySlicc_Exports.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/RubySlicc_Types.sm 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/protocol/RubySlicc_Util.sm 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/SConscript 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/common/Address.hh 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/common/Address.cc 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/common/DataBlock.hh 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/common/DataBlock.cc 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/common/NetDest.hh 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/common/NetDest.cc 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/common/SubBlock.hh 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/common/SubBlock.cc 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/filters/AbstractBloomFilter.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/filters/BlockBloomFilter.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/filters/BlockBloomFilter.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/filters/BulkBloomFilter.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/filters/BulkBloomFilter.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/filters/H3BloomFilter.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/filters/LSB_CountingBloomFilter.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/filters/MultiBitSelBloomFilter.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/filters/MultiGrainBloomFilter.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/filters/NonCountingBloomFilter.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/BasicLink.hh 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/BasicLink.cc 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/BasicLink.py 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/BasicRouter.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/BasicRouter.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/BasicRouter.py 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/MessageBuffer.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/MessageBuffer.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/MessageBuffer.py 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/Network.hh 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/Network.cc 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/Network.py 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/Topology.hh 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/Topology.cc 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/fault_model/FaultModel.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/fault_model/FaultModel.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/fault_model/FaultModel.py 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/garnet/fixed-pipeline/NetworkInterface_d.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/network/garnet/flexible-pipeline/NetworkInterface.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/profiler/AddressProfiler.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/profiler/Profiler.hh 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractController.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/AbstractController.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/Controller.py 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/Message.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/RubyRequest.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/RubySlicc_ComponentMapping.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/slicc_interface/RubySlicc_Util.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/DirectoryMemory.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/DirectoryMemory.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/DirectoryMemory.py 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/PerfectCacheMemory.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/PersistentTable.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/PersistentTable.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/Prefetcher.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/Prefetcher.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/RubyCache.py 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/RubyMemoryControl.hh 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/RubyMemoryControl.cc 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/RubyMemoryControl.py 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/structures/RubyPrefetcher.py 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/system/Sequencer.cc 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/ruby/system/Sequencer.py 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/slicc/ast/EnqueueStatementAST.py 
> 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/slicc/ast/NewExprAST.py 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
>   src/mem/slicc/ast/ObjDeclAST.py 62e1504b9c6413aa03a2f7d7eee88c8ea45cfe00 
> 
> Diff: http://reviews.gem5.org/r/3113/diff/
> 
> 
> Testing
> -------
> 
> gem5/util/regress (to check builds) and custom tests (which use the new 
> configuration)
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brandon Potter
> 
>

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