src/mem/CommMonitor.py

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from m5.params import *
from m5.proxy import *
from m5.objects.System import System
from m5.SimObject import SimObject

# The communication monitor will most typically be used in combination
# with periodic dumping and resetting of stats using schedStatEvent
class CommMonitor(SimObject):
    type = "CommMonitor"
    cxx_header = "mem/comm_monitor.hh"
    cxx_class = "gem5::CommMonitor"

    system = Param.System(Parent.any, "System that the monitor belongs to.")

    # one port in each direction
    mem_side_port = RequestPort(
        "This port sends requests and receives responses"
    )
    master = DeprecatedParam(
        mem_side_port, "`master` is now called `mem_side_port`"
    )
    cpu_side_port = ResponsePort(
        "This port receives requests and sends responses"
    )
    slave = DeprecatedParam(
        cpu_side_port, "`slave` is now called `cpu_side_port`"
    )

    # control the sample period window length of this monitor
    sample_period = Param.Clock("1ms", "Sample period for histograms")

    # for each histogram, set the number of bins and enable the user
    # to disable the measurement, reads and writes use the same
    # parameters

    # histogram of burst length of packets (not using sample period)
    burst_length_bins = Param.Unsigned(
        "20", "# bins in burst length histograms"
    )
    disable_burst_length_hists = Param.Bool(
        False, "Disable burst length histograms"
    )

    # bandwidth per sample period
    bandwidth_bins = Param.Unsigned("20", "# bins in bandwidth histograms")
    disable_bandwidth_hists = Param.Bool(False, "Disable bandwidth histograms")

    # latency from request to response (not using sample period)
    latency_bins = Param.Unsigned("20", "# bins in latency histograms")
    disable_latency_hists = Param.Bool(False, "Disable latency histograms")

    # inter transaction time (ITT) distributions in uniformly sized
    # bins up to the maximum, independently for read-to-read,
    # write-to-write and the combined request-to-request that does not
    # separate read and write requests
    itt_bins = Param.Unsigned("20", "# bins in ITT distributions")
    itt_max_bin = Param.Latency("100ns", "Max bin of ITT distributions")
    disable_itt_dists = Param.Bool(False, "Disable ITT distributions")

    # outstanding requests (that did not yet get a response) per
    # sample period
    outstanding_bins = Param.Unsigned(
        "20", "# bins in outstanding requests histograms"
    )
    disable_outstanding_hists = Param.Bool(
        False, "Disable outstanding requests histograms"
    )

    # transactions (requests) observed per sample period
    transaction_bins = Param.Unsigned(
        "20", "# bins in transaction count histograms"
    )
    disable_transaction_hists = Param.Bool(
        False, "Disable transaction count histograms"
    )

    # address distributions (heatmaps) with associated address masks
    # to selectively only look at certain bits of the address
    read_addr_mask = Param.Addr(MaxAddr, "Address mask for read address")
    write_addr_mask = Param.Addr(MaxAddr, "Address mask for write address")
    disable_addr_dists = Param.Bool(True, "Disable address distributions")