configs/common/BPConfig.py

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# Authors: Pau Cabre

# This file is a copy of MemConfig.py / CpuConfig.py, but modified to
# hanle branch predictors instead of memory controllers / CPUs

from __future__ import print_function

from m5 import fatal
import m5.objects
import inspect
import sys
from textwrap import TextWrapper

# Dictionary of mapping names of real branch predictor models to classes.
_bp_classes = {}


def is_bp_class(cls):
    """Determine if a class is a branch predictor that can be instantiated"""

    # We can't use the normal inspect.isclass because the ParamFactory
    # and ProxyFactory classes have a tendency to confuse it.
    try:
        return issubclass(cls, m5.objects.BranchPredictor) and \
            not cls.abstract
    except (TypeError, AttributeError):
        return False

def get(name):
    """Get a BP class from a user provided class name or alias."""

    try:
        bp_class = _bp_classes[name]
        return bp_class
    except KeyError:
        print("%s is not a valid BP model." % (name,))
        sys.exit(1)

def print_bp_list():
    """Print a list of available BP classes."""

    print("Available BranchPredictor classes:")
    doc_wrapper = TextWrapper(initial_indent="\t\t", subsequent_indent="\t\t")
    for name, cls in _bp_classes.items():
        print("\t%s" % name)

        # Try to extract the class documentation from the class help
        # string.
        doc = inspect.getdoc(cls)
        if doc:
            for line in doc_wrapper.wrap(doc):
                print(line)

def bp_names():
    """Return a list of valid Branch Predictor names."""
    return list(_bp_classes.keys())

# Add all BPs in the object hierarchy.
for name, cls in inspect.getmembers(m5.objects, is_bp_class):
    _bp_classes[name] = cls