cpu: Clarify difftest lifecycle and handle initial events - #1108
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Change-Id: Idca3f58842734d7ce453d1e2ea300079596de6b2
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughChangesThe RISC-V difftest implementation moved from RISC-V difftest rework
Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Difftest can abort on a first-event SimpleCPU fault or when enabled for a non-RISC-V target. These configuration-dependent failures should be fixed before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant CommitHead
participant BaseCPU
participant ReferenceProxy
participant GoldenMemory
CommitHead->>BaseCPU: ensure_difftest_reference(tid, event_pc)
CommitHead->>BaseCPU: difftestStep(tid, seq)
BaseCPU->>ReferenceProxy: step_difftest_reference(tid)
ReferenceProxy-->>BaseCPU: reference register state
BaseCPU->>BaseCPU: compare_difftest_state(tid, seq)
BaseCPU->>GoldenMemory: synchronize shared-memory load or AMO data
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Pull request overview
This PR refactors and hardens the RISC-V CPU difftest “first-event” lifecycle in gem5 by (1) preserving a startup DUT snapshot, and (2) making REF initialization an idempotent, event-boundary operation that can run before the first commit, trap, or interrupt injection. It also separates REF stepping from state comparison, moves CPU-side difftest logic into a dedicated compilation unit, and updates the documentation to clarify buffer ownership and initialization order.
Changes:
- Introduce
BaseCPU::ensure_difftest_reference()and aninitialDutStatesnapshot captured atstartup(), then initialize REF before the first architectural event (including O3 traps/interrupts and first MMIO skip). - Rename/reshape CPU register capture to
readDutRegs(tid, state)and fix SimpleCPU misc-reg reads to honor the requestedtid. - Split difftest CPU logic out of
src/cpu/base.ccintosrc/cpu/difftest_cpu.ccand refreshdocs/Gem5_Docs/top/difftest.mdaccordingly.
File summaries
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| src/cpu/simple/base.hh | Rename difftest register capture override to readDutRegs. |
| src/cpu/simple/base.cc | Fix misc-reg reads to use tid; implement readDutRegs writing into a provided regfile. |
| src/cpu/SConscript | Add difftest_cpu.cc to the build. |
| src/cpu/o3/cpu.hh | Rename difftest register capture override to readDutRegs. |
| src/cpu/o3/cpu.cc | Implement readDutRegs for O3 into a provided regfile. |
| src/cpu/o3/commit.cc | Ensure REF is initialized before executing an ISA trap handler. |
| src/cpu/difftest.hh | Remove unused ABI hooks; add RefProxy helpers to copy regs to/from REF. |
| src/cpu/difftest.cc | Stop resolving removed difftest symbols (csrcpy, store_commit, query). |
| src/cpu/difftest_cpu.cc | New home for CPU-side difftest state capture, REF stepping, comparison, initialization guard, and reporting. |
| src/cpu/base.hh | Add initialDutState/init flags; add ensure_difftest_reference; rename capture/read APIs. |
| src/cpu/base.cc | Capture initial difftest state at startup; remove CPU-side difftest implementation moved to difftest_cpu.cc. |
| docs/Gem5_Docs/top/difftest.md | Rewrite docs to describe state buffers and event-boundary initialization/stepping/comparison. |
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732-735: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low valueRename
captureInitialDifftestStateto lower_snake_case.The repository naming guidance requires lower_snake_case for C++ methods. Rename this method and its definition to
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In `@src/cpu/difftest_cpu.cc`:
- Around line 972-975: Update the SimpleCPU fault-handling flow so that, when
difftest is enabled, REF is initialized before fault->invoke changes control to
the trap handler. Ensure the initialization occurs before invoking the fault,
matching the O3 path’s ordering around setExceptionGuideExecInfo, so the next
difftestable instruction observes the handler PC.
In `@src/cpu/SConscript`:
- Line 125: Restrict difftest activation and its declarations to builds where
TARGET_ISA == 'riscv', including the difftest_cpu.cc source registration and the
initialization path calling captureInitialDifftestState(). For non-RISC-V
targets, disable or reject enable_difftest before generic BaseCPU CSR stubs can
be invoked.
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In `@src/cpu/base.hh`:
- Around line 732-735: Rename the C++ method captureInitialDifftestState to
capture_initial_difftest_state in its declaration and definition, and update all
call sites while leaving step_difftest_reference and compare_difftest_state
unchanged.
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| fatal_if(initial_state.pc != event_pc, | ||
| "Difftest initial state PC %#lx does not match first " | ||
| "architectural event PC %#lx for tid %d", | ||
| initial_state.pc, event_pc, tid); |
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Initialize REF before invoking a SimpleCPU fault.
When the first instruction faults, BaseSimpleCPU::postExecute skips difftestRecordAndStep. BaseSimpleCPU::advancePC then invokes the fault and changes the PC to the trap handler. The next difftestable instruction passes the handler PC to BaseCPU::ensure_difftest_reference, which can abort because initialDutState.pc still contains the faulting instruction PC. When difftest is enabled, initialize REF before fault->invoke. The O3 path already initializes REF before setExceptionGuideExecInfo.
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In `@src/cpu/difftest_cpu.cc` around lines 972 - 975, Update the SimpleCPU
fault-handling flow so that, when difftest is enabled, REF is initialized before
fault->invoke changes control to the trap handler. Ensure the initialization
occurs before invoking the fault, matching the O3 path’s ordering around
setExceptionGuideExecInfo, so the next difftestable instruction observes the
handler PC.
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Restrict difftest activation to RISC-V targets.
When enable_difftest is set for a non-RISC-V build, the initialization path calls captureInitialDifftestState(), whose implementation in difftest_cpu.cc reads RISC-V CSRs. CPU models that inherit the generic BaseCPU::readMiscReg* stubs then panic. Guard difftest activation and declarations with TARGET_ISA == 'riscv', or reject this configuration.
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In `@src/cpu/SConscript` at line 125, Restrict difftest activation and its
declarations to builds where TARGET_ISA == 'riscv', including the
difftest_cpu.cc source registration and the initialization path calling
captureInitialDifftestState(). For non-RISC-V targets, disable or reject
enable_difftest before generic BaseCPU CSR stubs can be invoked.
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Problem and behavior
This PR builds on #1106. The reference must start from the saved DUT pre-event state before processing its first architectural event, including an O3 trap or interrupt. Previously only the first comparable commit initialized REF, and a first MMIO skip could write an unpopulated host-side reference buffer back to NEMU.
The change preserves the dedicated startup snapshot and makes reference initialization an idempotent event-boundary operation. O3 initializes REF before handling an architectural fault; interrupt injection uses the same guard. Initial-PC validation uses the pre-event PC, so a trap handler does not overwrite or invalidate the startup snapshot. Initialization reads back NEMU's canonical state, and MMIO skip reads REF before updating the next PC and a nonzero scalar destination. SimpleCPU CSR capture now selects the requested thread.
Readability and scope
base.ccintodifftest_cpu.cc; keep proxy/ABI handling indifftest.ccanddifftest.hh.initialDutState, explicit register-copy direction wrappers, and removal of unused proxy hooks/state.docs/Gem5_Docs/top/difftest.md.This now includes correctness fixes and is no longer a behavior-neutral refactor. CSR comparison coverage and waiver policy, the compact NEMU ABI, and the existing non-guided exception retry policy remain unchanged. Extending those belongs in a follow-up PR.
Validation
git diff --checkand repository style checks passed.scons build/RISCV/gem5.opt --gold-linker -j64.0x80000002smoke passed.Temporary startup fixtures use GDB to set initial GPR/CSR values before snapshot capture. The page-fault fixture also configures REF PMP permissions, which are outside the compact register snapshot. These fixtures are local validation, not new repository test infrastructure.
The pending-interrupt smoke takes the interrupt after one normal commit; it does not establish runtime coverage for an interrupt before every commit. Multi-context runtime coverage and the broader SimpleCPU exception/MMIO flow remain outside the validated scope.
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