MEM: Add the communication monitor
[gem5.git] / src / mem / CommMonitor.py
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36 # Authors: Thomas Grass
37 # Andreas Hansson
38
39 from m5.params import *
40 from MemObject import MemObject
41
42 # The communication monitor will most typically be used in combination
43 # with periodic dumping and resetting of stats using schedStatEvent
44 class CommMonitor(MemObject):
45 type = 'CommMonitor'
46
47 # one port in each direction
48 master = MasterPort("Master port")
49 slave = SlavePort("Slave port")
50
51 # control the sample period window length of this monitor
52 sample_period = Param.Clock("1ms", "Sample period for histograms")
53
54 # for each histogram, set the number of bins and enable the user
55 # to disable the measurement, reads and writes use the same
56 # parameters
57
58 # histogram of burst length of packets (not using sample period)
59 burst_length_bins = Param.Unsigned('20', "# bins in burst length " \
60 "histograms")
61 disable_burst_length_hists = Param.Bool(False, "Disable burst length " \
62 "histograms")
63
64 # bandwidth per sample period
65 bandwidth_bins = Param.Unsigned('20', "# bins in bandwidth histograms")
66 disable_bandwidth_hists = Param.Bool(False, "Disable bandwidth histograms")
67
68 # latency from request to response (not using sample period)
69 latency_bins = Param.Unsigned('20', "# bins in latency histograms")
70 disable_latency_hists = Param.Bool(False, "Disable latency histograms")
71
72 # inter transaction time (ITT) distributions in uniformly sized
73 # bins up to the maximum, independently for read-to-read,
74 # write-to-write and the combined request-to-request that does not
75 # separate read and write requests
76 itt_bins = Param.Unsigned('20', "# bins in ITT distributions")
77 itt_max_bin = Param.Latency('100ns', "Max bin of ITT distributions")
78 disable_itt_dists = Param.Bool(False, "Disable ITT distributions")
79
80 # outstanding requests (that did not yet get a response) per
81 # sample period
82 outstanding_bins = Param.Unsigned('20', "# bins in outstanding " \
83 "requests histograms")
84 disable_outstanding_hists = Param.Bool(False, "Disable outstanding " \
85 "requests histograms")
86
87 # transactions (requests) observed per sample period
88 transaction_bins = Param.Unsigned('20', "# bins in transaction " \
89 "count histograms")
90 disable_transaction_hists = Param.Bool(False, "Disable transaction count " \
91 "histograms")
92
93 # address distributions (heatmaps) with associated address masks
94 # to selectively only look at certain bits of the address
95 read_addr_mask = Param.Addr(MaxAddr, "Address mask for read address")
96 write_addr_mask = Param.Addr(MaxAddr, "Address mask for write address")
97 disable_addr_dists = Param.Bool(True, "Disable address distributions")