From: Daniel R. Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 14:24:56 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: sim: Add a listener checker to probes
X-Git-Tag: develop-gem5-snapshot~356
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9388ec18a40c2fc4467f5599daad4970e565016b;p=gem5.git

sim: Add a listener checker to probes

Add a function to check if a probe has listeners. This can be
used to avoid performing costly tasks when no one is listening.

Change-Id: I8996a0ea298cb7cf97ac8aa9e627331a22bea26e
Signed-off-by: Daniel R. Carvalho <odanrc@yahoo.com.br>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/38175
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
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diff --git a/src/sim/probe/probe.hh b/src/sim/probe/probe.hh
index 57132fc8b..5becc26f2 100644
--- a/src/sim/probe/probe.hh
+++ b/src/sim/probe/probe.hh
@@ -261,6 +261,15 @@ class ProbePointArg : public ProbePoint
     {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Informs whether any listeners are attached to this probe. This can
+     * be used to avoid performing costly tasks needed by the probe when
+     * nobody is listening.
+     *
+     * @return Whether this probe has any listener.
+     */
+    bool hasListeners() const { return listeners.size() > 0; }
+
     /**
      * @brief adds a ProbeListener to this ProbePoints notify list.
      * @param l the ProbeListener to add to the notify list.