I have a vague recollection about this error.  I just looked into it and it
came from a commit that cleaned up some stuff regarding full-system.  I was
deep in the throes of thesis finishing and did a really stopgap fix - I
reinserted the #if FULL_SYSTEM around that assert that had been removed in
that commit.

This is really not a true solution but it might get you by.

Nate, this comes from your changeset 5803 on Jan. 19, 2009, subject
thread_context.  Clues for a fix/solution?

Lisa

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Korey Sewell <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm not a fast-forwarding wiz myself (Lisa?), but it loooks like if things
> arent working you are getting to have to get your hands dirty in the code
> and figure the internals of how fast forwarding is supposed to work, so you
> can get fix the problem.
>
> Once you start looking at code and debugging, it might be a good idea to
> send emails to m5-dev, so that once you detect the problem, a patch can be
> generated and the repo can be updated.
>
> Alternatively, check the mailing list archives as I'm sure there have been
> people asking about fast forwarding in the past...
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Sujay Phadke <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Hi Steve,
>>     Here is a run with unmodified m5-stable using se.py
>>
>> spha...@lowpower:~/research/m5/m5-stable$ ./build/ALPHA_SE/m5.opt
>> configs/example/se.py -d --caches --l2cache --fast-forward=1
>>
>> M5 Simulator System
>>
>> Copyright (c) 2001-2008
>> The Regents of The University of Michigan
>> All Rights Reserved
>>
>>
>> M5 compiled Nov  8 2009 21:09:22
>> M5 revision 15e5581286b6+ 6285+ default tip
>> M5 started Nov 10 2009 18:44:15
>> M5 executing on lowpower
>> command line: ./build/ALPHA_SE/m5.opt configs/example/se.py -d --caches
>> --l2cache --fast-forward=1
>> Global frequency set at 1000000000000 ticks per second
>> 0: system.remote_gdb.listener: listening for remote gdb #0 on port 7000
>> Switch at instruction count:1
>> info: Entering event queue @ 0.  Starting simulation...
>> hack: be nice to actually delete the event here
>> Switched CPUS @ cycle = 1000
>> Changing memory mode to timing
>> switching cpus
>> m5.opt: build/ALPHA_SE/cpu/o3/thread_context_impl.hh:57: void
>> O3ThreadContext< <template-parameter-1-1>
>> >::takeOverFrom(ThreadContext*) [with Impl = O3CPUImpl]: Assertion
>> `getSystemPtr() == old_context->getSystemPtr()' failed.
>> Program aborted at cycle 1000
>> Aborted
>>
>> I get the same error. I also tried giving the "-s" for standard switch
>> and changing the value of FF. Any idea why this is happening?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Sujay
>> On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 15:30 -0800, Steve Reinhardt wrote:
>> > I don't know any details about what works and what doesn't off the top
>> > of my head, but I can tell you that if something "works" in m5.fast
>> > but hits an assertion error in m5.opt, that's only because assertions
>> > are compiled out in m5.fast.  So either the assertion is asserting
>> > something that doesn't necessarily need to be true (which happens) or
>> > the assertion is valid and m5.fast is merrily proceeding to do
>> > something bogus that just happens not to crash the simulation.
>> >
>> > That particular assertion looks like it should hold; what it is saying
>> > is that you're substituting a detailed CPU in system A for a simple
>> > CPU in system B, which would possibly cause problems if the CPU ever
>> > did something based on the system it's a member of.  That could be a
>> > configuration error.
>> >
>> > Steve
>> >
>> > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Sujay Phadke <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > > Does any one know about this? Is FF working with the latest m5.opt in
>> SE
>> > > mode, and is it possible to FF with multiple CPUS?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > Sujay
>> > >
>> > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > > From: "Sujay Phadke" <[email protected]>
>> > > To: <[email protected]>
>> > > Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 5:41 PM
>> > > Subject: [m5-users] fast-forwarding and switching cpus
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >> Hello,
>> > >>   I was going through the previous threads about fastforwarding
>> > >> support, but couldnt get a clear answer. When we specify
>> > >> --fast-forward=FF, is if FF ticks or FF instructions? If it is ticks,
>> > >> then is there a new way for FF instructions?
>> > >>
>> > >> As an aside, I am able to use --fast-forward with m5.fast. With
>> m5.opt,
>> > >> it crashes with the error:
>> > >>
>> > >> M5 compiled Nov  6 2009 17:34:43
>> > >> M5 revision 15e5581286b6 6285 default tip
>> > >> M5 started Nov  7 2009 17:40:10
>> > >> M5 executing on lowpower
>> > >> command line: ./build/ALPHA_SE/m5.opt -d ../output/test/
>> > >> configs/spec2k6/runspec2k6.py -b bzip2 -d --caches --l2cache
>> > >> --fast-forward=5000000 --max-inst=100000
>> > >> Global frequency set at 1000000000000 ticks per second
>> > >> 0: system.remote_gdb.listener: listening for remote gdb #0 on port
>> 7000
>> > >> Switch at instruction count:5000000
>> > >> info: Entering event queue @ 0.  Starting simulation...
>> > >> info: Increasing stack size by one page.
>> > >> hack: be nice to actually delete the event here
>> > >> Switched CPUS @ cycle = 5079299000
>> > >> switching cpus
>> > >> m5.opt: build/ALPHA_SE/cpu/o3/thread_context_impl.hh:57: void
>> > >> O3ThreadContext< <template-parameter-1-1>
>> > >>>::takeOverFrom(ThreadContext*) [with Impl = O3CPUImpl]: Assertion
>> > >> `getSystemPtr() == old_context->getSystemPtr()' failed.
>> > >> Program aborted at cycle 5079299000
>> > >> Aborted
>> > >>
>> > >> Is there still the same bug about no valid threadcontext in o3?
>> > >>
>> > >> - Sujay
>> > >>
>> > >>
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