CSCI 463 Assignment 5 RISC-V Simulator solution

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In this assignment, you will extend the functionality of your RISC-V disassembler to also simulate the execution of RV32I instructions. This is the third of a multi-part assignment creating computing machine capable of executing real programs compiled with gcc.

The purpose is to gain an understanding of a machine and its instruction set while exercising your programming skills.

1 Problem Description Load a binary file into a simulated memory of sufficient size and then decode and execute each 32-bit instruction one-at-a-time starting from address zero and continuing until an ebreak instruction is encountered, an instruction-count limit is reached, or an illegal instruction has been encountered.

2 Files You Must Write You will write a C++ program suitable for execution on hopper.cs.niu.edu (or turing.cs.niu.edu.) Your source files MUST be named exactly as shown below or they will fail to compile and you will receive zero points for this assignment.

Create a directory named a5 and place within it a copy of all the the source files from assignment 4 and add the additional files discussed below. • hex.h (see assignment 4.) • hex.cpp (see assignment 4.) • memory.h (see assignment 4.) • memory.cpp (see assignment 4.) • rv32i_decode.h (see assignment 4.) • rv32i_decode.cpp (see assignment 4.) • rv32i_hart.cpp The definition of the class rv32i_hart. • rv32i_hart.h The definitions of member functions of class rv32i_hart. • registerfile.h The definition of the registerfile class will go here. • registerfile.cpp

The registerfile class member function definitions. • cpu_single_hart.h The definition of the class cpu_single_hart. • cpu_single_hart.cpp The cpu_single_hart class member function definitions. • main.cpp Your main() and usage() function definitions.

Provided that no mistakes are present in the files for Assignment 4 then no changes to those files are necessary.

2.1 registerfile.h and registerfile.cpp The purpose of this class is to store the state of the general-purpose registers of one RISC-V hart. 1 Recall that a RISC-V hart has 32 registers and that every one is identical except for register x0.

Register x0 will always contain the value zero when ever it is read and it will never store anything that is written into it (such data is simply ignored/discarded.) Implement registerfile with a private vector of int32_t elements (one for each register) and a constructor that uses the reset() method to initialize register x0 to zero, and all other registers to 0xf0f0f0f0.

It must provide the following member functions: • void reset(); Initialize register x0 to zero, and all other registers to 0xf0f0f0f0. • void set(uint32_t r, int32_t val); Assign register r the given val. If r is zero then do nothing. • int32_t get(uint32_t r) const; Return the value of register r. If r is zero then return zero. • void dump(const std::string &hdr) const; Implement a dump of the registers.

The hdr parameter is a string that must be printed at the begining of the output lines. For example, if called as dump(“”) then the output must be formatted precisely as: x0 00000000 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 x8 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 x16 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 x24 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 if called as dump(“HEADER-“) then the output must be formatted precisely as: HEADER- x0 00000000 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 HEADER- x8 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 HEADER-x16 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 HEADER-x24 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 Note the space-gap on the first two lines.

Inherit the hex class and use its hex32() utility function to simplify printing the register values! 2.2 rv32i hart.h and rv32i hart.cpp Define rv32i_hart as a subclass of rv32i_decode to represent the execution unit of a RV32I hart as seen in Figure 1 Implement a member function named exec (using a similar design as that used in rv32i_decode::decode) to simulate the execution of RV32I instructions and helper methods for each instruction with names like exec_lui and exec_jalr to perform the simulated execution.

1The term hart means “hardware thread.” As part of the simple CPU you are creating for this assignment, this term is the same as what is often referred to as a core.

class rv32i_hart : public rv32i_decode 2 { 3 public : 4 rv32i_hart ( memory &m) : mem ( m) { } 5 void set_show_instructions ( bool b) { show_instructions = b ; } 6 void set_show_registers ( bool b) { show_registers = b; } 7 bool is_halted () const { return halt ; } 8 const std :: string & get_halt_reason () const { return halt_reason ; } 9 uint64_t get_insn_counter () const { return insn_counter ; } 10 void set_mhartid ( int i ) { mhartid = i; } 11 12 void tick ( const std :: string & hdr =””) ; 13 void dump ( const std :: string & hdr =””) const ; 14 void reset () ; 15 16 private : 17 static constexpr int instruction_width = 35; 18 void exec ( uint32_t insn , std :: ostream *) ; 19 void exec_illegal_insn ( uint32_t insn , std :: ostream *) ; 20 … 21 22 bool halt = { false }; 23 std :: string halt_reason = { ” none ” }; 24 … 25 uint64_t insn_counter = { 0 }; 26 uint32_t pc = { 0 }; 27 uint32_t mhartid = { 0 }; 28 29 protected : 30 registerfile regs ; 31 memory & mem ; 32 }; Figure 1: rv32i hart() 2.2.1 rv32i hart Public Member Functions • rv32i_hart(memory &m); The constructor must initialize mem as shown in Figure 1 (because the mem member variable is a reference.) • void set_show_instructions(bool b); Mutator for show_instructions.

When true, show each instruction that is executed with a comment displaying the register values used (as seen in Figure 8.) • void set_show_registers(bool b); Mutator for show_registers. When true, dump the registers before instruction is executed. • bool is_halted() const; Accessor for halt.

Return true if the hart has been halted for any reason. • const std::string &get_halt_reason() const; Return a string indicating the reason the hart has been halted. Values returned are one of the following: – “none” – “EBREAK instruction” – “ECALL instruction” – “Illegal CSR in CSRRS instruction”

– “Illegal instruction” – “PC alignment error” • void reset(); Reset the rv32i object and the registerfile. To reset a hart: – Set the pc register to zero. – Call regs.reset() to reset the register values. – Set the insn_counter to zero. – Set the the halt flag to false. – Set the the halt_reason to “none”. • void dump(const std::string &hdr=””) const; Dump the entire state of the hart.

Prefix each line printed by the given hdr string (the default being to not print any prefix.) It will dump the GP-regs (making use of the regs member variable by calling regs.dump(hdr)) and then add a dump of the PC register in the following format: x0 00000000 f0f0f0f0 00001000 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 x8 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 x16 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 x24 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 pc 00000000 If the hdr string is set to “[XYZ] ” then the output would look like: [XYZ] x0 00000000 f0f0f0f0 00001000 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 [XYZ] x8 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 [XYZ] x16 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 [XYZ] x24 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 [XYZ] pc 00000000 • uint64_t get_insn_counter() const; Accessor for insn_counter. Return the number of instructions that have been executed by the simulator since the last reset(). • void set_mhartid(int i); Mutator for mhartid.

This is used to set the ID value to be returned by the csrrs instruction for CSR register number 0xf14. (This will always be zero on processors that only have a single-hart.) • void tick(const std::string &hdr=””); The tick() method function is how to tell the simulator to execute and instruction. The hdr parameter is required to be printed on the left of any and all output that is displayed as a result of calling this method.

If the hart is halted then return immediately without doing anything. Otherwise, simulate the execution of one single instruction: – If show_registers is true then dump the state of the hart with the given hdr. – If the pc register is not a multiple of 4 then set the halt flag to true, the halt_reason to “PC alignment error”, and return without further processing. – Increment the insn_counter variable (not the pc register.)

Fetch an instruction from the memory at the address in the pc register. – If show_instructions is true then ∗ Print the hdr, the pc register (in hex), and the 32-bit fetched instruction (in hex). ∗ Call exec(insn, &std::cout) to execute the instruction and render the instruction and simulation details. – else ∗ Call exec(insn, nullptr) to execute the instruction without rendering anything.

Note that the reset() and tick() methods are the only way to change the state of the simulated hart hardware. (Which is similar to but not to be confused with changing the state of the C++ rv32i_hart object! For example, the notion of calling set_show_instructions() can change the state of the rv32i_hart object.

But it does not change the state of the simulated hart hardware.) 2.2.2 rv32i hart Private Member Functions • void exec(uint32_t insn, std::ostream*); This function will execute the given RV32I instruction by making use of the get_xxx() methods to extract the needed instruction fields to decode the instruction and invoke the associated exec_xxx() helper function by using the same sort of switch-logic from assignment 4. See Figure 2. This function must be capable of handling any 32-bit insn value.

If an illegal instruction is encountered then call an exec_illegal_insn() method to take care of the situation. 1 void rv32i_hart :: exec ( uint32_t insn , std :: ostream * pos ) 2 { 3 … 4 5 switch ( opcode ) 6 { 7 default : exec_illegal_insn ( insn , pos ); return ; 8 case opcode_lui : exec_lui ( insn , pos ) ; return ; 9 case opcode_auipc : exec_auipc ( insn , pos ); return ; 10 11 … 12 } 13 } Figure 2: Implementing exec() • void exec_illegal_insn(uint32_t insn, std::ostream* pos); Set the halt flag and, if the ostream* parameter is not nullptr then use render_illegal_insn() to render the proper error message by writing it to the pos output stream.

See Figure 3. 1 void rv32i_hart :: exec_illegal_insn ( uint32_t insn , std :: ostream * pos ) 2 { 3 if ( pos ) 4 * pos << render_illegal_insn ( insn ); 5 halt = true ; 6 halt_reason = ” Illegal instruction “; 7 } Figure 3: exec illegal insn()

• void exec_xxx(uint32_t insn, std::ostream*); Your exec_xxx() helper functions perform a similar role as the render_xxx() helpers. However, the exec helpers will simulate the execution of an instruction. Each exec helper function must simulate the execution of an instruction and, optionally, render the details of what it is simulating.

The rendering of the simulation details for each instruction can be seen in Figure 8. Use the render_xxx() helpers from assignment 4 to render the decoded instructions when needed by the exec_xxx() helpers.

To align the comment column when adding the simulation details to those instructions that have them, consider using the std::setw() I/O manipulator to add padding on the right as seen in Figure 4 Note that the simulation-description comments are modeled on the way that the operations are described in the “Detailed Description” column of the reference card at the end of RVALP.

Note that for sake of space, the incrementing of the pc register is not shown by this simulator except in the branch and jump instructions, where the updating of the pc register is a significant aspect of the instruction. When rendering the exec operations comment, the data values displayed are those of the registers, fields, or data involved in the instruction.

When combined with the hart dumps before and after each instruction execution, they provide everything necessary to verify that an instruction has been implemented properly. See Figure 8 for examples of the comment format of each type of instruction. Your output must precisely match the reference output or it will be ungradable and you will receive a zero for the output portion of your grade.

The correct value for the instruction_width constant is 35; See Figure 4. 1 void rv32i_hart :: exec_slt ( uint32_t insn , std :: ostream * pos ) 2 { 3 uint32_t rd = get_rd ( insn ); 4 uint32_t rs1 = get_rs1 ( insn ) ; 5 uint32_t rs2 = get_rs2 ( insn ) ; 6 7 int32_t val = ( regs . get ( rs1 ) < regs . get ( rs2 )) ? 1 : 0; 8 9 if ( pos ) 10 { 11 std :: string s = render_rtype ( insn , ” slt “) ; 12 * pos << std :: setw ( instruction_width ) << std :: setfill (’ ’) << std :: left << s; 13 * pos << “// ” << render_reg ( rd ) << ” = (” << hex :: to_hex0x32 ( regs . get ( rs1 ) ) << ” < ” << hex :: to_hex0x32 ( regs . get ( rs2 )) << “) ? 1 : 0 = ” << hex :: to_hex0x32 ( val ); 14 } 15 regs . set (rd , val ); 16 pc += 4; 17 } Figure 4: exec slt() 2.2.3 rv32i hart Protected Member Variables • registerfile regs; The GP-regs (general purpose registers) for your simulation.

• memory &mem; This will contain a reference to the memory object from assignment 3. It will be used by the disassembler and execution logic to fetch the instructions and to read/write data in the load and store instructions. 2.2.4 rv32i hart Private Member Variables • bool halt; A flag to stop the hart from executing instructions.

Set it any time that the execution should halt and use it in tick() to prevent further instructions from executing until/unless reset() is invoked. • std::string halt_reason; If halt is set to true, also set this to contain a string describing the reason for the halt. Initialize to “none” if reset() is called. • uint32_t mhartid; This contains the CSR register value to return by a csrrs instruction that reads register 0xf14. Set the default value for this to zero. (In this assignment, this default value will never change.) • bool show_instructions; A flag with a default value of false.

When true, print each instruction when simulating its execution. • bool show_registers; A flag with a default value of false. When true, print a dump of the hart state (by calling dump()) before executing each instruction. • uint64_t insn_counter; This will count the number of instructions that have been executed. Initialize to zero and if/when reset() is called. Use this to count the number of instructions executed. • uint32_t pc; Use this to contain the address of the instruction being decoded/disassembled.

When decoding instructions that refer to the pc register to calculate a target address (e.g. auipc, jal, and branch instructions) use this value to determine the instruction’s memory address. Initialize to zero and if/when reset() is called. 2.3 cpu single hart.h and cpu single hart.cpp This is a subclass of rv32i_hart that is used to represent a CPU with a single hart. 2.3.1 cpu single hart Public Member Functions • cpu_single_hart(memory &mem) : rv32i_hart(mem) {} Implement this constructor as shown above in order to pass the memory class instance to the constructor in the base class. • void run(uint64_t exec_limit); Since code that executes on this simulator has no (practical) way to determine how much memory the machine has, set register x2 to the memory size (get it with mem.get_size()) before executing any

instructions in your run() method.

Note that the number of bytes in the memory is also the address of the first byte past the end of the simulated memory.2 If the exec_limit parameter is zero, call tick() in a loop until the is_halted() returns true. If the exec_limit parameter is not zero then enter a loop that will call tick() until is_halted() returns true or exec_limit number of instructions have been executed. If the hart becomes halted then print a message indicating why by using get_halt_reason() to get the reason message. Regardless of why the execution has terminated, print the number of instructions that have been executed by using get_insn_counter().

For example running the simulator with an execution limit of 2, dumps enabled by the -ir commandline options, and simulating the allinsns5.bin example program will result in the output shown in Figure 5. 1 winans@x570 :~$ ./ rv32i – m100 – irl2 allinsns5 . bin 2 x0 00000000 f0f0f0f0 00000100 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 3 x8 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 4 x16 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 5 x24 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 6 pc 00000000 7 00000000: abcde237 lui x4 ,0 xabcde // x4 = 0 xabcde000 8 x0 00000000 f0f0f0f0 00000100 f0f0f0f0 abcde000 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 9 x8 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 10 x16 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 11 x24 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 f0f0f0f0 12 pc 00000004 13 00000004: abcde217 auipc x4 ,0 xabcde // x4 = 0 x00000004 + 0 xabcde000 = 0 xabcde004 14 2 instructions executed Figure 5: Example output from running: rv32i -m100 -irl2 allinsns5.bin 2.4 main.cpp Provide a main() function so that it accepts the command-line parameters (and reflect them in a proper Usage statement) as discussed below.

See the example logic in the main() from the last assignment and the on-line manual for getopt(3) for details on how to use it to parse the arguments. The command line arguments you must provide are: • [-d] Show a disassembly of the entire memory before program simulation begins. By default, do not disassemble the program memory. • [-i] Show instruction printing during execution. By default, do not print instructions during execution. • [-l execution-limit] Specifies the maximum limit of instructions to execute. If set to zero then there is no limit (run forever.) By default there is no limit. 2By convention, x2 is used as the program’s full-descending stack pointer.

Setting it to the address of the first non-existent memory address is suitable for allocating the top range of memory addresses to a call-stack used to hold the program’s activation records.

• [-m hex-mem-size] Specifies the size of the simulated memory. By default the size must be 0x100. • [-r] Show a dump of the hart (GP-registers and pc) status before each instruction is simulated. • [-z] Show a dump of the hart status and memory after the simulation has halted. • The last argument is the name of the binary file to load into the memory before the simulation begins.

Keep in mind that any of the command-line arguments may appear in any order and both on their own: -d -i -r -z -l 1234 -m efc0 as well as in groups or stuck together: -dirz -l1234 -mefc0 The getopt(3) function can deal with these situations. Make sure that your solution does too. If any command-line arguments are invalid then your usage() function must print an appropriate error and Usage messages and terminate the program in the traditional manner.

(See https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Usage_message and Figure 6.) 1 winans@x570 :~$ ./ rv32i -X allinsns5 . bin 2 ./ rv32i : invalid option — ’X ’ 3 Usage : rv32i [-d ] [ -i] [-r] [- z] [-l exec – limit ] [-m hex – mem – size ] infile 4 -d show disassembly before program execution 5 -i show instruction printing during execution 6 -l maximum number of instructions to exec 7 -m specify memory size ( default = 0 x100 ) 8 -r show register printing during execution 9 -z show a dump of the regs & memory after simulation Figure 6: Example output from running: rv32i -X allinsns5.bin 3 Input You will be provided with multiple executable test programs and the command-line arguments used to run them on the course web site. 4 Output Your program will be tested with a combination of the command-line arguments and runs with dumps and

traces of instructions executed will be diff’d against the output from a reference implementation. Your program must precisely match the reference output to be considered perfect.

How To Hand In Your Program When you are ready to turn in your assignment, make sure that the only files in your a5 directory is/are the source files defined and discussed above. Then, in the parent of your a5 directory, use the mailprog.463 command to send the contents of the files in your a5 project directory in the same manner as we have used in the past. 6 Grading The grade you receive on this programming assignment will be scored according to the syllabus and its ability to compile and execute on the Computer Science Department’s computer.

It is your responsibility to test your program thoroughly. When we grade your assignment, we will compile it on hopper.cs.niu.edu using these exact commands: g++ -g -Wall -Werror -std=c++14 -c -o main.o main.cpp g++ -g -Wall -Werror -std=c++14 -c -o rv32i_decode.o rv32i_decode.cpp g++ -g -Wall -Werror -std=c++14 -c -o memory.o memory.cpp g++ -g -Wall -Werror -std=c++14 -c -o hex.o hex.cpp g++ -g -Wall -Werror -std=c++14 -c -o registerfile.o registerfile.cpp g++ -g -Wall -Werror -std=c++14 -c -o rv32i_hart.o rv32i_hart.cpp g++ -g -Wall -Werror -std=c++14 -c -o cpu_single_hart.o cpu_single_hart.cpp g++ -g -Wall -Werror -std=c++14 -o rv32i main.o rv32i_decode.o memory.o hex.o registerfile.o rv32i_hart.o cpu_single_hart.o

Your program will then be run multiple times using different memory sizes, test data files, and command line options. 7 Hints As always, build up a solution one step at a time. Some times you can start with what you already have and build upon it. Other times you must create something new and (should) unit test it before trying to integrate it with the rest of your code. • Start by updating main.cpp to accept the new command line options and test it by printing out their values.

Then add the conditional call to disassemble(mem) and test that your new -d command line option works. • After the disassembly, construct and reset() your CPU like this: cpu_single_hart cpu(mem); cpu.reset(); • Stub in void dump(const std::string &hdr=””) const; that prints only a message to let you know it has been called. Then add conditional logic to call it and mem.dump() based on the -z command line argument and test it. • Add the flags to the rv32i_hart class and set them based on the associated -i and -r command line options. • Stub in the rv32i_hart::exec() method that treats every instruction as illegal and use it to develop and debug your rv32i_hart::tick() and cpu_single_hart::run() methods. (If you can not execute one illegal instruction and halt the simulation then you can’t possibly expect anything else to work.)

If your simulation ends with an ebreak instruction, then the application program your simulator is running will have terminated gracefully. If so then your cpu_single_hart::run() method loop should end and print the message: Execution terminated. Reason: EBREAK instruction The other reasons for halting the simulation should print similar messages. Regardless of why the simulated application has ended, print out the instruction counter as seen at the end of Figure 8. Note that it should be trivial to create a file for testing your logic for handing illegal instructions. . . just leave one of the actual instructions unimplemented in rv32i_hart::exec() and see that it is treated accordingly.

Alternately, you can also run the simulator on just about any random (preferably small or even empty) file and odds are that it will include illegal instruction values. (No, you will not be given a test file with illegal instructions for testing this specific feature. It is your job to think creatively to solve this sort of problem.) • Write the registerfile class add add it as a member to the rv32i_hart class. You should then be able to finish your rv32i_hart::dump() method so that it prints out the GP-regs and the pc register as seen in Figure 5.

• Finish any remaining work left undone in your in your rv32i_hart::tick() method so that it properly calls rv32i_hart::exec() as discussed in section 2.2.1. • Use the big switch statement from the rv32i_decode::decode() as a template structure for your rv32i_hart::exec() method. The first instruction you should implement should be ebreak (so the test programs can stop your simulator) as seen in Figure 7. 1 void rv32i_hart :: exec_ebreak ( uint32_t insn , std :: ostream * pos ) 2 { 3 if ( pos ) 4 { 5 std :: string s = render_ebreak ( insn ); 6 * pos << std :: setw ( instruction_width ) << std :: setfill (’ ’) << std :: left << s; 7 * pos << “// HALT “; 8 } 9 halt = true ; 10 halt_reason = ” EBREAK instruction “; 11 } Figure 7: Executing the ebreak instruction. Note that rv32i_hart::exec() is called differently than rv32i_decode::decode() in that it is void and takes different arguments.

Re-using the already-debugged switch structure from assignment 4 should work well, but keep in mind that the cases may have to return differently as seen in Figure 2. • At this point, add one instruction at-a-time comparing your output against the reference files. Since ebreak is a bit simplistic (and a special case that is almost identical to the way you should implement the illegal instruction method), a close look at a possible implementation logic of a more typical instruction is shown in Figure 4. The slt instruction is described in the reference card at the end of RVALP as: rd ← (rs1 < rs2) ? 1 : 0, pc ← pc+4

Therefore the instruction and simulation details will be rendered as shown in Figure 8 and can be summarized as: slt x4,x14,x15 // x4 = (0xf0f0f0f0 < 0xf0f0f0f0) ? 1 : 0 = 0x00000000

The = 0x00000000 at the right end of the above simulation detail comment represents the value that is assigned to x4. In other words, it is the final value of the expression: (0xf0f0f0f0 < 0xf0f0f0f0) ? 1 : 0 Consider what happens when the the instruction: slt x4,x4,x15 is simulated. In order to be able to render the simulation summary comment that shows the values of all the registers involved before and after the instruction simulation, it will be necessary to extract the associated register values before val in Figure 4 is calculated and it must not be stored into the rd register x4 until after the simulation comment has been printed.

The code in Figure 4 addresses this problem by its use of the val variable as a holder for the calculated result of the instruction. Then it prints the simulation comment (if needed). Finally, it stores the result into the rd register using regs.set(rd, val) and increments the pc register. The same problem occurs with the pc register in the jump and branch instructions. Always be careful that your renderings are of the correct (before/after) values of any registers involved.

winans@x570:~$ ./rv32i -i allinsns5.bin 00000000: abcde237 lui x4,0xabcde // x4 = 0xabcde000 00000004: abcde217 auipc x4,0xabcde // x4 = 0x00000004 + 0xabcde000 = 0xabcde004 00000008: 008000ef jal x1,0x00000010 // x1 = 0x0000000c, pc = 0x00000008 + 0x00000008 = 0x00000010 00000010: 01008267 jalr x4,16(x1) // x4 = 0x00000014, pc = (0x00000010 + 0x0000000c) & 0xfffffffe = 0x0000001c 0000001c: feb59ce3 bne x11,x11,0x00000014 // pc += (0xf0f0f0f0 != 0xf0f0f0f0 ? 0xfffffff8 : 4) = 0x00000020 00000020: fe004ae3 blt x0,x0,0x00000014 // pc += (0x00000000 < 0x00000000 ? 0xfffffff4 : 4) = 0x00000024 00000024: fe0558e3 bge x10,x0,0x00000014 // pc += (0xf0f0f0f0 >= 0x00000000 ? 0xfffffff0 : 4) = 0x00000028 00000028: fe0066e3 bltu x0,x0,0x00000014 // pc += (0x00000000 =U 0xf0f0f0f0 ? 0xffffffe8 : 4) = 0x00000030 00000030: 00000463 beq x0,x0,0x00000038 // pc += (0x00000000 == 0x00000000 ? 0x00000008 : 4) = 0x00000038 00000038: 00b01463 bne x0,x11,0x00000040 // pc += (0x00000000 != 0xf0f0f0f0 ? 0x00000008 : 4) = 0x00000040 00000040: 00054463 blt x10,x0,0x00000048 // pc += (0xf0f0f0f0 < 0x00000000 ? 0x00000008 : 4) = 0x00000048 00000048: 00005463 bge x0,x0,0x00000050 // pc += (0x00000000 >= 0x00000000 ? 0x00000008 : 4) = 0x00000050 00000050: 00a06463 bltu x0,x10,0x00000058 // pc += (0x00000000 =U 0x00000000 ? 0x00000008 : 4) = 0x00000060 00000060: 01000313 addi x6,x0,16 // x6 = 0x00000000 + 0x00000010 = 0x00000010 00000064: 01034203 lbu x4,16(x6) // x4 = zx(m8(0x00000010 + 0x00000010)) = 0x000000e3 00000068: 00134203 lbu x4,1(x6) // x4 = zx(m8(0x00000010 + 0x00000001)) = 0x00000082 0000006c: 01035203 lhu x4,16(x6) // x4 = zx(m16(0x00000010 + 0x00000010)) = 0x00004ae3 00000070: 00a35203 lhu x4,10(x6) // x4 = zx(m16(0x00000010 + 0x0000000a)) = 0x0000feb0 00000074: 01030203 lb x4,16(x6) // x4 = sx(m8(0x00000010 + 0x00000010)) = 0xffffffe3 00000078: 01130203 lb x4,17(x6) // x4 = sx(m8(0x00000010 + 0x00000011)) = 0x0000004a 0000007c: 01031203 lh x4,16(x6) // x4 = sx(m16(0x00000010 + 0x00000010)) = 0x00004ae3 00000080: 00a31203 lh x4,10(x6) // x4 = sx(m16(0x00000010 + 0x0000000a)) = 0xfffffeb0 00000084: 01032203 lw x4,16(x6) // x4 = sx(m32(0x00000010 + 0x00000010)) = 0xfe004ae3 00000088: fff00293 addi x5,x0,-1 // x5 = 0x00000000 + 0xffffffff = 0xffffffff 0000008c: 0e500ea3 sb x5,253(x0) // m8(0x00000000 + 0x000000fd) = 0x000000ff 00000090: 0e501823 sh x5,240(x0) // m16(0x00000000 + 0x000000f0) = 0x0000ffff 00000094: 0e502a23 sw x5,244(x0) // m32(0x00000000 + 0x000000f4) = 0xffffffff 00000098: 4d260213 addi x4,x12,1234 // x4 = 0xf0f0f0f0 + 0x000004d2 = 0xf0f0f5c2 0000009c: 4d262213 slti x4,x12,1234 // x4 = (0xf0f0f0f0 < 1234) ? 1 : 0 = 0x00000001 000000a0: 4d263213 sltiu x4,x12,1234 // x4 = (0xf0f0f0f0 > 12 = 0x000f0f0f 000000b8: 40c6d213 srai x4,x13,12 // x4 = 0xf0f0f0f0 >> 12 = 0xffff0f0f 000000bc: 00f70233 add x4,x14,x15 // x4 = 0xf0f0f0f0 + 0xf0f0f0f0 = 0xe1e1e1e0 000000c0: 40f70233 sub x4,x14,x15 // x4 = 0xf0f0f0f0 – 0xf0f0f0f0 = 0x00000000 000000c4: 00f711b3 sll x3,x14,x15 // x3 = 0xf0f0f0f0 << 16 = 0xf0f00000 000000c8: 00f72233 slt x4,x14,x15 // x4 = (0xf0f0f0f0 < 0xf0f0f0f0) ? 1 : 0 = 0x00000000 000000cc: 00f73233 sltu x4,x14,x15 // x4 = (0xf0f0f0f0 > 16 = 0x0000f0f0 000000d8: 40f751b3 sra x3,x14,x15 // x3 = 0xf0f0f0f0 >> 16 = 0xfffff0f0 000000dc: 00f76233 or x4,x14,x15 // x4 = 0xf0f0f0f0 | 0xf0f0f0f0 = 0xf0f0f0f0 000000e0: 00f77233 and x4,x14,x15 // x4 = 0xf0f0f0f0 & 0xf0f0f0f0 = 0xf0f0f0f0 000000e4: f14022f3 csrrs x5,0xf14,x0 // x5 = 0 000000e8: 00100073 ebreak // HALT Execution terminated. Reason: EBREAK instruction 50 instructions executed Figure 8: exec() Instruction operation comment format.