CacheMemory: add allocateVoid() that is == allocate() but no return value.
Review Request #629 - Created March 31, 2011 and submitted - Latest diff uploaded
| Information | |
|---|---|
| Lisa Hsu | |
| gem5 | |
| Reviewers | |
| Default | |
| ali, gblack, nate, stever | |
CacheMemory: add allocateVoid() that is == allocate() but no return value. This function duplicates the functionality of allocate() exactly, except that it does not return a return value. In protocols where you just want to allocate a block but do not want that block to be your implicitly passed cache_entry, use this function. Otherwise, SLICC will complain if you do not consume the pointer returned by allocate(), and if you do a dummy assignment Entry foo := cache.allocate(address), the C++ compiler will complain of an unused variable. This is kind of a hack to get around those issues, but suggestions welcome.
