Change WDataInP/WDataOutP to be opaque handles types instead of aliases
to raw pointers. This subsequently eliminates needing an implicit cast
operator in VlWide, which is replaced with implicit constructors of
WDataInP/WDataOutP that can create a handle from a VlWide. This
eliminates some unsafe conversions that the previous implicit cast
operator unintentionally enabled (e.g. #7618). It also eliminates
having to insert ".data()" in various places int he generated code, which
simplifies internals (the only place ".data()" should be needed is in
calls to variadic functions where the expected type of the argument is
not WDataInP/WDataOutP).
The handles otherwise behave like pointers, implementing the minimal
amount of operators required to code the runtime. The handle is still
only a single pointer, and will be passed in registers as before, so
this patch should be performance neutral.
As part of this removed WData, which used to be an alias for EData.
All uses are now either EData*, WDataInP, WDataOutP, or VlWide directly.
Remove parallel (using the FST library writer thread) and offloaded
(separate Verilator internal thread) tracing (only used by FST). These
are not compatible with #6992, and #5806 should yield better performance
in all cases.
Consequently mark '--trace-threads' and '--trace-fst-thread' options as
deprecated
Factor out test execution into t/trace_*_common.py, which defines
a 'run' functions. All related t_trace_*py tests call this function.
Behaviour is partially encoded in the file name, which must be of the
form: t_trace_complex_<variant>_<mode>_<format>*.py, where '<variant>'
determines tracing options (default/params/structs), '<mode>' is the
compilation mode (--cc/--sc), and '<format>' determines the trace format
(vcd/fst/saif).
The part of the test name after '<format>' does not influence the test
directly and can be free form. If used, explicit 'verilator_flags2' is
passed to the 'run' function.
Also add array bounds and struct/union member counts to trace pushPrefix
(not used by vcd/fst/saif). Together these improve consistency in some
waveform formats.
Geza Lore
Wilson Snyder
Szymon Gizler
Geza Lore
Mateusz Gancarz