ZSim之安装

1 Zsim 简介

zsim 是一个基于 Pin 的体系结构模拟器，官方描述为：

zsim is a fast x86-64 simulator. It was originally written to evaluate ZCache (Sanchez and Kozyrakis, MICRO-44, Dec 2010), hence the name, but it has since outgrown its purpose. zsim’s main goals are to be fast, simple, and accurate, with a focus on simulating memory hierarchies and large, heterogeneous systems. It is parallel and uses DBT extensively, resulting in speeds of hundreds of millions of instructions/second in a modern multicore host. Unlike conventional simulators, zsim is organized to scale well (almost linearly) with simulated core count.

2 安装环境

由于 zsim 最新版本是 2015 年左右，因此其对安装环境的要求较旧。我的安装环境为：

• Ubuntu 12.04
• Pin 2.14

2.1 Ubuntu 源

由于 ubuntu12.04 已经不被官方维护，因此从网上搜索的很多源是不可用的，经过长时间搜索后，可用源为：

deb http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted universe multiverse 
deb http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse 
deb http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse 
deb http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse 
deb http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse 
deb-src http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted universe multiverse 
deb-src http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse 
deb-src http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse 
deb-src http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed main restricted universe multiverse 
deb-src http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

2.2 Pin 安装

直接解压安装，安装结束后，把 Pin 的路径添加到系统环境变量中

# 临时
export PATH=xxx
# 永久
vi /etc/profile
PATH=xxx
source /etc/profile

其中，XXX 指 pin 的路径

3 Zsim 使用

正确设置 pin 路径后，需要对 zsim 进行编译，具体为：

scons -j8

3.1 error 信息

# error: gm_create failed shmget
# 共享空间不足
sysctl -w kernel.shmmax=8589934592
echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope

3.2 运行

./build/opt/zsim scripts/test.cfg 

3.3 Debug

# .cfg 文件
attachDebugger = True;

4 Tips

基于 Ubuntu 18.04 的 Zsim 安装
虽然官方版本是在几年前，但是仍有很多大佬的 Zsim 分支对现有版本进行改进，可以安装到新的版本上，具体的分支为：
Yang-YiFan
非常感谢大佬的无私分享。

参考资料

1. zsim
2. FTM
3. zsim.isca.pdf