spinn_front_end_common.utilities package

Subpackages

• spinn_front_end_common.utilities.connections package
  • Module contents
• spinn_front_end_common.utilities.database package
  • Module contents
• spinn_front_end_common.utilities.notification_protocol package
  • Module contents
• spinn_front_end_common.utilities.report_functions package
  • Submodules
  • spinn_front_end_common.utilities.report_functions.reports module
  • spinn_front_end_common.utilities.report_functions.router_summary module
  • spinn_front_end_common.utilities.report_functions.routing_compression_report module
  • Module contents
• spinn_front_end_common.utilities.scp package
  • Module contents
• spinn_front_end_common.utilities.utility_objs package
  • Subpackages
    • spinn_front_end_common.utilities.utility_objs.extra_monitor_scp_messages package
      • Submodules
      • spinn_front_end_common.utilities.utility_objs.extra_monitor_scp_messages.reinjector_scp_commands module
      • spinn_front_end_common.utilities.utility_objs.extra_monitor_scp_messages.speedup_in_scp_commands module
      • Module contents
    • spinn_front_end_common.utilities.utility_objs.extra_monitor_scp_processes package
      • Module contents
  • Module contents

Submodules

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.base_database module

class spinn_front_end_common.utilities.base_database.BaseDatabase(database_file=None, *, read_only=False, row_factory=<class 'sqlite3.Row'>, text_factory=<class 'memoryview'>)

Bases: spinn_front_end_common.utilities.sqlite_db.SQLiteDB, spinn_utilities.abstract_context_manager.AbstractContextManager

Specific implementation of the Database for SQLite 3.

There should only ever be a single Database Object in use at any time. In the case of application_graph_changed the first should closed and a new one created.

If 2 database objects where opened with the database_file they hold the same data. Unless someone else deletes that file.

Note

Not thread safe on the same database file! Threads can access different DBs just fine.

Parameters:database_file (str) – The name of a file that contains (or will contain) an SQLite database holding the data. If omitted the default location will be used.

classmethod default_database_file()

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants module

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.BIT_FIELD_COMMS_SDRAM_TAG = 2

SDRAM Tags used for bitfield compressor

class spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.BUFFERING_OPERATIONS

Bases: enum.Enum

A listing of what SpiNNaker specific EIEIO commands there are.

BUFFER_READ = 0

BUFFER_WRITE = 1

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.CLOCKS_PER_US = 200

The number of clock cycles per micro-second (at 200Mhz)

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.COMPRESSOR_SDRAM_TAG = 1

SDRAM Tag used by the compressor to find the routing tables

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.CORE_DATA_SDRAM_BASE_TAG = 200

Base SDRAM tag used by cores when loading data (tags 201-217 will be used by cores 1-17)

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.DATA_SPECABLE_BASIC_SETUP_INFO_N_BYTES = 400

The number of words in the AbstractDataSpecable basic setup information. This is the amount required by the pointer table plus a SARK allocation.

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE_BEFORE_RECEIVE = 16384

The default size of a recording buffer before receive request is sent

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.DSE_DATA_STRUCT_SIZE = 16

size of the on-chip DSE data structure required, in bytes

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.MAX_DATABASE_PATH_LENGTH = 50000

Database file path maximum length for database notification messages. Note that this is not sent to SpiNNaker and so is not subject to the usual SDP limit.

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.MAX_POSSIBLE_BINARY_SIZE = 33792

the ITCM max limit for a binary

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.MAX_SAFE_BINARY_SIZE = 32768

the ITCM max safe limit for a binary

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.MAX_SIZE_OF_BUFFERED_REGION_ON_CHIP = 1048576

max size expected to be used by the reverse ip_tag multicast source during buffered operations.

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.NOTIFY_PORT = 19999

The default local port that the toolchain listens on for the notification protocol.

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.PARTITION_ID_FOR_MULTICAST_DATA_SPEED_UP = 'DATA_SPEED_UP_ROAD'

partition IDs preallocated to functionality

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.SARK_PER_MALLOC_SDRAM_USAGE = 8

The number of bytes used by SARK per memory allocation

class spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.SDP_PORTS

Bases: enum.Enum

SDP port handling output buffering data streaming

EXTRA_MONITOR_CORE_DATA_IN_SPEED_UP = 6

EXTRA_MONITOR_CORE_DATA_SPEED_UP = 5

EXTRA_MONITOR_CORE_REINJECTION = 4

INPUT_BUFFERING_SDP_PORT = 1

OUTPUT_BUFFERING_SDP_PORT = 2

RUNNING_COMMAND_SDP_PORT = 3

class spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.SDP_RUNNING_MESSAGE_CODES

Bases: enum.Enum

An enumeration.

SDP_CLEAR_IOBUF_CODE = 9

SDP_NEW_RUNTIME_ID_CODE = 7

SDP_STOP_ID_CODE = 6

SDP_UPDATE_PROVENCE_REGION_AND_EXIT = 8

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.SDRAM_BASE_ADDR = 1879048192

start of where SDRAM starts (either unbuffered or buffered)

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.SDRAM_EDGE_BASE_TAG = 100

Base SDRAM tag used by SDRAM edges when allocating (allows up to 100 edges per chip)

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.SIMULATION_N_BYTES = 12

The number of bytes used by the simulation interface. This is one word for the machine_time_step, one for the SDP port, and one for the application hash.

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.constants.SYSTEM_BYTES_REQUIREMENT = 412

The number of bytes used by the DSG and simulation interfaces

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.emergency_recovery module

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.emergency_recovery.emergency_recover_state_from_failure(vertex, placement)

Used to get at least some information out of a core when something goes badly wrong. Not a replacement for what abstract spinnaker base does.

Parameters:

• txrx (Transceiver) – The transceiver.
• vertex (AbstractHasAssociatedBinary) – The vertex to retrieve the IOBUF from if it is suspected as being dead
• placement (Placement) – Where the vertex is located.

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.emergency_recovery.emergency_recover_states_from_failure()

Used to get at least some information out of a core when something goes badly wrong. Not a replacement for what abstract spinnaker base does.

Parameters:executable_targets (ExecutableTargets) – The what/where mapping

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions module

exception spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions.BufferableRegionTooSmall

Bases: spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions.SpinnFrontEndException

Raised when the SDRAM space of the region for buffered packets is too small to contain any packet at all

exception spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions.BufferedRegionNotPresent

Bases: spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions.SpinnFrontEndException

Raised when trying to issue buffered packets for a region not managed

exception spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions.CantFindSDRAMToUseException

Bases: spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions.SpinnFrontEndException

Raised when malloc and sdram stealing cannot occur.

exception spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions.ConfigurationException

Bases: spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions.SpinnFrontEndException

Raised when the front end determines a input parameter is invalid

exception spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions.DsDatabaseException

Bases: spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions.SpinnFrontEndException

Raise when a query in the DataSpec database failed

exception spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions.ExecutableFailedToStartException

Bases: spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions.SpinnFrontEndException

Raised when an executable has not entered the expected state during start up

exception spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions.ExecutableFailedToStopException

Bases: spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions.SpinnFrontEndException

Raised when an executable has not entered the expected state during execution

exception spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions.ExecutableNotFoundException

Bases: spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions.SpinnFrontEndException

Raised when a specified executable could not be found

exception spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions.RallocException

Bases: spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions.SpinnFrontEndException

Raised when there are not enough routing table entries

exception spinn_front_end_common.utilities.exceptions.SpinnFrontEndException

Bases: Exception

Raised when the front end detects an error

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.helpful_functions module

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.helpful_functions.convert_string_into_chip_and_core_subset(cores)

Translate a string list of cores into a core subset

Parameters:cores (str or None) – string representing down cores formatted as x,y,p[:x,y,p]* Return type:CoreSubsets

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.helpful_functions.convert_vertices_to_core_subset(vertices)

Converts vertices into core subsets.

Parameters:vertices (iterable(MachineVertex)) – the vertices to convert to core subsets Returns:the CoreSubSets of the vertices Return type:CoreSubsets

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.helpful_functions.determine_flow_states(executable_types, no_sync_changes)

Get the start and end states for these executable types.

Parameters:

• executable_types (dict(ExecutableType,any)) – the execute types to locate start and end states from
• no_sync_changes (int) – the number of times sync signals been sent

Returns:

dict of executable type to states.

Return type:

tuple(dict(ExecutableType,CPUState), dict(ExecutableType,CPUState))

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.helpful_functions.flood_fill_binary_to_spinnaker(binary)

Flood fills a binary to spinnaker on a given app_id given the executable targets and binary.

Returns:the number of cores it was loaded onto Return type:int

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.helpful_functions.generate_unique_folder_name(folder, filename, extension)

Generate a unique file name with a given extension in a given folder

Parameters:

• folder (str) – where to put this unique file
• filename (str) – the name of the first part of the file without extension
• extension (str) – extension of the file

Returns:

file path with a unique addition

Return type:

str

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.helpful_functions.get_defaultable_source_id(entry)

Hack to support the source requirement for the router compressor on chip.

Parameters:entry (MulticastRoutingEntry) – the multicast router table entry. Returns:return the source value Return type:int

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.helpful_functions.get_ethernet_chip(machine, board_address)

Locate the chip with the given board IP address

Parameters:

• machine (Machine) – the SpiNNaker machine
• board_address (str) – the board address to locate the chip of.

Returns:

The chip that supports that board address

Return type:

Chip

Raises:

ConfigurationException – when that board address has no chip associated with it

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.helpful_functions.get_region_base_address_offset(app_data_base_address, region)

Find the address of the of a given region for the DSG

Parameters:

• app_data_base_address (int) – base address for the core
• region (int) – the region ID we’re looking for

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.helpful_functions.locate_extra_monitor_mc_receiver(placement_x, placement_y)

Get the data speed up gatherer that can be used to talk to a particular chip. This will be on the same board.

Parameters:

• placement_x (int) – The X coordinate of the reference chip
• placement_y (int) – The Y coordinate of the reference chip

Return type:

DataSpeedUpPacketGatherMachineVertex

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.helpful_functions.locate_memory_region_for_placement(placement, region)

Get the address of a region for a placement.

Parameters:

• region (int) – the region to locate the base address of
• placement (Placement) – the placement object to get the region address of
• transceiver (Transceiver) – the python interface to the SpiNNaker machine

Returns:

the address

Return type:

int

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.helpful_functions.n_word_struct(n_words)

Manages a precompiled cache of structs for parsing blocks of words. Thus, this:

data = n_word_struct(n_words).unpack(data_blob)

Is much like doing this:

data = struct.unpack("<{}I".format(n_words), data_blob)

except quite a bit more efficient because things are shared including the cost of parsing the format.

Parameters:n_words (int) – The number of SpiNNaker words to be handled. Returns:A struct for working with that many words. Return type:Struct

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.helpful_functions.read_data(x, y, address, length, data_format)

Reads and converts a single data item from memory.

Parameters:

• x (int) – chip x
• y (int) – chip y
• address (int) – base address of the SDRAM chip to read
• length (int) – length to read
• data_format (str) – the format to read memory (see struct.pack())

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.helpful_functions.write_address_to_user0(x, y, p, address)

Writes the given address into the user_0 register of the given core.

Parameters:

• x (int) – Chip coordinate.
• y (int) – Chip coordinate.
• p (int) – Core ID on chip.
• address (int) – Value to write (32-bit integer)

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.helpful_functions.write_address_to_user1(x, y, p, address)

Writes the given address into the user_1 register of the given core.

Parameters:

• x (int) – Chip coordinate.
• y (int) – Chip coordinate.
• p (int) – Core ID on chip.
• address (int) – Value to write (32-bit integer)

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.iobuf_extractor module

class spinn_front_end_common.utilities.iobuf_extractor.IOBufExtractor(executable_targets=None, recovery_mode=False, filename_template='iobuf_for_chip_{}_{}_processor_id_{}.txt', suppress_progress=False)

Bases: object

Extract the logging output buffers from the machine, and separates lines based on their prefix.

Parameters:

• recovery_mode (bool) –
• filename_template (str) –
• suppress_progress (bool) –
• executable_targets – Which Binaries and core to extract from. Noe to extract from all.
• from_cores (str) –
• binary_types (str) –

Tpye executable_targets:  

~spinnman.model.ExecutableTargets or None

extract_iobuf()

Perform the extraction of IOBUF

Returns:error_entries, warn_entries Return type:tuple(list(str),list(str))

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.math_constants module

random math constants

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.sqlite_db module

class spinn_front_end_common.utilities.sqlite_db.Isolation

Bases: enum.Enum

Transaction isolation levels for SQLiteDB.transaction().

DEFERRED = 'DEFERRED'

Standard transaction type; postpones holding a lock until required.

EXCLUSIVE = 'EXCLUSIVE'

Take a write lock immediately. This is the strongest lock type.

IMMEDIATE = 'IMMEDIATE'

Take the lock immediately; this may be a read-lock that gets upgraded.

class spinn_front_end_common.utilities.sqlite_db.SQLiteDB(database_file=None, *, read_only=False, ddl_file=None, row_factory=<class 'sqlite3.Row'>, text_factory=<class 'memoryview'>, case_insensitive_like=True)

Bases: spinn_utilities.abstract_context_manager.AbstractContextManager

General support class for SQLite databases. This handles a lot of the low-level detail of setting up a connection.

Basic usage (with the default row type):

with SQLiteDB("db_file.sqlite3") as db:
    with db.transaction() as cursor:
        for row in cursor.execute("SELECT thing FROM ..."):
            print(row["thing"])

This class is designed to be either used as above or by subclassing. See the SQLite SQL documentation for details of how to write queries, and the Python sqlite3 module for how to do parameter binding.

Parameters:

• database_file (str) – The name of a file that contains (or will contain) an SQLite database holding the data. If omitted, an unshared in-memory database will be used (suitable only for testing).
• read_only (bool) – Whether the database is in read-only mode. When the database is in read-only mode, it must already exist.
• ddl_file (str or None) – The name of a file (typically containing SQL DDL commands used to create the tables) to be evaluated against the database before this object completes construction. If None, nothing will be evaluated. You probably don’t want to specify a DDL file at the same time as setting read_only=True.
• row_factory (Callable or None) – Callable used to create the rows of result sets. Either tuple or sqlite3.Row (default); can be None to use the DB driver default.
• text_factory (Callable or None) – Callable used to create the Python values of non-numeric columns in result sets. Usually memoryview (default) but should be str when you’re expecting string results; can be None to use the DB driver default.
• case_insensitive_like (bool) – Whether we want the LIKE matching operator to be case-sensitive or case-insensitive (default).

close()

Finalises and closes the database.

connection

The underlying SQLite database connection.

Warning

If you’re using this a lot, consider contacting the SpiNNaker Software Team with details of your use case so we can extend the relevant core class to support you. Normally it is better to use transaction() to obtain a cursor with appropriate transactional guards.

Return type:Connection Raises:AttributeError – if the database connection has been closed

pragma(pragma_name, value)

Set a database PRAGMA. See the SQLite PRAGMA documentation for details.

Parameters:

• pragma_name (str) – The name of the pragma to set.
• value (bool or int or str) – The value to set the pragma to.

transaction(isolation_level=None)

Get a context manager that manages a transaction on the database. The value of the context manager is a Cursor. This means you can do this:

with db.transaction() as cursor:
    cursor.execute(...)

Parameters:isolation_level (Isolation) – The transaction isolation level; note that this sets it for the connection! Can usually be not specified. Return type:ContextManager(Cursor)

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.system_control_logic module

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.system_control_logic.run_system_application(executable_cores, app_id, read_algorithm_iobuf, check_for_success_function, cpu_end_states, needs_sync_barrier, filename_template, binaries_to_track=None, progress_bar=None, logger=None, timeout=None)

Executes the given _system_ application. Used for on-chip expanders, compressors, etc.

Parameters:

• executable_cores (ExecutableTargets) – the cores to run the executable on.
• app_id (int) – the app-id for the executable
• read_algorithm_iobuf (bool) – whether to report IOBUFs
• check_for_success_function (callable) – function used to check success; expects executable_cores, transceiver as inputs
• cpu_end_states (set(CPUState)) – the states that a successful run is expected to terminate in
• needs_sync_barrier (bool) – whether a sync barrier is needed
• filename_template (str) – the IOBUF filename template.
• binaries_to_track (list(str)) – A list of binary names to check for exit state. Or None for all binaries
• progress_bar (ProgressBar or None) – Possible progress bar to update. end() will be called after state checked
• logger (Logger) – If provided and IOBUF is extracted, will be used to log errors and warnings
• timeout (float or None) – Number of seconds to wait before force stopping, or None to wait forever

Raises:

SpinnmanException – If one should arise from the underlying SpiNNMan calls

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.utility_calls module

Utility calls for interpreting bits of the DSG

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.utility_calls.get_data_spec_and_file_writer_filename(processor_chip_x, processor_chip_y, processor_id, application_run_time_report_folder='TEMP')

Encapsulates the creation of the DSG writer and the file paths.

Parameters:

• processor_chip_x (int) – x-coordinate of the chip
• processor_chip_y (int) – y-coordinate of the chip
• processor_id (int) – The processor ID
• application_run_time_report_folder (str) – The folder to contain the resulting specification files; if ‘TEMP’ then a temporary directory is used.

Returns:

the filename of the data writer and the data specification object

Return type:

tuple(str, DataSpecificationGenerator)

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.utility_calls.get_region_base_address_offset(app_data_base_address, region)

Find the address of the of a given region for the DSG

Parameters:

• app_data_base_address (int) – base address for the core
• region (int) – the region ID we’re looking for

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.utility_calls.get_report_writer(processor_chip_x, processor_chip_y, processor_id)

Check if text reports are needed, and if so initialise the report writer to send down to DSG.

Parameters:

• processor_chip_x (int) – x-coordinate of the chip
• processor_chip_y (int) – y-coordinate of the chip
• processor_id (int) – The processor ID

Returns:

the report_writer_object, or None if not reporting

Return type:

FileIO or None

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.utility_calls.open_scp_connection(chip_x, chip_y, chip_ip_address)

Create an SCP connection to the given ethernet chip. SpiNNaker will not be configured to map that connection to a tag; that is the caller’s responsibility.

Parameters:

• chip_x (int) – X coordinate of the ethernet chip to connect to.
• chip_y (int) – Y coordinate of the ethernet chip to connect to.
• chip_ip_address (str) – IP address of the ethernet chip to connect to.

Return type:

SCAMPConnection

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.utility_calls.parse_old_spalloc(spalloc_server, spalloc_port=22244, spalloc_user='unknown user')

Parse a URL to the old-style service. This may take the form:

spalloc://user@spalloc.host.example.com:22244

The leading spalloc:// is the mandatory part (as is the actual host name). If the port and user are omitted, the defaults given in the other arguments are used (or default defaults).

A bare hostname can be used instead. If that’s the case (i.e., there’s no spalloc:// prefix) then the port and user are definitely used.

Parameters:

• spalloc_server (str) – Hostname or URL
• spalloc_port (int) – Default port
• spalloc_user (str) – Default user

Returns:

hostname, port, username

Return type:

tuple(str,int,str)

spinn_front_end_common.utilities.utility_calls.retarget_tag(connection, x, y, tag, ip_address=None, strip=True)

Make a tag deliver to the given connection.

Parameters:

• connection (UDPConnection) – The connection to deliver to.
• x (int) – The X coordinate of the ethernet chip we are sending the message to.
• y (int) – The Y coordinate of the ethernet chip we are sending the message to.
• tag (int) – The ID of the tag to retarget.
• ip_address (str) – What IP address to send the message to. If None, the connection is assumed to be connected to a specific board already.
• strip (bool) – Whether the tag should strip the SDP header before sending to the connection.

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