Instruction limit

[panda1628]

Can I set a limit on the instruction executed count?

Tests may run into infinite loops or exceptions forever.

Spike won't stop until it runs out of memory. I want to set a limit so that it will stop after it executes a limit of instructions.

[sawansib]

AFAIK, you can increment a global count at static reg_t execute_insn(processor_t *p, reg_t pc, insn_fetch_t fetch) in execute.cc file and check the executed number of instructions with your limit.