Fix subtle cache bug where read could return stale data

if a prior write miss arrived while an even earlier
read miss was still outstanding.

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extra : convert_revision : 4924e145829b2ecf4610b88d33f4773510c6801a

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh b/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
index e546e2a9a..5aecea7d5 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
@@ -825,6 +825,10 @@ Cache<TagStore>::handleResponse(PacketPtr pkt)
     }
 
     if (mshr->promoteDeferredTargets()) {
+        assert(mshr->needsExclusive() && !blk->isWritable());
+        // avoid later read getting stale data while write miss is
+        // outstanding.. see comment in timingAccess()
+        blk->status &= ~BlkReadable;
         MSHRQueue *mq = mshr->queue;
         mq->markPending(mshr);
         requestMemSideBus((RequestCause)mq->index, pkt->finishTime);