1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/cpu/base.hh b/src/cpu/base.hh
index 0a3600764..a91ba862d 100644
--- a/src/cpu/base.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/base.hh
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@
 #include "sim/eventq.hh"
 #include "sim/full_system.hh"
 #include "sim/insttracer.hh"
+#include "sim/system.hh"
 
 struct BaseCPUParams;
 class BranchPred;
 class CheckerCPU;
 class ThreadContext;
-class System;
 
 class CPUProgressEvent : public Event
 {
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ class BaseCPU : public MemObject
     /** Is the CPU switched out or active? */
     bool _switchedOut;
 
+    /** Cache the cache line size that we get from the system */
+    const unsigned int _cacheLineSize;
+
   public:
 
     /**
@@ -343,6 +346,11 @@ class BaseCPU : public MemObject
     System *system;
 
     /**
+     * Get the cache line size of the system.
+     */
+    inline unsigned int cacheLineSize() const { return _cacheLineSize; }
+
+    /**
      * Serialize this object to the given output stream.
      *
      * @note CPU models should normally overload the serializeThread()