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diff --git a/src/cpu/o3/free_list.hh b/src/cpu/o3/free_list.hh
index 42fc0c533..97b56909e 100644
--- a/src/cpu/o3/free_list.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/free_list.hh
@@ -173,6 +173,18 @@ SimpleFreeList::addReg(PhysRegIndex freed_reg)
#endif
freeFloatRegs.push(freed_reg);
}
+
+ // These assert conditions ensure that the number of free
+ // registers are not more than the # of total Physical Registers.
+ // If this were false, it would mean that registers
+ // have been freed twice, overflowing the free register
+ // pool and potentially crashing SMT workloads.
+ // ----
+ // Comment out for now so as to not potentially break
+ // CMP and single-threaded workloads
+ // ----
+ // assert(freeIntRegs.size() <= numPhysicalIntRegs);
+ // assert(freeFloatRegs.size() <= numPhysicalFloatRegs);
}
inline void