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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/mem/abstract_mem.cc b/src/mem/abstract_mem.cc
index dca0403fb..ec1be04e1 100644
--- a/src/mem/abstract_mem.cc
+++ b/src/mem/abstract_mem.cc
@@ -379,6 +379,13 @@ AbstractMemory::access(PacketPtr pkt)
bytesRead[pkt->req->masterId()] += pkt->getSize();
if (pkt->req->isInstFetch())
bytesInstRead[pkt->req->masterId()] += pkt->getSize();
+ } else if (pkt->isInvalidate()) {
+ // no need to do anything
+ // this clause is intentionally before the write clause: the only
+ // transaction that is both a write and an invalidate is
+ // WriteInvalidate, and for the sake of consistency, it does not
+ // write to memory. in a cacheless system, there are no WriteInv's
+ // because the Write -> WriteInvalidate rewrite happens in the cache.
} else if (pkt->isWrite()) {
if (writeOK(pkt)) {
if (pmemAddr) {
@@ -391,8 +398,6 @@ AbstractMemory::access(PacketPtr pkt)
numWrites[pkt->req->masterId()]++;
bytesWritten[pkt->req->masterId()] += pkt->getSize();
}
- } else if (pkt->isInvalidate()) {
- // no need to do anything
} else {
panic("unimplemented");
}