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-rw-r--r--src/mem/cache/cache.cc15
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/cache.cc b/src/mem/cache/cache.cc
index 97df5625b..48974c73e 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/cache.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/cache.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
- * Copyright (c) 2010-2016 ARM Limited
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2017 ARM Limited
* All rights reserved.
*
* The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
@@ -1336,16 +1336,17 @@ Cache::recvTimingResp(PacketPtr pkt)
Tick forward_time = clockEdge(forwardLatency) + pkt->headerDelay;
- // upgrade deferred targets if the response has no sharers, and is
- // thus passing writable
- if (!pkt->hasSharers()) {
- mshr->promoteWritable();
- }
-
bool is_fill = !mshr->isForward &&
(pkt->isRead() || pkt->cmd == MemCmd::UpgradeResp);
CacheBlk *blk = tags->findBlock(pkt->getAddr(), pkt->isSecure());
+ const bool valid_blk = blk && blk->isValid();
+ // If the response indicates that there are no sharers and we
+ // either had the block already or the response is filling we can
+ // promote our copy to writable
+ if (!pkt->hasSharers() && (is_fill || valid_blk)) {
+ mshr->promoteWritable();
+ }
if (is_fill && !is_error) {
DPRINTF(Cache, "Block for addr %#llx being updated in Cache\n",