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-rw-r--r--src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh12
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diff --git a/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh b/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
index 5e6eccec8..ca332697b 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/cache_impl.hh
@@ -819,6 +819,18 @@ Cache::getBusPacket(PacketPtr cpu_pkt, CacheBlk *blk,
}
PacketPtr pkt = new Packet(cpu_pkt->req, cmd, blkSize);
+ // if there are sharers in the upper levels, pass that info downstream
+ if (cpu_pkt->sharedAsserted()) {
+ // note that cpu_pkt may have spent a considerable time in the
+ // MSHR queue and that the information could possibly be out
+ // of date, however, there is no harm in conservatively
+ // assuming the block is shared
+ pkt->assertShared();
+ DPRINTF(Cache, "%s passing shared from %s to %s addr %#llx size %d\n",
+ __func__, cpu_pkt->cmdString(), pkt->cmdString(),
+ pkt->getAddr(), pkt->getSize());
+ }
+
// the packet should be block aligned
assert(pkt->getAddr() == blockAlign(pkt->getAddr()));