8 files changed, 61 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/base.cc b/src/mem/cache/base.cc
index 6c79fd683..736f16761 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/base.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/base.cc
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ BaseCache::BaseCache(const BaseCacheParams *p, unsigned blk_size)
 
     tempBlock = new TempCacheBlk(blkSize);
 
-    tags->setCache(this);
+    tags->init(this);
     if (prefetcher)
         prefetcher->setCache(this);
 }
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/base.hh b/src/mem/cache/tags/base.hh
index 30a7af72c..385d25c9f 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/base.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/base.hh
@@ -154,6 +154,13 @@ class BaseTags : public ClockedObject
      * @}
      */
 
+    /**
+     * Set the parent cache back pointer.
+     *
+     * @param _cache Pointer to parent cache.
+     */
+    void setCache(BaseCache *_cache);
+
   public:
     typedef BaseTagsParams Params;
     BaseTags(const Params *p);
@@ -164,10 +171,11 @@ class BaseTags : public ClockedObject
     virtual ~BaseTags() {}
 
     /**
-     * Set the parent cache back pointer.
+     * Initialize blocks and set the parent cache back pointer.
+     *
      * @param _cache Pointer to parent cache.
      */
-    void setCache(BaseCache *_cache);
+    virtual void init(BaseCache *_cache) = 0;
 
     /**
      * Register local statistics.
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.cc b/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.cc
index 18da53273..8bd65e03b 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.cc
@@ -73,7 +73,15 @@ BaseSetAssoc::BaseSetAssoc(const Params *p)
     setShift = floorLog2(blkSize);
     setMask = numSets - 1;
     tagShift = setShift + floorLog2(numSets);
+}
+
+void
+BaseSetAssoc::init(BaseCache* cache)
+{
+    // Set parent cache
+    setCache(cache);
 
+    // Initialize blocks
     unsigned blkIndex = 0;       // index into blks array
     for (unsigned i = 0; i < numSets; ++i) {
         sets[i].assoc = assoc;
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.hh b/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.hh
index dc0e04275..a3826499f 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/base_set_assoc.hh
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ class BaseSetAssoc : public BaseTags
     virtual ~BaseSetAssoc() {};
 
     /**
+     * Initialize blocks and set the parent cache back pointer.
+     *
+     * @param _cache Pointer to parent cache.
+     */
+    void init(BaseCache *_cache) override;
+
+    /**
      * This function updates the tags when a block is invalidated. It also
      * updates the replacement data.
      *
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.cc b/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.cc
index 1b43e9892..d35e37c7b 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.cc
@@ -69,6 +69,18 @@ FALRU::FALRU(const Params *p)
         fatal("Cache Size must be power of 2 for now");
 
     blks = new FALRUBlk[numBlocks];
+}
+
+FALRU::~FALRU()
+{
+    delete[] blks;
+}
+
+void
+FALRU::init(BaseCache* cache)
+{
+    // Set parent cache
+    setCache(cache);
 
     head = &(blks[0]);
     head->prev = nullptr;
@@ -97,11 +109,6 @@ FALRU::FALRU(const Params *p)
     cacheTracking.init(head, tail);
 }
 
-FALRU::~FALRU()
-{
-    delete[] blks;
-}
-
 void
 FALRU::regStats()
 {
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh b/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh
index c8ccc66f3..0d9a8d440 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/fa_lru.hh
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 // TrackedCaches class
 //#define FALRU_DEBUG
 
+class BaseCache;
 class ReplaceableEntry;
 
 // A bitmask of the caches we are keeping track of. Currently the
@@ -151,6 +152,13 @@ class FALRU : public BaseTags
     ~FALRU();
 
     /**
+     * Initialize blocks and set the parent cache back pointer.
+     *
+     * @param _cache Pointer to parent cache.
+     */
+    void init(BaseCache *_cache) override;
+
+    /**
      * Register the stats for this object.
      */
     void regStats() override;
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.cc b/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.cc
index 76034e1ea..988fda540 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.cc
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ SectorTags::SectorTags(const SectorTagsParams *p)
     fatal_if(!isPowerOf2(numBlocksPerSector),
              "# of blocks per sector must be non-zero and a power of 2");
     fatal_if(assoc <= 0, "associativity must be greater than zero");
+}
+
+void
+SectorTags::init(BaseCache* cache)
+{
+    // Set parent cache
+    setCache(cache);
 
     // Initialize all sets
     unsigned sec_blk_index = 0;   // index into sector blks array
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.hh b/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.hh
index 109b9832b..7a2cddae9 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/tags/sector_tags.hh
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include "mem/cache/tags/base.hh"
 #include "params/SectorTags.hh"
 
+class BaseCache;
 class BaseReplacementPolicy;
 class ReplaceableEntry;
 
@@ -114,6 +115,13 @@ class SectorTags : public BaseTags
     virtual ~SectorTags() {};
 
     /**
+     * Initialize blocks and set the parent cache back pointer.
+     *
+     * @param _cache Pointer to parent cache.
+     */
+    void init(BaseCache *_cache) override;
+
+    /**
      * This function updates the tags when a block is invalidated but does
      * not invalidate the block itself. It also updates the replacement data.
      *