# Node ID 78c0116f46a4c2818e8f675647eab6dc252da1ca
# Parent  0679c3554ba3cb85711c4d2b42a60a01a7c4c5f2
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/common/NetDest.cc b/src/mem/ruby/common/NetDest.cc
--- a/src/mem/ruby/common/NetDest.cc
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/common/NetDest.cc
@@ -135,6 +135,18 @@
     return counter;
 }
 
+bool
+NetDest::isEqual(const NetDest& netDest)
+{
+  NetDest result;
+
+  assert(m_bits.size() == netDest.getSize());
+  for (int i = 0; i < m_bits.size(); i++) {
+    result.m_bits[i] = m_bits[i].AND(netDest.m_bits[i]);
+  }
+  return (result.count() == count());
+}
+
 NodeID
 NetDest::elementAt(MachineID index)
 {