# Node ID 631472483bc891b540ae41349bc6ea375c9d536b
# Parent  530ea35752b719a4fd41daa7e5408327d3c9cd06
diff --git a/src/mem/protocol/RubySlicc_Types.sm b/src/mem/protocol/RubySlicc_Types.sm
--- a/src/mem/protocol/RubySlicc_Types.sm
+++ b/src/mem/protocol/RubySlicc_Types.sm
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
   bool cacheAvail(Address);
   Address cacheProbe(Address);
   AbstractCacheEntry allocate(Address, AbstractCacheEntry);
+  AbstractCacheEntry allocate(Address, AbstractCacheEntry, bool);
   void allocateVoid(Address, AbstractCacheEntry);
   void deallocate(Address);
   AbstractCacheEntry lookup(Address);
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.hh b/src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.hh
--- a/src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.hh
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.hh
@@ -74,10 +74,16 @@
     bool cacheAvail(const Address& address) const;
 
     // find an unused entry and sets the tag appropriate for the address
-    AbstractCacheEntry* allocate(const Address& address, AbstractCacheEntry* new_entry);
+    AbstractCacheEntry* allocate(const Address& address,
+                                 AbstractCacheEntry* new_entry, bool touch);
+    AbstractCacheEntry* allocate(const Address& address,
+                                 AbstractCacheEntry* new_entry)
+    {
+        return allocate(address, new_entry, true);
+    }
     void allocateVoid(const Address& address, AbstractCacheEntry* new_entry)
     {
-        allocate(address, new_entry);
+        allocate(address, new_entry, true);
     }
 
     // Explicitly free up this address
diff --git a/src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.cc b/src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.cc
--- a/src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.cc
+++ b/src/mem/ruby/structures/CacheMemory.cc
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
 }
 
 AbstractCacheEntry*
-CacheMemory::allocate(const Address& address, AbstractCacheEntry* entry)
+CacheMemory::allocate(const Address& address, AbstractCacheEntry* entry, bool touch)
 {
     assert(address == line_address(address));
     assert(!isTagPresent(address));
@@ -269,7 +269,9 @@
             set[i]->m_locked = -1;
             m_tag_index[address] = i;
 
-            m_replacementPolicy_ptr->touch(cacheSet, i, curTick());
+            if (touch) {
+                m_replacementPolicy_ptr->touch(cacheSet, i, curTick());
+            }
 
             return entry;
         }