In an entry of a first cache memory within a first coherency domain of a
data processing system including at least first and second coherency
domains, a coherency state field is set to a first state that indicates
that an associated address tag is valid, an associated storage location
does not contain valid data, and a memory block identified by the address
tag is likely cached outside the first coherency domain. In response to
snooping a castout operation, the first cache memory determines if the
castout operation hits in the entry and, if so, updates the coherency
state field from the first state to a second state indicating that the
associated address tag is invalid.