Abstract: A method for flushing the data cache in a microprocessor. A central processing unit in the microprocessor is used to perform an operation on a first address stored in a stack cache, the address being associated with a first cache line in a data cache memory. The result of the operation is left on the top of the stack in the stack cache as a second address. A first valid bit associated with the first cache line is changed from a valid setting to an invalid setting during the same clock cycle of the microprocessor in which the operation is performed.