Avoiding deadlocks in a multiprocessor system
US7600080B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 22, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0817
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving a first memory request from a first caching agent associated with a first processor, in a home agent associated with a memory, directing the first memory request to a writeback queue of the home agent if the first memory request is a writeback request and otherwise directing the first memory request to a second queue of the home agent. In this way, circular dependencies may be avoided. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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