Node controller and method for responding to request based on node controller

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10324646-B2
Application number	US-201615066623-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2016
Priority date	Sep 10, 2013
Publication date	Jun 18, 2019
Grant date	Jun 18, 2019

Abstract

A node controller-based request responding method and node controller, where the method includes receiving, by a first node controller, a first packet, acquiring an information directory, and querying, in the information directory, whether a memory address requested by the first packet is occupied by a second node controller, and when the memory address requested by the first packet is occupied by the second node controller, querying node presence information to determine whether the second node controller exists, and when it is determined that the second node controller does not exist, generating and sending an invalid response packet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a first node controller, a first packet, comprising a snoop packet from a first interface of a processor connected to the first node controller and outside of the first node controller;
acquiring an information directory;
querying, in the information directory, whether a memory address requested by the first packet is occupied by a second node controller, the memory address assigned to a memory device directly connected to the processor connected to the first node controller, and the information directory comprising information about whether the memory address is occupied by the second node controller;
determining the memory address is occupied by the second node controller;
querying node presence information to determine whether the second node controller exists;
generating and sending an invalid response packet when the second node controller does not exist, a destination node identifier (DNID) of the invalid response packet comprising a source node identifier (SNID) of the first packet, and a SNID of the invalid response packet comprising a DNID of the first packet;
modifying, in the information directory, information about the memory address being occupied by the second node controller when the second node controller does not exist; and
releasing the memory address after modifying the information about the memory address being occupied by the second node.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the second node controller exists, the method further comprises:
processing the first packet to generate a second packet; and
sending the second packet to a third interface of the second node controller.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the memory address is not occupied by the second node controller and when the first packet is the snoop packet, the method further comprises:
generating the invalid response packet; and
sending the invalid response packet to the first interface.

4. A first node controller comprising:
a first processor configured to:
receive a first packet from a first interface of a second processor connected to the first node controller and outside of the first node controller;
acquire an information directory;
query, in the information directory, whether a memory address requested by the first packet is occupied by a second node controller, the memory address is assigned to a memory device directly connected to the second processor connected the first node controller, and the information directory comprising information about whether the memory address is occupied by the second node controller;

determine the memory address is occupied by the second node controller;
query node presence information to determine whether the second node controller exists;
generate and send an invalid response packet when the second node controller does not exist, a destination node identifier (DNID) of the invalid response packet comprising a source node identifier (SNID) of the first packet, and an SNID of the invalid response packet comprising a DNID of the first packet,
modify, in the information directory, information about the memory address being occupied by the second node controller when the second node controller does not exist; and
release the memory address after modifying the information about the memory address being occupied by the second node.

5. The node controller according to claim 4 , wherein when the second node controller exists, the first processor is further configured to:
process the first packet to generate a second packet; and
send the second packet to a third interface of the second node controller.

6. The node controller according to claim 4 , wherein when the memory address is not occupied by the second node controller and when the first packet is the snoop packet, the first processor is further configured to:
generate an invalid response packet; and
send the invalid response packet to the second interface.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed cause a first node controller to:
receive a first packet from a first interface of a processor connected to the first node controller and outside of the first node controller;
acquire an information directory;
query, in the information directory, whether a memory address requested by the first packet is occupied by a second node controller, the memory address assigned to a memory device directly connected to the processor connected to the first node controller, and the information directory comprising information about whether the memory address is occupied by the second node controller;
determine the memory address is occupied by the second node controller;
query node presence information to determine whether the second node controller exists;
generate and send an invalid response packet when the second node controller does not exist, a destination node identifier (DNID) of the invalid response packet comprising a source node identifier (SNID) of the first packet, and an SNID of the invalid response packet comprising a DNID of the first packet;
modify, in the information directory, information about the memory address being occupied by the second node controller when the second node controller does not exist; and
release the memory address after modifying the information about the memory address being occupied by the second node.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Gongyi
• Chen Ben
• Zhao Yafei

Classifications

• G06F2212/1048

  Scalability · CPC title

• G06F12/0831

  using a bus scheme, e.g. with bus monitoring or watching means · CPC title

• G06F12/0817

  using directory methods · CPC title

• G06F12/0813

  with a network or matrix configuration · CPC title

• G06F9/54 Primary

  Interprogram communication · CPC title