Non-posted write transactions for a computer bus
Systems and devices can include a controller and a command queue to buffer incoming write requests into the device. The controller can receive, from a client across a link, a non-posted write request (e.g., a deferred memory write (DMWr) request) in a transaction layer packet (TLP) to the command queue; determine that the command queue can accept the DMWr request; identify, from the TLP, a successful completion (SC) message that indicates that the DMWr request was accepted into the command queue; and transmit, to the client across the link, the SC message that indicates that the DMWr request was accepted into the command queue. The controller can receive a second DMWr request in a second TLP; determine that the command queue is full; and transmit a memory request retry status (MRS) message to be transmitted to the client in response to the command queue being full.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a controller;
a non-volatile memory; and
a command queue to buffer incoming write requests into the non-volatile memory from multiple clients;
the controller to:
receive, from a client across a link, a non-posted write request in a transaction layer packet (TLP) to the command queue, wherein the non-posted write request comprises a Deferrable Memory Write (DMWr) request message, wherein the TLP comprises a type field that indicates that the non-posted write request is a DMWr request, the type field comprising a [4:0] b encoding of 11011;
determine that the command queue can accept the non-posted write request;
generate a completion message;
set a bit in a completion status field of the completion message to a value that indicates a successful completion (SC) that indicates that the non-posted write request was accepted into the command queue; and
transmit, to the client across the link, the completion message with the SC that indicates that the non-posted write request was accepted into the command queue.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , the controller to:
receive a second non-posted write request in a second TLP;
determine that the command queue is full;
generate a completion message;
set a bit in a completion status field of the completion message to a value that indicates a memory request retry status (MRS) that indicates that the command queue is full; and
transmit the completion message that includes the MRS to the client across the link;
wherein the encoding for the MRS comprises a [2:0] b encoding of 101.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 , the controller to:
receive a third TLP comprising a retry of the second non-posted write request;
determine that the command queue can accept the second non-posted write request;
generate a completion message;
set a bit in a completion status field of the completion message to a value that indicates an SC that indicates that the non-posted write request was accepted into the command queue; and
transmit the completion message with the SC to the client across the link.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus comprises an input/output device.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the TLP comprises a completion field that indicates completion without data for an acknowledged memory write completion.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the link is based on a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) protocol.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the completion message comprises a [2:0] b encoding of 000 to indicate the SC.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein apparatus comprises a hardware accelerator.
9. A system comprising:
a host device comprising a port residing at the host device, the port to transmit a transaction layer packet (TLP) comprising a non-posted write request to the I/O device across a link, wherein the non-posted write request comprises a Deferrable Memory Write (DMWr) request message, wherein the TLP comprises a type field that indicates that the non-posted write request is a DMWr request, the type field comprising a [4:0] b encoding of 11011; and
an input/output (I/O) device coupled to the port across the link, the I/O device to:
receive the TLP comprising the non-posted write request from across the link,
determine that a command queue has space available to accept the non-posted write request,
generate a completion message;
set a completion status of the completion message to Successful Completion (SC) that indicates that the non-posted write request was accepted into the command queue, and
transmit the completion message to the port;
the port to transmit the SC message to a link partner of the host device.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the non-posted write request is a first non-posted write request;
the port to transmit a second TLP comprising a second non-posted write request to the I/O device;
the I/O device to:
receive the second non-posted write request,
determine that the command queue at the I/O device is full,
generate a completion message with a completion status bits set to memory request retry status (MRS), the MRS encoded as [2:0] b having a value of 101 and
transmit to the port across the link the completion message;
the port to forward the message that indicates the retry of the non-posted write request to a link partner of the I/O device.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the completion message comprises a [2:0] b encoding of 000 to indicate the SC.
12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the non-posted write request is a first non-posted write request.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the port is a first port, the host device comprising a second port, the second port comprising an egress blocking enabled, the second port to:
receive a second non-posted write request from a link partner; and
transmit a completion message that comprises a status of unsupported request status identifier.
14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the I/O device is to:
receive a second non-posted write request, the second non-posted write request comprising a transaction layer packet that is corrupted; and
transmit a completion message that includes an unsupported request status indicator to the first port.
15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the I/O device is to:
receive a second non-posted write request;
determine that the second non-posted write request comprises an uncorrectable error; and
transmit a completer abort message to the port.
16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the I/O device is to:
receive a second non-posted write request;
determine that the second non-posted write request comprises an unsupported type or operand; and
transmit a completion message with an unsupported request status indicator to the port.
17. The system of claim 9 , wherein the I/O device comprises an accelerator device.
18. The system of claim 9 , wherein the command queue comprises a shared work queue (SWQ) and the non-posted write request is received at the SWQ of the I/O device.
19. The system of claim 9 , wherein the link is based on a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) protocol.
20. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, at an input/output (I/O) device from a client across a link, a non-posted write request in a transaction layer packet (TLP) to the command queue, wherein the non-posted write request comprises an Deferrable Memory Write (DMWr) request message, wherein the TLP comprises a type field that indicates that the non-posted write request is a DMWr request, the type field comprising a [4:0] b encoding of 11011;
determining, by a controller of the I/O device, that the command queue can accept the non-posted write request;
generating a completion message with a completion status bit set to successful completion (SC); and
transmitting, to the client across the link, the completion message.
21. The method of claim 20 , further comprising:
receiving, at the I/O device, a second non-posted write request in a second TLP;
determining, by a controller of the I/O device, that the command queue is full;
generating a completion message with a completion status bit set to memory request retry status (MRS); and
transmitting, to the client across the link, the completion message.
22. The method of claim 21 , further comprising:
receiving a third TLP comprising a retry of the second non-posted write request;
determining that the command queue can accept the second non-posted write request;
generating a completion message with a completion status bit set to SC; and
transmitting, to the client across the link, the completion message.
23. The method of claim 20 , further comprising:
receiving a second non-posted write request;
determining that the second non-posted write request comprises an uncorrectable error; and
transmit a completer abort message to the link partner.
24. The method of claim 20 , further comprising:
receiving a second non-posted write request;
determining that the non-posted write request comprises an unsupported type or operand; and
transmitting a completion message with an unsupported request status indicator to the link partner.
25. The method of claim 20 , wherein the completion message comprises a [2:0] b encoding of 000 to indicate the SC.