Patent ID: 8495091
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a first agent to transmit an outgoing request for data; and a route back table to store information in an entry of the route back table in response to the outgoing request for data, wherein the stored information is to comprise a request identifier and a destination identifier corresponding to the outgoing request of data, wherein, upon receipt of returned data in response to the outgoing request for data, the request identifier is to be used as an index and the destination identifier is to be used as a tag into the route back table, wherein the returned data is to be directly sent to the first agent in response to a determination that the entry is valid and the tag matches, and wherein the returned data is to be indirectly sent to the first agent in response to one or more of: a tag mismatch, the request indicating that data be returned indirectly, a read collision, a write collision, and a destination not being a current socket.