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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
John D Pape, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Mahesh K Reddy, Austin, TX (US);
Prasanna Utchani Varadharajan, San Jose, CA (US);
Pruthivi Vuyyuru, San Jose, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes multiple processors including respective cache memories, the cache memories configured to cache cache-entries for use by the processors. At least a processor among the processors includes cache management logic that is configured to (i) receive, from one or more of the other processors, cache-invalidation commands that request invalidation of specified cache-entries in the cache memory of the processor (ii) mark the specified cache-entries as intended for invalidation but defer actual invalidation of the specified cache-entries, and (iii) upon detecting a synchronization event associated with the cache-invalidation commands, invalidate the cache-entries that were marked as intended for invalidation.