MEMORY SYSTEM AND MEMORY CONTROLLER

• US 20150261631A1
• Filed: 07/16/2014
• Published: 09/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: KURIHARA, Junji
• Application Number:
  US14/332,560
• Publication Number:
  US 20150261631A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/073 in a memory management context, e.g. virtual memory or cache management memory management G06F12/00; testing of static memory units G11C29/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0793 Remedial or corrective actions recovery from an exception in an instruction pipeline G06F9/3861; by retry G06F11/1402; for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity H04L69/40

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a table management unit having a command information table, a data buffer configured to save second data obtained by dividing first data, a tag buffer configured to save a second tag corresponding to the second data and a data discarding unit configured to read the second data in the data buffer and transfer the read second data to a host. The memory system further includes a control unit configured to set the discard flag corresponding to the read command when an error occurs, and an entry processing unit configured to cause, when the table management unit acquires the second tag and a first discard flag of a first entry is set, the data discarding unit to discard third data, the first entry corresponding to the acquired second tag and being registered in the command information table.

Claims

1. A memory system comprising:

a non-volatile storage unit;

a table management unit including a command information table which register a entry including a first tag and a discard flag, both of the first tag and the discard flag corresponding to a read command received from a host;

a data buffer configured to save, in FIFO mode, second data obtained by dividing first data in predetermined units, the first data being read from the non-volatile storage unit based on the read command;

a tag buffer configured to save, in FIFO mode, a second tag corresponding to the second data saved in the data buffer;

a data discarding unit configured to read the second data in the data buffer and transfer the read second data to the host;

a control unit configured to set the discard flag corresponding to the read command when an error occurs during reading of data from the non-volatile storage unit based on the read command; and

an entry processing unit configured to cause, when the table management unit acquires the second tag from the tag buffer and a first discard flag of a first entry is set, the data discarding unit to discard third data, the third data being data read from the data buffer and corresponding to the acquired second tag, the first entry corresponding to the acquired second tag and being registered in the command information table.

2. The memory system according to claim 1, wherein when the error occurs, the entry processing unit causes the data discarding unit to stop the transfer of the second data, and causes the table management unit to stop the acquisition of the second tag from the buffer.

3. The memory system according to claim 2, wherein after the control unit set the discard flag, the control unit permits the entry processing unit to cause the data discarding unit to resume the transmission of the second data.

4. The memory system according to claim 1, wherein

the discard flag is a Verify flag indicating the process result of a Verify command.

5. The memory system according to claim 4, wherein

the Verify command is sent from the host and based on a SCSI standard.

6. The memory system according to claim 4, wherein

the Verify command is sent from the host and based on a SAS standard.

7. The memory system according to claim 1, wherein

the entry includes a size of untransferred data, the untransferred data being to be transferred to the host based on the read command corresponding to the entry, and

the entry processing unit causes the table management unit to subtract the predetermined unit from the size included in the entry when the table management unit acquires the second tag from the tag buffer.

8. The memory system according to claim 1, wherein the error is an error caused by error correction or the receipt of a read stop instruction command from the host.

9. The memory system according to claim 1, further comprising an internal buffer configured to save, in FIFO mode, the first data together with a forth tag, the forth tag corresponding to the read command, wherein

the data buffer receives the first data from the internal buffer, and

the tag buffer receives a forth tag from the internal buffer.

10. The memory system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a link layer unit; and

a physical layer unit, wherein

the second data transferred from the data discarding unit is converted into data in a format of a link layer in the link layer unit, converted into data in a format of a physical layer in the physical layer unit, and transmitted to the host.

11. A memory controller comprising:

a table management unit including a command information table which register a entry including a first tag and a discard flag, both of the first tag and the discard flag corresponding to a read command received from a host;

a data buffer configured to save, in FIFO mode, second data obtained by dividing first data in predetermined units, the first data being read from a non-volatile storage unit based on the read command;

a tag buffer configured to save, in FIFO mode, a second tag corresponding to the second data saved in the data buffer;

a data discarding unit configured to read the second data in the data buffer and transfer the read second data to the host;

a control unit configured to set the discard flag corresponding to the read command when an error occurs during reading of data from the non-volatile storage unit based on the read command; and

an entry processing unit configured to cause, when the table management unit acquires the second tag from the tag buffer and a first discard flag of a first entry is set, the data discarding unit to discard third data, the third data being data read from the data buffer and corresponding to the acquired second tag, the first entry corresponding to the acquired second tag and being registered in the command information table.

12. The memory controller according to claim 11, wherein when the error occurs, the entry processing unit causes the data discarding unit to stop the transfer of the second data, and causes the table management unit to stop the acquisition of the second tag from the buffer.

13. The memory controller according to claim 12, wherein after the control unit set the discard flag, the control unit permits the entry processing unit to cause the data discarding unit to resume the transmission of the second data.

14. The memory controller according to claim 11, wherein

the discard flag is a Verify flag indicating the process result of a Verify command.

15. The memory controller according to claim 14, wherein

the Verify command is sent from the host and based on a SCSI standard.

16. The memory controller according to claim 14, wherein

the Verify command is sent from the host and based on a SAS standard.

17. The memory controller according to claim 11, wherein

the entry includes a size of untransferred data, the untransferred data being to be transferred to the host based on the read command corresponding to the entry, and

the entry processing unit causes the table management unit to subtract the predetermined unit from the size included in the entry when the table management unit acquires the second tag from the tag buffer.

18. The memory controller according to claim 11, wherein the error is an error caused by error correction or the receipt of a read stop instruction command from the host.

19. The memory controller according to claim 11, further comprising an internal buffer configured to save, in FIFO mode, the first data together with a forth tag, the forth tag corresponding to the read command, wherein

the data buffer receives the first data from the internal buffer, and

the tag buffer receives a forth tag from the internal buffer.

20. The memory controller according to claim 11, further comprising:

a link layer unit; and

a physical layer unit, wherein

the second data transferred from the data discarding unit is converted into data in a format of a link layer in the link layer unit, converted into data in a format of a physical layer in the physical layer unit, and transmitted to the host.