	US 12,189,533 B1
	Dynamic extension and de-allocation of cache coherence snoop filter entry
Eric Francis Robinson, Raleigh, NC (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/340,359.
Int. Cl. G06F 12/0831 (2016.01); G06F 12/0891 (2016.01)

CPC G06F 12/0831 (2013.01) [G06F 12/0891 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method comprising:

selecting a physical SFT entry to be victimized, the physical SFT entry being one of a base SFT entry and an extra SFT entry of a logical SFT entry in a snoop filter (SFT); and

consolidating the base SFT entry and the extra SFT entry into one physical entry.