Caching error checking data for memory having inline storage configurations

A method comprising:

• detecting a first memory transaction for writing particular primary data to a memory that is storing primary data inline with error checking data generated for the primary data, the primary data being stored on the memory at a range of inline primary data addresses and the error checking data being stored on the memory at a range of inline error checking data addresses, the range of inline primary data addresses not overlapping with the range of inline error checking data addresses;
• generating, based on the first memory transaction, a first write command for writing the particular primary data to the memory at a subrange of inline primary data addresses and a second write command for writing particular error checking data to the memory at a subrange of inline error checking data addresses, the particular error checking data being generated for the particular primary data;
• adding, to a command queue;
• the first write command and the second write command;
• executing one or more commands from the command queue, the executing the one or more commands comprising:
• selecting for execution, from the command queue, the second write command for writing the particular error checking data;
• determining whether another write command, for writing other error checking data to the memory, exists in the command queue, the other write command writing to a same subrange of inline error checking data addresses as the second write command;
• and
• in response to determining that the other write command exists in the command queue;
• canceling the second write command for writing the particular error checking data.

A memory controller comprising:

• an error checking buffer;
• and
• a command queue component for providing a command queue that stores a plurality of memory commands, generated by the memory controller, for timely execution by the memory controller;
• wherein the memory controller uses split addressing to generate memory commands for memory transactions with respect to a memory, the memory controller causes the memory to store primary data inline with error checking data generated for the primary data, the primary data is stored on the memory at a range of inline primary data addresses, the error checking data is stored on the memory at a range of inline error checking data addresses, and the range of inline primary data addresses does not overlap with the range of inline error checking data addresses, and the memory controller performs operations comprising:
• generating, based on a first memory transaction for reading particular primary data stored on the memory, a first read command for reading the particular primary data from the memory and a second read command for reading particular error checking data from the memory, the particular error checking data being stored on the memory and being generated for the particular primary data;
• adding, to the command queue, the first read command and the second read command;
• executing one or more commands from the command queue, the executing the one or more commands comprising:
• selecting for execution, from the command queue, the second read command for reading the particular error checking data;
• determining, based on a comparison of inline error checking data addresses, whether the second read command for reading the particular error checking data hits existing error checking data currently stored in an error checking data buffer, the comparison of inline error checking data addresses comprising comparing an inline error checking data address associated with the second read command with an inline error checking data address associated with the error checking data buffer;
• and
• in response to determining that the second read command for reading the particular error checking data does not hit existing error checking data currently, stored in the error checking data buffer:
• executing the second read command to read the particular error checking data from the memory;
• and
• storing, in the error checking data buffer, the particular error checking data read from the memory.