Providing multi-request arbitration grant policies for time-sensitive arbitration decisions in processor-based devices

A method for providing multi-request arbitration grant policies, comprising:

• selecting, by an arbitration circuit of a processor-based device, a first request tracker entry of a plurality of request tracker entries of a request tracker circuit to apply a multi-request arbitration grant policy, wherein the first request tracker entry is associated with a transaction comprising a plurality of linked requests;
• determining a count N of the plurality of linked requests associated with the first request tracker entry;
• determining a count R of resource elements that are available of a plurality of resource elements of an arbitrated resource;
• determining that the count R of resource elements that are available is equal to or greater than N;
• and
• responsive to determining that the count R of resource elements that are available is equal to or greater than N, issuing a single arbitration grant for the plurality of linked requests associated with the first request tracker entry to the request tracker circuit.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a processor of a processor-based device to:

• select a first request tracker entry of a plurality of request tracker entries of a request tracker circuit to apply a multi-request arbitration grant policy, wherein the first request tracker entry is associated with a transaction comprising a plurality of linked requests;
• determine a count N of the plurality of linked requests associated with the first request tracker entry;
• determine a count R of resource elements that are available of a plurality of resource elements of an arbitrated resource;
• determine whether the count R of resource elements that are available is equal to or greater than N;
• and
• responsive to determining that the count R of resource elements that are available is equal to or greater than N, issue a single arbitration grant for the plurality of linked requests associated with the first request tracker entry to the request tracker circuit.