Controlled early response in master-slave systems

An apparatus, comprising:

• a master device configured to transmit a plurality of transaction requests;
• a slave device configured to:
• receive the plurality of transaction requests from a master device for the slave device to execute and respond;
• determine whether a response criterion is met based on a number of the plurality of transaction requests that have been executed and a number of response messages transmitted to the master device for the plurality of transaction requests;
• while the response criterion is met, proceed with transmitting response messages for the plurality of transaction requests;
• and
• while the response criterion is not met, refrain from transmitting response messages for any of the plurality of transaction requests;
• and
• a socket interface coupling the master device with the slave device via which the plurality of transaction requests and response messages are transmitted.

A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:

• instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a slave device, cause the at least one processor to:
• receive a plurality of transaction requests from a master device for the slave device to execute and respond;
• determine whether a response criterion is met based on a number of the plurality of transaction requests that have been executed and a number of response messages transmitted to the master device for the plurality of transaction requests;
• while the response criterion is met, proceed with transmitting response messages for the plurality of transaction requests;
• and
• while the response criterion is not met, refrain from transmitting response messages for any of the plurality of transaction requests.