Storage module and method for processing an abort command

A method for performing a virtual abort, the method comprising:

• performing the following in a storage module having a memory, a host interface module, a buffer pool, and a data path between the memory and the host interface module, the buffer pool configured at the end of the data path, the storage module configured to communicate with a host via the host interface module, wherein the data path comprises at least one processing module:
• receiving a read command from the host to read data from the memory;
• in response to receiving the read command, starting to perform a read operation, wherein the read operation comprises reading the data from the memory, processing the data by the at least one processing module as the data moves along the data path, loading the data into the buffer pool upon being processed by the at least one processing module, and then providing the data to the host via the host interface module;
• receiving an abort command to abort the read command before the data is loaded in the buffer pool at the end of the data path and provided to the host;
• and
• in response to receiving the abort command before the data is loaded in the buffer pool, allowing the data associated with the read command that is read from the memory to be processed by the at least one processing module of the data path and loaded in the buffer pool for transmission by the host interface module to the host, but preventing the host interface module from providing the data to the host.