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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
May. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wenguang Wang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yunshan Lu, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0649 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0611 (2013.01); G06F 3/0643 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01);
Abstract
A virtual file system and method for performing virtual file system operations uses a vnode descriptor to access a vnode for a vnode operation. If the vnode is not found in a vnode cache using the vnode descriptor, the vnode is reconstructed using information regarding the vnode found outside of the vnode cache using the vnode descriptor.