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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2011
Applicants:
Itay Dar, Rishon le zion, IL;
Jacob Cherian, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Itay Dar, Rishon le zion, IL;
Jacob Cherian, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 16/13 (2019.01); G06F 16/14 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/13 (2019.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0643 (2013.01); G06F 16/14 (2019.01);
Abstract
A system and method for efficient inode enumeration is disclosed. The system and method for enumerating inodes, comprises locating one or more inode files associated with the file system. For each of the one or more inode files, determining a physical address range for each inode within the inode file. The system and method further comprises creating a list of the physical address range for each of the inodes within the one or more inode files. The system and method comprises sorting the list based on physical addresses of the inodes.