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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2020
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Deepavali M. Bhagwat, Cupertino, CA (US);
Marc Eshel, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Dean Hildebrand, Bellingham, WA (US);
Manoj P. Naik, San Jose, CA (US);
Wayne A. Sawdon, San Jose, CA (US);
Frank B. Schmuck, Campbell, CA (US);
Renu Tewari, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
One embodiment provides a method for storage management in a hierarchical file system that includes creating a structure for the hierarchical file system including a top-file system and sub-file systems that each include files and directories. Directories for the sub-file systems of the hierarchical file system are tracked. A request for creation of a unique directory in the hierarchical file system is received. Upon a request by a particular sub-file system for more inodes without any inodes available, inode numbers are revoked from at least one other sub-file system having unused inodes.