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Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Huzefa Pancha, Pune, IN;

Abhishek Jain, Baraut, IN;

Sasikanth Eda, Vijayawada, IN;

Karthik Iyer, Bangalore, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/2365 (2019.01); G06F 9/3009 (2013.01); G06F 9/5027 (2013.01); G06F 16/2282 (2019.01); G06F 16/2343 (2019.01);
Abstract

Provided is a method for performing a file system consistency check. The method comprises calculating, by a first thread that does not have access to an inode table, file block addresses for one or more files to be checked by the thread. The method further comprises collecting validity information for the one or more files. The method further comprises reading information relating to the one or more files from the inode table. The reading is performed in response to the thread being given access to the inode table after the calculating operation. The method further comprises validating the information by comparing the information from the inode table to the validity information.


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