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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2021
Virtuozzo International Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Stanislav Kinsburskiy, Moscow, RU;
Alexey Kobets, Seattle, WA (US);
Virtuozzo International GmbH, Schaffhausen, CH;
Abstract
A system and method is provided for switching file systems based on an instruction from a user application. An exemplary method includes receiving an instruction from a user application to replace a first file system by a second file system, identifying and temporarily suspending all processes that are working with one or more files on the first file system, obtaining information about all files that are used by a temporarily suspended process, the obtained information including at least information on corresponding memory mappings or file descriptors, replacing resources of the first file system by matching resources of the second file system, synchronizing attributes of the first and second file systems, and resuming execution of suspended processes.