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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2010
Nagaraj Shyam, Cupertino, CA (US);
Craig Keatley Harmer, San Francisco, CA (US);
George Matthew, Belmont, CA (US);
Nagaraj Shyam, Cupertino, CA (US);
Craig Keatley Harmer, San Francisco, CA (US);
George Matthew, Belmont, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A list of data structures (e.g., inodes) can be accessed, and the data structures in the list can be examined. If a data structure is examined, a counter value associated with the data structure is changed to a generation number that is associated with the examination. Subsequently, the counter values can be used to identify unreferenced data structures. More specifically, the counter value for an unreferenced data structure will be different from the generation number for the most recently performed examination.