System and method performing an on-line check of a file system

Details System and method performing an on-line check of a file system System and method performing an on-line check of a file system

2004-09-23

2010-06-08

Breene, John E (Department: 2162)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Data integrity

Checking consistency

C707S687000, C707S821000, C707S822000, C707S999001, C707S999010, C709S217000, C714S001000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07734597

ABSTRACT:
A system and method for performing an on-line check of a file system modifies various function calls within a file system layer of a storage operating system so that each time the particular inode is retrieved using the modified function calls, a check is performed on the inode and associated buffer trees before returning the requested inode to the calling process.

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