Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Control technique
Patent
1998-12-04
2000-07-18
Shin, Christopher B.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Control technique
707202, 707205, 711152, G06F 1200
Patent
active
060921633
ABSTRACT:
A filter driver for implementing disk space quotas is described. Quota limits on disk space taken up by files in the file system are established for users and directories, and an internal database is established to track quotas against actual disk space utilization. A driver in accordance with the invention uses kernel resources of the operating system to prevent execution of file system I/O operations which would violate any established quota. In doing so, the driver executes a logic in kernel mode which serializes file allocation operations and also serializes access to the internal database. The first step in this logic is to intercept file system I/O requests before they reach the file system driver. Then the driver determines prospectively--before the I/O request is completed--whether any quota would be exceeded by completion of the I/O request. If a quota would be exceeded, completion of the I/O request is blocked and an error status is issued. If a quota would not be exceeded, the I/O request is allowed to complete and the driver's internal database is updated with revised disk space utilization data.
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Husain Najaf S.
Kyler Daniel B.
Christofferson Clyde R.
Shin Christopher B.
W. Quinn Associates, Inc.
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