Journal-less recovery for nested crash-consistent storage systems
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPrasenjit Sarkar, Mohit Saxena
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Abstract
A method for storing and recovering data for a file system includes a write process that performs a write instruction for data that includes atomically updating corresponding data blocks and metadata-links on a storage medium. The metadata-links contain links from data blocks to parent metadata blocks and links from metadata blocks to the parent metadata blocks. A journal-less recovery process that detects one or more inconsistencies for file system blocks comprising data blocks or metadata blocks upon a system failure based on one or more comparisons of information for the file system blocks.
Claims20
A method for storing and recovering data for a file system comprising:
- a write process that performs a write instruction for data that includes atomically updating corresponding data blocks and metadata-links on a storage medium, wherein the metadata-links contain links from data blocks to parent metadata blocks, links from child metadata blocks to the parent metadata blocks, and a link comprises a pointer to a memory address, an inode number and an offset;
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- a journal-less recovery process for detecting one or more inconsistencies for file system blocks comprising file system data blocks or file system metadata blocks upon a system failure based on multiple different types of comparisons of information for the file system blocks.
A computer program product for storing and recovering data for a file system, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage device having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a processor to:
- perform a write instruction for data that includes atomically updating corresponding data blocks and metadata-links on a storage medium, wherein the metadata-links contain links from data blocks to parent metadata blocks, links from child metadata blocks to the parent metadata blocks, and a link comprises a pointer to a memory address, an inode number and offset;
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- detect one or more inconsistencies for file system blocks comprising file system data blocks or file system metadata blocks upon a system failure based on multiple different types of comparisons of information for the file system blocks.
A system comprising:
- a file system including a primary storage device;
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- a write process that performs a write instruction for data that includes atomically updating corresponding data blocks and metadata-links on a storage medium, wherein the metadata-links contain links from data blocks to parent metadata blocks, links from child metadata blocks to the parent metadata blocks, and a link comprises a pointer to a memory address, an inode number and offset;
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- a recovery process that provides journal-less recovery based on detecting one or more inconsistencies for file system blocks comprising file system data blocks or file system metadata blocks upon a system failure based on multiple different type of comparisons of information for the file system blocks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.