Access device, information recording device, information recording system, file management method, and program

An information recording device including a nonvolatile memory storing file data, wherein

• the file data is managed in units of fixed-length blocks, and
• the nonvolatile memory stores an extent information entry, a file allocation table, and an entry group, the extent information entry including, as management information for a continuous area including one or more fixed-length blocks, information for identifying at least a position and a size of the continuous area, the file allocation table managing information indicating a link between the fixed-length blocks, and the entry group being generated for a single file and internally including one or more fixed-length entries storing management information including information about a name and a size of the file and information about a checksum of the one or more fixed-length entries, and
• (1) the extent information entry is stored into an area that is external to the entry group and is included in an extent area formed by a fixed-length block,
• (2) the entry croup includes an extent area designation entry including information for identifying a position and a size of the extent area, and
• (3) the information recording device, when accessing a file, controls access to the file based on the extent area designation entry and the extent area extent information entry when the entry croup corresponding to the file includes the extent area designation entry, and the information recording device, when accessing a file, controls access to the file based on the file allocation table when the entry croup corresponding to the file includes no extent area designation entry.

An information recording system including an information recording device including a nonvolatile memory storing file data and an access device that accesses the information recording device, wherein

• the file data is managed in units of fixed-length blocks, and
• the nonvolatile memory stores an extent information entry, a file allocation table, and an entry group, the extent information entry including, as management information for a continuous area including one or more fixed-length blocks, information for identifying at least a position and a size of the continuous area, the file allocation table managing information indicating a link between the fixed-length blocks, and the entry group being generated for a single file and internally including one or more fixed-length entries storing management information including information about a name and a size of the file and information about a checksum of the one or more fixed-length entries,
• the access device includes a file system control unit that manages a file stored in the nonvolatile memory using information stored in the nonvolatile memory,
• (1) the extent information entry is stored into an area that is external to the entry group and is included in an extent area formed by a fixed-length block,
• (2) the entry group includes an extent area designation entry including information for identifying a position and a size of the extent area, and
• (3) the file system control unit includes
• an extensible file processing unit that, when accessing a file, controls access to the file based on the extent area designation entry and the extent area extent information entry when the entry group corresponding to the file includes the extent area designation entry, and
• a normal file processing unit that, when accessing a file, controls access to the file based on the file allocation table when the entry group corresponding to the file includes no extent area designation entry.

A file management method using a nonvolatile memory storing file data, the method comprising:

• managing a file using an extent information entry, a file allocation table, and an entry group, the extent information entry managing the file data in units of fixed-length blocks and including, as management information for a continuous area including one or more fixed-length blocks, information for identifying at least a position and a size of the continuous area, the file allocation table managing information indicating a link between the fixed-length blocks, and the entry group being generated for a single file and internally including one or more fixed-length entries storing management information including information about a name and a size of the file and information about a checksum of the one or more fixed-length entries,
• wherein the entry group includes an extent area designation entry including information for identifying a position and a size of the extent area,
• wherein the extent information entry is stored into an area that is external to the entry group and is included in an extent area formed by a fixed-length block,
• wherein when accessing a file, a control processing to access to the file based on the extent area designation entry and the extent area extent information entry is performed when the entry group corresponding to the file includes the extent area designation entry, and when accessing a file, a controls processing to access to the file based on the file allocation table is performed when the entry group corresponding to the file includes no extent area designation entry.