Inode reuse systems and methods

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon, computer executable instructions that, when executed by a computer system cause the computer system to perform a method comprising:

• receiving an indication of an operation to be executed with respect to a file, the operation including access to information related to the file;
• assigning an inode from a plurality of inodes to said access based upon a position of the inode in an inode use queue, wherein the indication of the operation is separate from the plurality of inodes;
• determining a type of the operation to be executed by analyzing the received indication of the operation to be executed;
• selecting one of a plurality of predetermined inode reuse scenarios for said inode based on the determined type of the operation to be executed;
• and
• making said inode available for reuse in accordance with said one of said plurality of inode reuse scenarios by placing the inode in the inode use queue,
• wherein when a first one of said plurality of inode reuse scenarios is selected for a first type of operation, the inode is placed at a head queue position of the inode use queue, and wherein when a second one of said plurality of inode reuse scenarios is selected for a second type of operation, the inode is placed in a tail queue position of the inode use queue.

A computer system, comprising:

• a processor coupled to a computer readable storage media and executing computer readable code which causes the computer system to perform operations including:
• receiving an indication of an operation to be executed with respect to a file, the operation including access to information related to the file;
• assigning an inode from a plurality of inodes to said access based upon a position of the inode in an inode use queue, wherein the indication of the operation is separate from the plurality of inodes;
• determining a type of the operation to be executed by analyzing the received indication of the operation to be executed;
• selecting one of a plurality of predetermined inode reuse scenarios for said inode based on the determined type of the operation to be executed;
• and
• making said inode available for reuse in accordance with said one of said plurality of inode reuse scenarios by placing the inode in the inode use queue,
• wherein when a first one of said plurality of inode reuse scenarios is selected for a first type of operation, the inode is placed at a head queue position of the inode use queue, and wherein when a second one of said plurality of inode reuse scenarios is selected for a second type of operation, the inode is placed in a tail queue position of the inode use queue.