Efficient conflict resolution among stateless processes

A system for efficient conflict resolution among stateless processes, comprising:

• a display device;
• and
• a processor connected to the display device and configured to:
• receive a file system view request associated with a file system stored on a storage unit;
• determine a conflict resolution mechanism for handling conflicting processes on the file system, wherein to determine the conflict resolution mechanism comprises obtaining one or more conflict resolution policies that is stored on a storage connected to the one or more processors, and determining the conflict resolution mechanism based at least in part on the one or more conflict resolution policies;
• receive a file system operational request to interact with the file system;
• in response to receiving the file system operational request, determine whether the operational request is valid including by using a state machine associated with the file system to check the validity of the operational request based at least in part on a current state of the file system;
• in the event that the operational request is determined to correspond to a valid request, perform the operational request on the file system;
• and
• in the event that the operational request is determined to correspond to an invalid request, use the determined conflict resolution mechanism to determine whether to terminate or perform the operational request on the file system.

A computer program product for efficient conflict resolution among stateless processes, comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having program instructions embodied therein for:

• receiving, at a process manager, a file system view request associated with a file system stored on a storage unit;
• determining a conflict resolution mechanism for handling conflicting processes on the file system, wherein determining the conflict resolution mechanism comprises obtaining one or more conflict resolution policies that is stored on a storage connected to the one or more processors, and determining the conflict resolution mechanism based at least in part on the one or more conflict resolution policies;
• receiving, at the process manager, a file system operational request to interact with the file system;
• in response to receiving the file system operational request, determining whether the operational request is valid including by using a state machine associated with the file system to check the validity of the operational request based at least in part on a current state of the file system;
• in the event that the operational request is determined to correspond to a valid request, performing the operational request on the file system;
• and
• in the event that the operational request is determined to correspond to an invalid request, using the determined conflict resolution mechanism to determine whether to terminate or perform the operational request on the file system.