Patent ID: 11941104
Assignee: RED HAT, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A system, comprising:
a memory; and
a processing device, coupled to the memory, the processing device to:
receive a request to run an executable file of an application, wherein the application is executed in a user space;
in response to receiving the request, determine a first extended attribute value associated with the executable file of the application;
determine a shared working directory specified by the first extended attribute value, wherein the shared working directory is a directory of a file system shared by the application and a parent application of the application;
determine, in a kernel space, a second extended attribute value associated with the shared working directory;
determine whether the first extended attribute value conflicts with the second extended attribute value; and
responsive to the first extended attribute value not conflicting with the second extended attribute value, associate the shared working directory with a process running the application.