Patent ID: 11971863
Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
mounting within an operating system a user space file system at a mount point within a file hierarchy that is maintained by the operating system, wherein the mounting includes:
specifying a plurality of function handlers for handling a plurality of POSIX file system commands for which POSIX defines POSIX file system operations;
starting a controlling process that executes within a user space of the operating system to execute one or more the plurality of function handlers;

the operating system receiving a first POSIX file system command directed at the mounting point; and
in response to the operating system receiving the first POSIX file system command, the user space handler executing a function handler associated with the first POSIX file system command to perform an overloaded file system operation that is different than a respective POSIX file system operation of the first POSIX file system command.