Patent ID: 9477675
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for use in managing file system checking in file systems, the method comprising: evaluating metadata of a file system upon receiving a request to perform file system checking on the file system, wherein evaluating the metadata of the file system includes evaluating information stored in a persistent storage organized for storing information associated with performing file system checking on the file system, wherein the information stored in the persistent storage includes information regarding file system checking performed previously on the file system; based on the evaluation, determining whether file system checking has been performed previously on the file system; and based on the determination, performing file system checking on the file system, wherein performing the file system checking on the file system includes resuming file system checking of the file system by using the information stored in the persistent storage regarding the file system checking performed previously on the file system upon determining that the file system checking performed previously on the file system has not been completed successfully.