Patent ID: 9639554
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computing device comprising a file system and a computer readable storage medium that stores information within a volume on the computer readable storage medium, comprising: the volume, the volume comprising: the file system, when enumerating directory entries during a process of mounting the volume, preventing the volume from being mounted if the file system does not recognize a critical primary directory entry; the file system, after the volume has been mounted, ignoring a benign primary directory entry if the file system does not recognize the benign primary directory entry; the file system, after the volume has been mounted, ignoring a critical secondary directory entry and the primary directory entry with which it is associated if the file system does not recognize the critical secondary directory entry; and the file system, after the volume has been mounted, ignoring a benign secondary directory entry if the file system does not recognize the benign secondary directory entry.