Patent ID: 9665581
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for use in managing file system checking, the method comprising: creating a logical volume from a set of unused file system blocks, wherein respective one or more unused file system blocks residing between respective metadata and data stored in each cylinder group of a set of equal sized cylinder groups of a file system are organized to create the set of unused file system blocks, wherein a logical address space of the file system is apportioned into the set of equal sized cylinder groups, each cylinder group of the set of equal sized cylinder groups includes a set of file system blocks configured to store metadata and data of the file system; allocating a logical space from the logical volume, wherein the logical space is used to create a set of logical objects for storing information, wherein the information is required to perform file system checking on the file system; and performing file system checking on the file system, wherein performing file system checking on the file system includes determining an inconsistency in metadata of the file system.