Patent ID: 8572039
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer system comprising: a computer processor; and logic instructions on tangible computer readable storage media and executable by the computer processor to cause the computer processor to: configure a monitoring process to include a file system representation (FSR) of a file system, the FSR comprising a plurality of nodes, each node corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of elements of the file system, wherein the FSR is associated with a memory to cache information associated with at least a first element of the file system, wherein the cached information includes an indication of a type of operation that would render the cached information invalid; receive a notification of a change to the first element of the file system; and process the FSR in response to the change, wherein the processing includes deleting, based on the indication, the cached information in response to the change that involves a modification of the first element.