Patent ID: 9015353
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor perform a method, the method comprising: intercepting, in a user-level of a host, an open file request (OFR) for a file issued by an application to a file system (FS); forwarding the OFR to the FS, wherein the FS is located in the user-level and the OFR is forwarded to the FS via a kernel module in a kernel-level of the host; receiving from the FS, in response to the OFR, a file descriptor (FD) for the file; issuing a status request (SR) for the file to the FS, wherein the SR comprises the file descriptor; receiving from the FS, in response to the SR, status information for a target device on which the file is located, wherein the status information comprises an object identified (OID) for the file, wherein the target device is external to the host; storing a mapping of FD to the OID; after storing the mapping of the FD to the OID: