Patent ID: 9110917
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a processing device that executes a server in a network file system, a first file access request from a client in the network file system for accessing a file in the network file system, wherein the first file access request comprises a file handle for the file, and wherein the file handle comprises a unique identifier for the file; in response to receiving the first file access request, creating and assigning, by the server, a simulated file descriptor to the file without issuing a file open request to an operating system to open the file to create an actual file descriptor, wherein the simulated file descriptor is not provided by a kernel of the operating system; associating, by the server, the simulated file descriptor with the file handle; in response to receiving a second file access request comprising the simulated file descriptor: