Patent ID: 7783677
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A tangible computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions, which when executed perform actions, comprising: receiving a request regarding an object of a transactional file system, the request being associated with a transaction and requiring deletion of the object; modifying the state of a node that uniquely represents the object in a data structure used to track a namespace of the transactional file system responsive to receiving the request, wherein modifying the state of the node comprises changing the node from a state in which the node is visible to the transaction to a state in which the node is invisible to the transaction; and responsive to modifying the state of the node, indicating that the node is not usable by a first entity but is usable by a second entity, the first entity being associated with the transaction, the second entity not being associated with the transaction.