公开(公告)号：US20250086141A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-13

申请号：US18540699

申请日：2023-12-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Meha N. DESAI ,  Eric B. TAMURA ,  Cameron S. BIRSE ,  Jason R. THORPE ,  Madhuree DAYANAND ,  Yair SCHIFF ,  Oded SHOSHANI ,  Idan FISCHMAN

IPC: G06F16/13 ,  G06F16/17

Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for tracking file system (FS) utilization by a plurality of applications. According to some embodiments, a technique can be implemented by a computing device on which the FS is implemented, and includes the steps of (1) receiving, from an application among the plurality of applications, a request to perform an input/output (I/O) operation pertaining to a first FS object, where the request includes a unique identifier (ID) associated with the application, (2) creating or locating, within the FS, the first FS object, (3) performing the I/O operation against the first FS object, (4) creating or locating, within the FS, a second FS object associated with the unique ID, and (5) updating the second FS object to reflect the I/O operation. Other techniques include observing, analyzing, etc., FS utilization by the plurality of applications.

公开(公告)号：US20220291975A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-15

申请号：US17661270

申请日：2022-04-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jason R. THORPE ,  William R. STOUDER-STUDENMUND

IPC: G06F9/54 ,  G06F16/16 ,  H04L67/02 ,  G06F9/451 ,  H04L67/06 ,  G06F3/0482

Abstract: This application sets forth techniques for browsing and accessing files stored by a storage solution. The technique includes the steps of (1) prior to receiving a command to open a file, operating in a user space and engaging a first pathway by (a) instantiating, by an application, a preview application; (b) constructing a file path associated with the file stored in the volume; (c) providing the file path to the preview application; (d) generating, by the preview application, preview data of the file; and (e) receiving, by the preview application, a request to open the file; and (2) in response to receiving the request to open the file, engaging a second pathway to retrieve the file from the volume by: (a) generating, by the preview application, a system call to open the file; and (b) transmitting the system call to a kernel process executing within a kernel space.

公开(公告)号：US20200379828A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16842677

申请日：2020-04-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jason R. THORPE ,  William R. STOUDER-STUDENMUND

IPC: G06F9/54 ,  G06F16/16 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F9/451 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: This application sets forth techniques for browsing and accessing files stored by a storage solution. The technique includes the steps of (1) prior to receiving a command to open a file, operating in a user space and engaging a first pathway by (a) instantiating, by an application, a preview application; (b) constructing a file path associated with the file stored in the volume; (c) providing the file path to the preview application; (d) generating, by the preview application, preview data of the file; and (e) receiving, by the preview application, a request to open the file; and (2) in response to receiving the request to open the file, engaging a second pathway to retrieve the file from the volume by: (a) generating, by the preview application, a system call to open the file; and (b) transmitting the system call to a kernel process executing within a kernel space.