Persistent file handle object container memory expiry
Abstract:
A method for managing persistent file handles includes starting an expiry timer and creating a Persistent File Handle (PHDL) container for storing extended file attributes including, a generation number (GN), a share GN (SGN), a previous SGN, and a timeout max value for an expiry timer, where a SGN is a timestamp of a volume migration or an online creation in relation to the expiry timer. The method additionally includes creating a PHDL iterator to update the SGNs for every volume exported to clients, volumes created online or for a restarting of a network-share service on a server. The method further includes triggering a clean-up of stale PHDL containers from a server memory based on a difference of the new SGN and the previous SGN being greater than the timeout maximum number else preserving the PHDL object container and updating the well-known key value.
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