Patents by Inventor Mahesh Shivanagouda Hiregoudar

Mahesh Shivanagouda Hiregoudar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • File system hinting
    Patent number: 8825724
    Abstract: A method for generating and communicating file system hints. The method may include receiving an I/O request from a file system layer and checking the I/O request for file system contextual information. The method may also include accessing the file system layer to determine attributes of the file system contextual information and receiving the attributes of the file system contextual information from the file system layer. The method may further include analyzing attributes of the file system contextual information and generating a hint based upon analyzing the attributes of the file system contextual information. The method may include a mechanism to provide weight-age of data passed from the application. The hint may be associated with the I/O request, and the hint may comprise hotness information to increase efficiency of data accessibility at a lower level storage tier. The method may include sending the hint to the lower level storage tier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Rebanta Mitra, Mahesh Shivanagouda Hiregoudar, Anantha Keerthi Banavara Ramaswamy
  • FILE SYSTEM HINTING
    Publication number: 20130262533
    Abstract: A method for generating and communicating file system hints. The method may include receiving an I/O request from a file system layer and checking the I/O request for file system contextual information. The method may also include accessing the file system layer to determine attributes of the file system contextual information and receiving the attributes of the file system contextual information from the file system layer. The method may further include analyzing attributes of the file system contextual information and generating a hint based upon analyzing the attributes of the file system contextual information. The method may include a mechanism to provide weight-age of data passed from the application. The hint may be associated with the I/O request, and the hint may comprise hotness information to increase efficiency of data accessibility at a lower level storage tier. The method may include sending the hint to the lower level storage tier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: LSI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rebanta Mitra, Mahesh Shivanagouda Hiregoudar, Anantha Keerthi Banavara Ramaswamy