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Chapter 10: File-System InterfaceChapter 10: File-System Interface
Adapted to COP4610 by Robert van Engelen
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10.2 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
File ConceptFile Concept
A file is a named collection of related information recorded on secondary storage Secondary storage is usually nonvolatile
Files have contiguous logical address spaces File types:
Data Numeric Text Binary
Program Source Binary object file
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File StructureFile Structure
None - just a sequence of words, bytes Simple record structure
Lines of fixed length or variable length Complex structures for specific use
Formatted document Relocatable load file
Can simulate last two with first method by inserting appropriate control characters and layout requirements
Who decides: Operating system Program (application developer)
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10.4 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
File AttributesFile Attributes
Name – only information kept in human-readable form Identifier – unique tag (number) identifies file within file
system Type – needed for systems that support different types Location – pointer to file location on device Size – current file size Protection – controls who can do reading, writing, executing Time, date, and user identification – data for protection,
security, and usage monitoring
Information about files are kept in the directory structure, which is maintained on the disk
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10.5 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
File OperationsFile Operations
File is an abstract data type with operations Create Write Read Reposition within file Delete Truncate
Open(Fi) – search the directory structure on disk for entry Fi, and move the content of entry to memory
Close(Fi) – move the content of entry Fi in memory to directory structure on disk
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10.6 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
Open FilesOpen Files
Several pieces of data are needed to manage open files: File pointer: pointer to last read/write location, per
process that has the file open File-open count: counter of number of times a file is
open – to allow removal of data from open-file table when last processes closes it
Disk location of the file: cache of data access information
Access rights: per-process access mode information
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10.7 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
Open File LockingOpen File Locking
Provided by some operating systems and file systems
Mediates access to a file
Mandatory or advisory locking: Mandatory – access is denied depending on locks held
and requested Advisory – processes can find status of locks and
decide what to do
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10.8 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
File Locking Example – Java APIFile Locking Example – Java API
import java.io.*;import java.nio.channels.*;public class LockingExample {
public static final boolean EXCLUSIVE = false;public static final boolean SHARED = true;public static void main(String arsg[]) throws IOException {
FileLock sharedLock = null;FileLock exclusiveLock = null;try {
RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile("file.txt", "rw");
// get the channel for the fileFileChannel ch = raf.getChannel();// this locks the first half of the file - exclusiveexclusiveLock = ch.lock(0, raf.length()/2, EXCLUSIVE);/* Now modify the data . . . */// release the lockexclusiveLock.release();
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10.9 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
File Locking Example – Java API (cont)File Locking Example – Java API (cont)
// this locks the second half of the file - sharedsharedLock = ch.lock(raf.length()/2+1, raf.length(),
SHARED);/* Now read the data . . . */// release the locksharedLock.release();
} catch (java.io.IOException ioe) { System.err.println(ioe);
} finally { if (exclusiveLock != null)
exclusiveLock.release();if (sharedLock != null)
sharedLock.release();}
}}
Bug in textbook:locks released twice
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10.10 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
File Types – Name, ExtensionFile Types – Name, Extension
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10.11 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
Internal File StructureInternal File Structure
All disk I/O is performed on units of blocks Block size is commonly determined by disk sector size
A file is a sequence of blocks Blocks do not need to be contiguous on disk
Similar to page frames Internal and external fragmentation
Logical record size may vary and does not generally match physical block size Device software determines block number and offset
given a (byte) position in a file
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10.12 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
Access MethodsAccess Methods
Sequential Accessread nextwrite next reset (rewind to begin)no read after last write
Direct Access (or relative access)read nwrite nposition to n
read nextwrite next
rewrite nn = relative block number
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10.13 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
Sequential-access FileSequential-access File
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10.14 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
Simulation of Sequential Access on a Direct-access FileSimulation of Sequential Access on a Direct-access File
cp = current position
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10.15 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
Index and Relative FilesIndex and Relative Files
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10.16 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
Directory StructureDirectory Structure
A collection of nodes containing information about all files
F 1 F 2F 3
F 4
F n
Directory
Files
Both the directory structure and the files reside on diskBackups of these two structures are kept on tapes
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10.17 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
A Typical File-system OrganizationA Typical File-system Organization
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10.18 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
Operations Performed on DirectoryOperations Performed on Directory
Search for a file - find files whose names match a pattern Create a file Delete a file List a directory - list the names of the files in a directory
with their attributes Rename a file - or move within directory structure Traverse the file system - need support for walking
directory trees while other processes are changing contents
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10.19 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
Directory Organization Design IssuesDirectory Organization Design Issues
Allow efficient searching – locating a file quickly
Enable naming – convenient to users Two users can have same name for different files The same file can have several different names
Grouping – logical grouping of files by properties, (e.g., all Java programs, all games, …)
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10.20 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
Single-Level DirectorySingle-Level Directory
A single directory for all users
Naming problem
Grouping problem
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10.21 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
Two-Level DirectoryTwo-Level Directory
Separate directory for each user
Path name Can have the same file name for different users Efficient searching No grouping capability
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10.22 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
Tree-Structured DirectoriesTree-Structured Directories
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10.23 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
Tree-Structured Directories (Cont)Tree-Structured Directories (Cont)
Efficient searching
Grouping Capability
Current directory (working directory) cd /spell/mail/prog type list
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10.24 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
Tree-Structured Directories (Cont)Tree-Structured Directories (Cont)
Absolute or relative path name Creating a new file is done in current directory Delete a file
rm <file-name> Creating a new subdirectory is done in current directory
mkdir <dir-name>Example: if in current directory /mail
mkdir count
prog copy prt exp count
Deleting “mail” deleting the entire subtree rooted by “mail”
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10.25 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
Acyclic-Graph DirectoriesAcyclic-Graph Directories
Allow shared subdirectories and files
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10.26 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
Acyclic-Graph Directories (Cont.)Acyclic-Graph Directories (Cont.)
More than one name for different files and directories (aliasing)
New directory entry type Link – another name (pointer) to an existing file Resolve the link – follow pointer to locate the file
Problem: if dict deletes list dangling pointerSolutions: Backpointers, so we can delete all pointers, but variable size
records is a problem Entry-hold-count solution Garbage collection - marks everything that can be accessed
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10.27 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
General Graph DirectoryGeneral Graph Directory
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10.28 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
General Graph Directory (Cont.)General Graph Directory (Cont.)
Problem Cycles in directory structure may cause non-termination
of depth-first searches and other traversals Cycles are a problem for garbage collection:
Files in cycles may never get deleted
How do we guarantee no cycles? Allow only links to file not subdirectories Every time a new link is added use a cycle detection
algorithm to determine whether it is OK Expensive
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10.29 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
File System MountingFile System Mounting
A file system must be mounted before it can be accessed An un-mounted file system is mounted at a mount point
After mountingExisting system before mounting
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10.30 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
File SharingFile Sharing
Sharing of files on multi-user systems is desirable
Sharing may be done through a protection scheme
On distributed systems, files may be shared across a network
Network File System (NFS) is a common distributed file-sharing method
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10.31 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
File Sharing – Multiple UsersFile Sharing – Multiple Users
User IDs identify users, allowing permissions and protections to be per-user
Group IDs allow users to be in groups, permitting group access rights
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10.32 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
File Sharing – Remote File SystemsFile Sharing – Remote File Systems
Uses networking to allow file system access between systems Manually via programs like FTP Automatically, seamlessly using distributed file systems Semi automatically via the world wide web
Client-server model allows clients to mount remote file systems from servers Server can serve multiple clients Client and user-on-client identification is insecure or
complicated NFS is standard UNIX client-server file sharing protocol CIFS is standard Windows protocol Standard operating system file calls are translated into remote
calls Distributed Information Systems (distributed naming services) such
as LDAP, DNS, NIS, Active Directory implement unified access to information needed for remote computing
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10.33 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
File Sharing – Failure ModesFile Sharing – Failure Modes
Remote file systems add new failure modes, due to network failure, server failure
Recovery from failure can involve state information about status of each remote request
Stateless protocols such as NFS include all information in each request, allowing easy recovery but less security
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10.34 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
File Sharing – Consistency SemanticsFile Sharing – Consistency Semantics
Consistency semantics specify how multiple users are to access a shared file simultaneously Similar to Ch 7 process synchronization algorithms
Tend to be less complex due to disk I/O and network latency (for remote file systems
Andrew File System (AFS) implemented complex remote file sharing semantics
Unix file system (UFS) implements: Writes to an open file visible immediately to other users of
the same open file Sharing file pointer to allow multiple users to read and write
concurrently AFS has session semantics
Writes only visible to sessions starting after the file is closed
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10.35 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
ProtectionProtection
File owner/creator should be able to control: what can be done by whom
Types of access Read Write Execute Append Delete List
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10.36 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
Access Lists and GroupsAccess Lists and Groups
Mode of access: read, write, execute Three classes of users
RWXa) owner access 7 1 1 1
RWXb) group access 6 1 1 0
RWXc) public access 1 0 0 1
1. Ask manager to create a group (unique name), say G, and add some users to the group
2. For a particular file (say game) or subdirectory, define an appropriate access
3. Attach a group to a file chgrp G game
owner group public
chmod 761 game
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10.37 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
Windows XP Access-control List ManagementWindows XP Access-control List Management
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10.38 Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne ©2005Operating System Concepts – 7th Edition, Jan 1, 2005
A Sample UNIX Directory ListingA Sample UNIX Directory Listing
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