DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Organization Name

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Inventor(s)

Jie Qiu of Hangzhou CN

Wei Fang of Hangzhou CN

Xie Miao of Hangzhou CN

Jing Qian of Shanghai CN

DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18973073 titled 'DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Original Abstract Submitted

In a data processing method, an electronic device detects that a first file and a second file are duplicate files, with a first index node of the first file pointing to file data of the first file, and a second index node of the second file pointing to file data of the second file. The electronic device generates a target index node and configures the target index node to point to the file data of the first file. The electronic device associates the first index node with the target index node, and separately associates the second index node with the target index node. The electronic device then deletes the file data of the second file.