[DRBD-user] drbd_md_syncq_ok : bit_map_gen ???

Lars Ellenberg Lars.Ellenberg at linbit.com
Tue Apr 27 15:59:24 CEST 2004

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/ 2004-04-27 15:52:27 +0200
\ Benoit.Ropartz at alcatel.fr:
> Hello,
> 
> I want to know what is the role of "bit_map_gen"  in drbd_md_syncq_ok ??

"generation counter" of the in memory bitmap of "dirty" blocks.
used in drbd 0.6 to check whether a "quick sync" is sufficient,
or whether we need to do a full sync regardless.

should be explained in detail in some of the publications by Philipp,
available from drbd.org.

	Lars Ellenberg



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