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diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/data-structure-v9.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/data-structure-v9.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 1e52a0e32624..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/data-structure-v9.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,38 +0,0 @@ -This describes the in kernel data structure for DRBD-9. Starting with -Linux v3.14 we are reorganizing DRBD to use this data structure. - -Basic Data Structure -==================== - -A node has a number of DRBD resources. Each such resource has a number of -devices (aka volumes) and connections to other nodes ("peer nodes"). Each DRBD -device is represented by a block device locally. - -The DRBD objects are interconnected to form a matrix as depicted below; a -drbd_peer_device object sits at each intersection between a drbd_device and a -drbd_connection: - - /--------------+---------------+.....+---------------\ - | resource | device | | device | - +--------------+---------------+.....+---------------+ - | connection | peer_device | | peer_device | - +--------------+---------------+.....+---------------+ - : : : : : - : : : : : - +--------------+---------------+.....+---------------+ - | connection | peer_device | | peer_device | - \--------------+---------------+.....+---------------/ - -In this table, horizontally, devices can be accessed from resources by their -volume number. Likewise, peer_devices can be accessed from connections by -their volume number. Objects in the vertical direction are connected by double -linked lists. There are back pointers from peer_devices to their connections a -devices, and from connections and devices to their resource. - -All resources are in the drbd_resources double-linked list. In addition, all -devices can be accessed by their minor device number via the drbd_devices idr. - -The drbd_resource, drbd_connection, and drbd_device objects are reference -counted. The peer_device objects only serve to establish the links between -devices and connections; their lifetime is determined by the lifetime of the -device and connection which they reference. |