Files
android/Documentation/blockdev/drbd/data-structure-v9.txt
threeeye bc1d038eac REVVL 6 Pro kernel bring-up: full working tree snapshot (2026-09-12)
Squashed backup commit (no shallow-clone history issues) of
xiaomi-mt6833-dev/kernel_xiaomi_mt6833 (lineage-23.2 branch, upstream
commit 9eece662e) plus all fixes applied to get everpal_defconfig building
clean against a modern (GCC 15.2.0) toolchain -- see the previous commit
message on the lineage-23.2 branch (also in this repo history is not
available here since this is a squashed snapshot; full incremental history
lives in the local DL380 checkout and the upstream GitHub remote).

Upstream: https://github.com/xiaomi-mt6833-dev/kernel_xiaomi_mt6833 (lineage-23.2)
2026-09-12 13:36:46 +00:00

39 lines
1.9 KiB
Plaintext

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.