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2009 Jun 19
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[PATCH] ocfs2: Provide the ocfs2_dlm_lvb_valid() stack API.
...zeroes out the LVB when it loses
track of the state. This is not a standard behavior, but ocfs2 has
always relied on it. Thus, an o2dlm LVB is always "valid".
ocfs2 now supports both o2dlm and fs/dlm via the stack glue. When
fs/dlm loses track of an LVBs state, it sets a flag
(DLM_SBF_VALNOTVALID) on the Lock Status Block (LKSB). The contents of
the LVB may be garbage or merely stale.
ocfs2 doesn't want to try to guess at the validity of the stale LVB.
Instead, it should be checking the VALNOTVALID flag. As this is the
'standard' way of treating LVBs, we will promote this beh...