Re: [RFC PATCH 7/7] md: add bcache personality

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On 5/11/2012 3:46 PM, Dan Williams wrote:
> "Backing
> device" vs "cache device" is determined by slot number whereby the
> backing device slot is the highest number index.

That needs fixing.  We used to do things by slot number long ago, and it
turned out to create lots of races on reconfiguring slot indexes and
moving devices around on rebuilds and stuff like that.  I would have to
see us undo that fix when it comes to bcache.

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