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  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.