mddev_t *mddev; /* RAID array if running */
int last_events; /* IO event timestamp */
+ /*
+ * If meta_bdev is non-NULL, it means that a separate device is
+ * being used to store the metadata (superblock/bitmap) which
+ * would otherwise be contained on the same device as the data (bdev).
+ */
+ struct block_device *meta_bdev;
struct block_device *bdev; /* block device handle */
struct page *sb_page;