[lvm-devel] [PATCH 2/7] Never set mirror log and images directly visible in metadata.

[Alasdair G Kergon]

On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 09:24:52PM +0200, Peter Rockai wrote:
> Milan Broz <mbroz at redhat.com> writes:
> > Maybe we should display these "invisible" LVs to user (in reporting commands)
> > if no visible LV references them (I mean _mimage, _mlog & Co. devices)
> Sounds like a decent solution to me.

But then - what's our definition of visible? - and we're back to the original
counting problem with multiple confusing definitions.

Can we really not consolidate this into a single definition?

(BTW max_lv etc. is not a factor that skew other policy decisions - it's an 
unimportant feature.)

Alasdair