1 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd_types.h b/drivers/block/rbd_types.h
index d9d8a77748bc..cbe77fa105ba 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd_types.h
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd_types.h
@@ -15,15 +15,30 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
+/* For format version 2, rbd image 'foo' consists of objects
+ *   rbd_id.foo         - id of image
+ *   rbd_header.<id>    - image metadata
+ *   rbd_data.<id>.0000000000000000
+ *   rbd_data.<id>.0000000000000001
+ *   ...                - data
+ * Clients do not access header data directly in rbd format 2.
+ */
+
+#define RBD_HEADER_PREFIX      "rbd_header."
+#define RBD_DATA_PREFIX        "rbd_data."
+#define RBD_ID_PREFIX          "rbd_id."
+
 /*
- * rbd image 'foo' consists of objects
- *   foo.rbd      - image metadata
- *   foo.00000000
- *   foo.00000001
- *   ...          - data
+ * For format version 1, rbd image 'foo' consists of objects
+ *   foo.rbd            - image metadata
+ *   rb.<idhi>.<idlo>.00000000
+ *   rb.<idhi>.<idlo>.00000001
+ *   ...                - data
+ * There is no notion of a persistent image id in rbd format 1.
  */
 
 #define RBD_SUFFIX              ".rbd"
+
 #define RBD_DIRECTORY           "rbd_directory"
 #define RBD_INFO                "rbd_info"