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than sectors, this my be larger than the number of actual errors
by a factor of the number of sectors in a page.
+ bitmap_set_bits
+ If the array has a write-intent bitmap, then writing to this
+ attribute can set bits in the bitmap, indicating that a resync
+ would need to check the corresponding blocks. Either individual
+ numbers or start-end pairs can be written. Multiple numbers
+ can be separated by a space.
+ Note that the numbers are 'bit' numbers, not 'block' numbers.
+ They should be scaled by the bitmap_chunksize.
+
Each active md device may also have attributes specific to the
personality module that manages it.
These are specific to the implementation of the module and could