[linux-lvm] what does 'orphan vg' mean?(global vg?)

[Busby.Cheung]

Hi All,
      While I was reading the lvm source code, I can't understand what 'is_orphan' means(like 'is_orphan_vg' function). what's the different between orphan and global vg?
      Thank you very much.
 
Best Regards, 
Busby.Cheung
      

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