if ptr == nil {
			return ""
		}
		return *ptr
	}

	globalAllHealState = newHealState(GlobalContext, true)

	// The always present healing routine ready to heal objects
	globalBackgroundHealRoutine = newHealRoutine()
	globalBackgroundHealState   = newHealState(GlobalContext, false)

	globalMRFState = newMRFState()

	// If writes to FS backend should be O_SYNC.

	//    true: the disk is currently healing
	healLocalDisks map[Endpoint]bool
	healStatus     map[string]healingTracker // Indexed by disk ID
}

// newHealState - initialize global heal state management
func newHealState(ctx context.Context, cleanup bool) *allHealState {
	hstate := &allHealState{
		healSeqMap:     make(map[string]*healSequence),
		healLocalDisks: make(map[Endpoint]bool),