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),

	if globalAllHealState == nil {
		globalAllHealState = newHealState(GlobalContext, false)
	} else {
		globalAllHealState.Lock()
		for _, v := range globalAllHealState.healSeqMap {
			if !v.hasEnded() {
				v.stop()
			}
		}
		globalAllHealState.Unlock()
	}

	// Init background heal state
	if globalBackgroundHealState == nil {
		globalBackgroundHealState = newHealState(GlobalContext, false)
	} else {