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Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2022 11:09:00 +0200 From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org> To: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org> Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org, linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/8] vfs: support STATX_DIOALIGN on block devices On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 11:58:45PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com> > > Add support for STATX_DIOALIGN to block devices, so that direct I/O > alignment restrictions are exposed to userspace in a generic way. > > Note that this breaks the tradition of stat operating only on the block > device node, not the block device itself. However, it was felt that > doing this is preferable, in order to make the interface useful and > avoid needing separate interfaces for regular files and block devices. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com> > --- Looks good to me, Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner (Microsoft) <brauner@...nel.org>
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