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Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 19:54:12 -0500 From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org> To: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org Cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>, linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/8] make statx() return DIO alignment information On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 03:08:51PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 11:58:43PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > > This patchset makes the statx() system call return direct I/O (DIO) > > alignment information. This allows userspace to easily determine > > whether a file supports DIO, and if so with what alignment restrictions. > > Al, any thoughts on this patchset, and do you plan to apply it for 6.1? Ideally > this would go through the VFS tree. If not, I suppose I'll need to have it > added to linux-next and send the pull request myself. > > - Eric Seems that it's up to me, then. Stephen, can you add my git branch for this patchset to linux-next? URL: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiggers/linux.git Branch: statx-dioalign This is targeting the 6.1 merge window with a pull request to Linus. Thanks! - Eric
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