linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCHv4 3/8] block: align the bio after building it

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Message-ID: <yq1ecssgw60.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 20:41:21 -0400
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To: Keith Busch <kbusch@...a.com>
Cc: <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
        <hch@....de>, <axboe@...nel.dk>, Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 3/8] block: align the bio after building it


Keith,

> Instead of ensuring each vector is block size aligned while
> constructing the bio, just ensure the entire size is aligned after
> it's built. This makes getting bio pages more flexible to accepting
> device valid io vectors that would otherwise get rejected by alignment
> checks.

Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>

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Martin K. Petersen